Actually we could use the internet at least 15 years ago with Windows and "JAWS...".

Skype interviews would be a good idea, but if you can provide a gift card or something for people's time and put that in the title of the post, you would probably get allot more traction on this sub. I'd be happy to help you though regardless.

It's extremely important to try and come up with a framework of questions, even if they are kinda general because you don't know much yet. It's allot harder to answer one or two overly wide ranging questions, or a ton of vaguely worded ones all at once.

I'd do some interviews, then maybe create another thread or two to ask for clarification from the community at large on specific points of interest, since all of our situations are quite different and you might not get the full picture otherwise.

Knowing some about your plot, as others mentioned, could help us know what a blind character in that situation might do, or what needs to be highlighted or left unsaid when it comes to their blindness.

Hi, in order to get useful information you would hav to determine what the plot will be. People are at all stages with there blindness. Some people just lost their vision as adults, so they are lost and don’t have the needed resources yet. Others went blind at an early age, they received an education and training, which has given them the skills to be independent.
According to the National Federation of the Blind, we have an unemployment rate of about 75% in the blindness community. Out of the people who are working, 90% have Braille literacy skills.
Technology has advanced quite a bit, for instance the iPhone became accessible 10 years ago, and ever since then blind people can access the World Wide Web; just like I’m doing so right now.
I use a screen reader called Voice Over on my iPhone.
If you are looking for an insight read literature from the NFB, www.nfb.org

1) make them blind. No magical cure. No hope of a magical cure. No looking after a magical cure. Let them be disabled

2) that’s it you can ask me questions if you want to

A lot of people have talked about the importance of interviewing blind people, but you should also show your draft to blind people before it gets published. You can't thank us in your acknowledgements or dedication if you misrepresent or misconstrue what we say. I'd be happy to review the book's portrayal of blindness.

Thanks, these are all great recommendations. The plot involves a few characters that lose their vision later in life, not at birth, and the setting is South America in the 1930’s. I love the idea of getting the manuscript in front of some blind individuals during the siting process. Definitely going to look into some more works by blind writers as well. In terms of interviewing some people in person does anyone have any advice about reaching out to local community groups for blindness or support groups for recently blind people, or how to find those groups?

I recommend you read Blind Curb. It’s a fiction book that has a blind character.

Are we talking about a realistic modern day setting? The answer is going to vary a great deal based on the time period.