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cenwolfgirl:
Okay this comes from the last page of the wrighting tools thread
and will make wore sensi if you read it first

i post something to do with the thread and some one coments on my spelling
it gose on to the point where dislexia is metioned
and i vagly coment about my sight
point of vew most of the time
i know not many people have disabilaties but as some one with a bad vi (visual impearment) i notice that lots of book have there main carictor as a normal ish '20"20' (you can drive, navigate crouds, coook ect with out truble)

but i persanly have more experence as a VIP (visualy impeared person) this means i find it hared to wright from a '20"20' point of vew most of the time and so in my book it is rare for me to do so (my main carictor is a VIP) this is for eas on my part mostly. but i was wondering if other people have problems like that
(they have a person whos vew point they don't know much about due to lack of exspirence but onte to put it in the book) i was also wondering why you don't have a disabled carictor in your books or has it just not crosed anyones mind before.
as i can do most things that '20"20's can do.

Shecky:
That's actually a very good question. While there have been (in books and on the screen) a lot of characters with disabilities (often developing abilities that counter their disabilities), I can't recall many MAIN characters with disabilities. Professor X is a given example of the first (and probably the closest to being a main character of all the examples I have in mind), and Destiny of the X-Men universe also comes to mind: a blind woman whose mental vision more than makes up for her blindness, yet she's still a side character. So it would probably be an interesting read to see a main who is disabled and does NOT have a compensating power/ability.

cenwolfgirl:
that is kida what i have done
my main carictor is a 15 year old apprentis witch who
albinism
this is a condition that effects your sight as well as other
non of her abilaties help improve her sight but work to her strength with her sence of tuch improving it even more than it would otherwise

almost all the story is from her point of vew

cenwolfgirl:
okay first thanks for reading this

second i forgot about xmen as only see some of the movies

thred I would like to know is it just that people don't know how to describe what they don't know or are they sceared of effending people if they get it wrong when it comes to disabled carictors and their points of vew?

Aminar:
I disabled many of my characters over the course of my story.

One lost an arm in her second appearance.
The sound mage overpowered a spell and deafened herself permanently.
The old guy lost an eye, and is really old(also a disability).
It's fun to write, but often feels gimmicky if it lasts too long.

In a short story I've temporarily abandoned; a character who lives in a society where everyone communicates by reading words written bioluminescently written across their skin hit his head really bad and killed his vision.  He worked a way around it, but the spell involves curving light(something very difficult within the system, and severely hampers his combat ability.  All of his combat magic has to extend off that spell because it takes up so much of his body space to cast.

Just make sure the disability feels natural to the character.

On another note: and don't take this wrong.  As a writer you should always practice proper writing techniques.  Most of your posts aren't proofread.  If that comes from your vision I understand, but you still should find a way to proofread your posts.  It's good practice, and if you write like your posts nobody has time to proofread all of that.  Maybe type them up in MSword with a larger font size.  Or get one of those awesome magnifying glass things(again assuming your disability is what hampers your ability to proofread your posts.)

Good luck and keep writing.

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