So, I’m a fan of the game The Sims. I’ve played all the iterations, I have many of the expansions packs. I have enjoyed them. And in none of them have people with disabilities been featured. I’m sure were we to ask for it, we’d hear that it is hard to make wheelchairs work in games. (In fact, I can’t… Read more →
On Tuesday a 7-year old looked up at me and said “Mrs. Henry, I feel bad that you have a blind eye.” And for a moment, I wasn’t sure how to respond. “I’m okay, though. You don’t need to feel bad. This is just how I am and I’m okay with that” I say, ushering him out the door of… Read more →
So I have a secret to share. It’s not a well guarded secret. We just never told anybody. I’m coming out with it now because I want to talk about it and why it’s important to me. I’m a slush reader for Fireside Fiction Company. I never talk about it because ultimately, the decisions behind what gets published and what… Read more →
I’ll say this up front: being a feminist and a fan of Sherlock Holmes at the same time has never been easy. There was a Moffat shaped hole in my heart on Friday. It should be noted before I go any further that this article will include spoilers from the BBC Sherlock Christmas Special, The Abominable Bride. Holmes holds a… Read more →
I finally finished Assassins Creed 2. It took me 5 months, a 2 week hiatus, and around 300 hours. While Portal 2 was significantly more frustrating (the swearing was ridiculous) this may have actually taken me longer than Portal 2 – a game for which there is no Blind Lady Versus. So let’s talk about AC1 real quick: I’m stuck… Read more →
When I was 11 years old I read a book by David McCullough. It was about John Adams. I devoured the tale of our country’s beginnings, completely fascinated by the idea that freedom could be fought for and won. I wanted to learn as much as I could about this era that had to do with the idea of freedom…. Read more →
I do a couple of volunteer gigs around my small town. It is important to me to serve the community that I belong to, in addition to being a visible blind member of my community. As a result, one of the projects I participate in involves tutoring 3rd graders in how to read. Yesterday was my first day. On my… Read more →
Crippled America. The want to ban Muslims from entering our country. Donald Trump is terrifying, and not just because of what he says, but moreover, what he normalizes and rationalizes. Trump isn’t who we’re going to end up with as a Presidential Nominee. Not with people like Dick Cheney naming his ideas about not allowing Muslims into our country truthfully… Read more →
It’s rare that a medium focused on what you can see addresses the issue of not seeing, and over the last year two games on this topic have either come out or been announced. The first of these is Beyond Eyes, which I played this last Sunday. Overall, the game is very accessible because it doesn’t really rely on you… Read more →
There’s a common thread in media about disabled lives – and it’s the notion that a disabled life is not worth living. In superhero stories there are disabled people whose lives are worth living because their disabilities transcend their disabled experience. Daredevil and Iron Man are both great examples of this. It’s not a fantastic tale to tell, and I… Read more →
