Blind and Visually Impaired Community
↑
24
↓
Books with blind characters (self.Blind)
submitted by jemaj
I think that the most common question in this subreddit is from someone who is writing a book with a blind character. I seams to me that blindness is viewed by the general public as simultaneously fascinating and repellant.
So, what are some of your recommendations for book with excellent portrayals of blind characters?
So, what are some of your recommendations for book with excellent portrayals of blind characters?
myhairywookie 14 points 3y ago
All the Light We Cannot See
jemaj [OP] 3 points 3y ago
Yes, very beautiful written.
ColdShadowKaz 2 points 3y ago
This is something i’ve been wondering. Its so hard to find something that isnt super blinky with a superpower that makes the blindness a non issue or it reads like one of the disability hallmark type movies and gets so extra cutesy.
SpiralRazor 2 points 3y ago
Not if I See You First by Eric Lindstrom
Blind by Rachel DeWoskin
Love in Touch by Lucy May Lennox
I have more, but these are recent favorites. I even wrote one once, but it's not currently up for sale
Blind by Rachel DeWoskin
Love in Touch by Lucy May Lennox
I have more, but these are recent favorites. I even wrote one once, but it's not currently up for sale
ilovedannybaranowsky 2 points 3y ago
Not sure about excellent, but there's "Gray House"
jemaj [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I personally really liked Notes on Blindness by John M. Hull. It’s also a very good movie.
BunnyLurksInShadow 1 points 3y ago
Someone Like Me by Elaine Forrestal, it's a children's book. Only on the final page of the book do you find out that the main character and narrator is blind.
oncenightvaler 2 points 3y ago
That's interesting, I'm a totally blind adult and when I was a very young kid like three or four my mom wrote a book with a similar story about although I was blind I was perfectly "normal" and liked all the same things other kids liked and needed.
The book had a page with different textures, a page with sound button, a page with scratch and sniff, and several pages about activities that I liked. It was all told by her blind son's perspective.
It never got published but we still have it somewhere.
The book had a page with different textures, a page with sound button, a page with scratch and sniff, and several pages about activities that I liked. It was all told by her blind son's perspective.
It never got published but we still have it somewhere.
HegemoneMilo 1 points 3y ago
Light a Single Candle and Gift of Gold by Beverly Butler.
No Barrier's and Touch the Top of the World by Erik Weihenmeyer.
A Sense of the World by Jason Roberts.
No Barrier's and Touch the Top of the World by Erik Weihenmeyer.
A Sense of the World by Jason Roberts.
This nonprofit website is run by volunteers.
Please contribute if you can. Thank you!
Our mission is to provide everyone with access to large-
scale community websites for the good of humanity.
Without ads, without tracking, without greed.
scale community websites for the good of humanity.
Without ads, without tracking, without greed.
©2023 HumbleCat Inc • HumbleCat is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Michigan, USA.