Okay- I've seen a few people make the comment that having a story about blindness from an assumed 'vision-having' author is somehow problematic. I feel I shouldn't have to disclose my medical history to defend a story a wrote, but yes, the premise of the story came from real-

-life experiences of having stretched retina. My eyes have been deteriorating since the age of 4. But I feel even if I wasn't at risk of blindness, I should still be able to write this story. Limiting what we as authors are able to write, only being 'allowed' to pull from-

-personal experience sounds like a terrible idea. Should I not be able to write men, being a woman myself? The job of an author is to be able to translate experiences to others, and have basic human empathy. If you have done the research and are respectful, you shouldn't need-

-to fit the exact demographic of the person you are writing. Obviously if you have no knowledge of the disability/religion/sexuality you are writing then that is a problem, but that's a conversation for another time.

So yes, I am an artist with terrible vision and at risk of blindness! Rejoice in my misery!

I showed this comment to my parents and they laughed. Betting I'm not visually impaired because I do something you assume only abled people can do ain't very woke