Encounter with a Blind Person

By: Emily Carrington

Generally, I love being someone’s first encounter with a blind person. It’s often hilarious.

Examples:

“Can you see that? Oh, sorry!”

“It’s over there.” (To which I sometimes respond with “Please point louder.”)

“I’m so sorry you’re blind!” (My favorite response, which has yet to make it into a book, is: “I’m not. God made me gay and blind and I like it this way.”)

October is National Blindness Awareness Month, which is why I’m bringing it up. Again, LOL.

So, what was your first encounter with a blind person? If it was in a book, if you’re blind yourself, or if it was in an alternate reality, what did you enjoy about the experience? What drove you nuts?

My current blind character, who stole the spotlight in Dragon Lost 3: Consortium of Dragons and played great harmony with his lovers in Dragon Lost 4: Conventions of Dragons, is Joel (pronounced in the Spanish style, Ho-EL) was one of the first disabled dragons allowed to grow to adulthood in a backward society that’s just pulling itself out of the Dark Ages. He’s the grandson of the Grand Matriarch, and he and his half brother are making waves. Which is fitting, since they’re water dragons…

Consortium of Dragons (Dragon Lost 3)
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Conventions of Dragons (Dragon Lost 4)
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