Hello Gail! Sorry if this puts you on the spot, but you're the best person I know of to ask about something like this. I'm planning my first comic. I've been thinking about making one of the main characters blind, but once they're in their hero gear, they'

Okay. 

My first response is to say execution is everything. Almost any idea can work if the execution is smart, thoughtful, informed, and well-crafted. You can tell a story of, say, domestic abuse and make it powerful and inspiring, or you can tell a story about a beautiful field of flowers and make it miserable and soul-destroying, it’s all about execution, not intent.

But REALLY, the thing that’s far more important is, why ask me? I’m not blind, visually impaired, or disabled. This is not really a question for me to answer. 

Even more than asking the WRONG person, the problem here is not having any contact with the RIGHT person. Do you not know anyone who is visually impaired? If not, have you researched where there are resources for them on the net, or places where they might be able to help you do this accurately?

If your alarm is going off on whether a story might be problematic, odds are, it’s something you need to do your homework on, and not because you might get negative feedback, but because if you want to tell a story like this, it’s important to get it right out of basic human respect for people who have the condition you are writing about, AND for the integrity of your work.

I would say simply, asking a sighted person if something is okay for a non-sighted person is not the best way to start. 

But I don’t want to be discouraging, so let’s throw this out there to the readers and see if anyone would like to help or provide information.

Anyone out there have a strong feeling about this based on actual experience?