I'm blind and I don't have a problem with sighted people playing blind people. At least that's my opinion. They're actors they play characters that's their whole purpose. But that's just my opinion you can agree or disagree I don't mind have a great day.

The only problem I have with blind people being portrayed in movies and TV is they always use horrible stereotypes like wearing dark glasses, face touching, blind means no vision at all, and needing constant help.

The show This Is Us has a blind character played by a blind actor.

Unfortunately, it is quite common in that industry. One thing they say is "Well, there isn't anyone who is blind who can act well enough". But almost no studio is willing to hire someone with vision loss without any acting experience.... but how can someone get experience if they don't get hired?

Thank you for your comment. You make a lot of good points. I'll have to think about this for a while. Thank you for starting this conversation. I actually think that you may have changed my mind.

First off, there are blind actors playing the very characters you are describing. More than 5 blind actors is huge, especially the level of discrimination we face on a daily basis. As for the other points,

well, a feature will be coming out by me in a few days. $1 or just watch this space. Or, well, watch my Twitter.

While blind face is certainly a problem, your pointing at the wrong modern show buddy.

I do agree with you on what you call the big four. Those are issues that I see blind people having trouble with including myself. No need to thank me.

Blindface lol

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Oh man, please let's not make this into another strand of identity politics.

I don't want or need a special identity based on the fact I have to deal with this situation. I want an identity based on things I choose, positive things, not negative things I'm forced into. I've never been one of these people who views being blind as part of my identity. I work as hard as I can to keep my identity above it.

I don't mind actors playing blind if they do it well. I think you could tell when they made "In The Dark" that they had a lot of consultancy and I did not in general object to it. There were moments though. When she felt the guy's face, which was required for a point in the story, they at least had her resist doing it, but she did it. It was still lazy, she could have identified the guy by finding something she knew on him. She also did a lot of unrealistic groping to find her way around her own home.

Something else is that not every blind character has to represent us personally. As long as the character is a person who could reasonably exist it is fine. There are lots of people who were born blind who feel totally different about it to the way I feel, and I would not complain about that point of view being represented on TV. I mean, I'd complain about that point of view, those people are crazy, but people like that do exist and I'm not going to insist that every single blind person on TV is exactly like me.

isn’t that the whole purpose of acting? Plus they use big names like Jason Momoa to get people to watch the shows.

>playacting badly at being blind

What specifically do you think is bad about it in this show?