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Half-Blind or Visually Impaired?

alice May 11, 2017 3:39 am

Hi guys, I'm writing a fan-fiction and I'm having some trouble describing a character's physical state. She cant see in one eye; would you call that half-blind or visually impaired?

Responses
    Babzter May 11, 2017 3:48 am

    Visually impaired.

    Babzter May 11, 2017 4:03 am

    I'm a nurse and that would be the term we'll use. Medically speaking.

    Tori May 11, 2017 4:21 am
    I'm a nurse and that would be the term we'll use. Medically speaking. Babzter

    Do you read yaoi?

    Tavi May 11, 2017 4:25 am
    Do you read yaoi? Tori

    You could cheat and look at their reading list to answer that question. ;)

    Anonymous May 11, 2017 4:27 am
    Do you read yaoi? Tori

    this is a yaoi site and cant a nurse read yaoi?

    moan May 11, 2017 4:46 am
    I'm a nurse and that would be the term we'll use. Medically speaking. Babzter

    If only I had a nurse like you. We would talk about yaoi alllll day in the hospital (;

    Whiffle May 11, 2017 5:02 am

    Depends on the style you're writing with. I would honestly go with half-blind because it's more casual. For example
    "Walking down the street, head bobbing up and down to some beat, it's only when I turn my head that I see that half-blind chick again."
    Okay the example, I admit is a REALLY casual ( and cruddy) one but ;-; please bear with me. You get what I mean right? If I had instead wrote
    "Walking down the street, head bobbing up and down to some beat, it's only when I turn my head that I see that visually impaired chick again."
    A phrase like visuslly impaired would feel awkward written in an story, unless you're gunning for that kind of technicality and it's THAT kind of character.

    And if I just misread what you were saying and you're just using this for a character summary if some sorts, by all means use visually impaired. I agree, it's the better description.

    Babzter May 11, 2017 9:43 am

    When you say half blind its a metaphor for stupidity or idiotness. Not what I think the aspiring writer is looking for.

    Babzter May 11, 2017 9:44 am

    Writer is asking for the ''physical state''description.

    Babzter May 11, 2017 9:46 am
    Do you read yaoi? Tori

    Yup avidly reading yaoi for 6 years now.

    alice May 11, 2017 5:23 pm

    Thanks for the feedback guys