#my eyesight is so bad that if I could not access corrective lenses I would be functionally blind

[obstinatecondolement]

It feels like every day I read attempts to debunk the social model of disability that fundamentally misunderstand what the social model of disability is and who the people who developed that model were, including what the nature of their disabilities was, and I want to scream.

But I don't, because yelling at people on the internet is basically pointless. Instead I check to see that I'm not mutuals with whoever reblogged said misunderstanding and vague about it.

[tehrevving]

How would the Sparda bois react to their s/o being severely short sighted? Like “Holy fuck you’re blind” type of short sighted, I had to struggle for two weeks without my contact lens just to change to a better type and get glasses :’)

Omg Anon I hope you’re okay. My bf was pretty short sighted (he got lasik so he can see now), so I sort of get it though I don’t need glasses myself (yet lol). The first time my bf could look up in bed and actually see the ceiling he was horrified at all of the dead bugs though. hehe 

Dante: He honestly just doesn’t really get it. He’s a Devil, his eyesight is perfect and he just, can’t fathom not being able to see. You’ve spoken to him before about your glasses and contacts, and he’s seen other humans wearing them, but it really just doesn’t click for him. Then one day when you walk into the office, well not so much walk as stumble in trying not to run into anything because you ran out of contacts, he just can’t understand it. He’s constantly asking what you can and can’t see, whether you can see how many fingers he’s holding up, what expression he’s making. He doesn’t quite understand the difference between long and short sighted either so when he walks up to you snickering and guides your hand, “guess which of my fingers you’re touching.” He can’t stop laughing, not realising that now he’s close to you, you can see. For once he doesn’t see the slap you place directly across his cheek coming …… because that’s not one of his fingers. 

Nero: He gets it, even if he’s never experienced it he gets it. He had to have those stupid eye tests every year growing up even though his vision is better than 20/20. He’s surprised how bad your vision is without lenses though, you’ve always just worn them around him and he never really thought much about it. He notices though when he walks in on you having a full on conversation with what you think is him from the otherside of the room, but it’s actually just his coat hanging up on the wall. He’s very confused at first, but laughs about it with you later, after going through all the stupid games of course so he can test for himself how blind you really are. 

Vergil: He doesn’t understand it, but he tries his best. He knows you need to wear glasses and contacts, and is always diligent in making sure that you take them out before you go to bed, stuff like that, but he’s never really been around you when you weren’t wearing them. No one told you though that the hardest part of not having access to your glasses for a few weeks was dating a man with a twin who wanted to play jokes on you constantly. Cue Dante slicking his hair back, standing a distance away from you, adjusting his voice and trying to get you to spill all of Vergil’s deepest and darkest secrets. You don’t buy it for a minute of course. Vergil upon realising that you’re going to be visually impaired for a while comes home with one of those eye charts. He sits there and tests you, so he can understand your vision exactly, and help you through this difficult time.

V: He gets it, because his vision isn’t perfect either, but he remembers when it was. He doesn’t even have any corrective aids and has always seemed to manage just fine…… Until you’re not there to take his hand and guide him through crowds..... or the front room when Dante moves everything in the shop around. The two of you get through it, pooling your wits and intelligence together. Which sounds good in practice, but in theory means that the two of you just end up using Shadow as a makeshift guide dog. Yes it’s as adorable as it sounds.