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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/44286
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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/44286
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Is this character the only blind one around? Did she go to a mentor to learn how to navigate efficiently? Is there a school for the blind? How old was she when she lost her vision?

(I read a great book this fall called _For the Benefit of Those Who Can See_ about a school for the blind in Tibet I think? And how everyone thought the kids were mentally disabled, until they went to the school and learned many languages, etc.)

Prosthetics - conjured or manufactured? How often do they need to be replaced? What parts wear out or give difficulty?

Basically, I'm encouraging you to think of the NETWORK around the person. If it were a modern day novel, I'd ask what Facebook groups or online communities she uses for some peer support. It may not be peers here, but there's a network still of people that have taught her things, and who she may teach, or who give tips on a better spell for joint-motion, or what herbs are best to use at the place where the biological leg joins the supplemental, whether for cushioning or other effects.

That's my two cents -- it's not that the novel needs to derail into all of these things, but making it clear that she's not "special" for dealing with these things, she's tapped into resources to make life work. She's "special" for whatever it is in the NOVEL that makes her special -- saving the kingdom, blocking the demons, whatever.

\*(disclaimer: Not based on personal experience -- I do try to understand visual impairments due to my job, but that's it.)

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