#orientation and mobility

[kaylinalexanderbooks]

Wow this was extremely comprehensive. Thank you. @gracehosborn you may appreciate this

Writing A Blind/Visually Impaired Character: Canes, Guide Dogs, O&M

Wow, back in June I decided to take a few months break from blogging to recharge and focus on my mental health. About a month ago I began writing this specific post, slowly and in stages because of how demanding, detailed, and long it is.

I’m not sure when I planned to come back. I have about 200 posts with tags and image description in my drafts folder, waiting to be queued, but I wanted to finish this guide before I fully came back.

Come back with a bang, right?

But this blog, and specifically, my Writing a Blind or Visually Impaired Character  guide, has gotten so much traffic and support that I felt incredibly motivated to come back now.

So I finished the guide, and now here it is. It’s been a year+ in the making. Since the very beginning of this writing advice series about writing blind characters, I’ve promised to write a guide specifically about canes, guide dogs, O&M, and other accessibility measures the blind community relies on. 

In fact, if you look at my master post for this guide (now pinned at the first post on my blog) you’ll find that it was reserved as Part Four, even as other guides and additions were added over the last year.

In this post I’ll be explaining 

What Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is

How one learns O&M

About canes, from different types of canes and their parts, as well as how to use a cane. 

I will be explaining the sensory experiences of using a cane and how to describe it in narrative. 

I will include small mannerisms long-time cane uses might develop. 

At the very end will be a section on guide dogs, but this will be limited to research because I have no personal experience with guide dogs, being a cane user.

Disclaimer: I am an actual visually impaired person who has been using a cane for nearly three years and has been experiencing vision loss symptoms for a few years longer than that. This guide is based on both my experiences and my research. My experiences are not universal however because every blind person has a unique experience with their blindness

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[bengalaas]

Human Echolocation for the Blind

[ikemenfangirl]

Welcome to Dreamland : Doki Doki Time (Mobile Game) 【 CN 】

Limited time ：Scarlet Control （UR cards）

🔴 Augustine

🟣 Carriel

📍 Game：Welcome to Dreamland

📍 Server: China (only)

📍 Time: April 20 ~ May 14

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Title: Welcome to Dreamland

(欢迎来到梦乐园)

By: Lunaring

Language: Chinese

Platform: iOS, Android

Website: https://dream.star-linear.com

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★ CHINESE and JAPANESE voice dubbing

★ Female-oriented game

★ Female main character

📌 Mainland China games must verify your identity with SMS via Chinese phone number and Chinese Identification.

[abstrakshun]

Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art, Genova Italy

photo: Jeffrey Earp - 2025

[rubberbandballqueen]

it's pretty obvious at this point that i will go to insane lengths just to yoink a font i like, but i think i have reached a new record (opening up the firefox developer tools and typing in whatever chinese phrases come to mind into the font testing box in order to carefully gather all 28,954 glyphs in 133-glyph chunks that the network serves me that i will then have to laboriously combine into one font file with my font editor)

[inyujidraws]

Hey thanks to everyone the past 2 months who watched me livestream working on the Owl House sticker designs and wallpapers. I've already ordered stickers which I'll put on my Etsy. I'll announce those when they arrive.

You can buy the pack on Ko-fi or my website

[nirauan]

I would love to talk about pride re: Thrawn but I honestly don’t think there’s an equivalent among the Chiss. Gender as far as we can tell is a total non-issue for them. I have to imagine this includes being non-binary, trans, etc. I don‘t think gender is really attached to roles or clothing or items. Rank and social standing are, but that has nothing to do with gender for them.

In a similar vein, romantic and sexual orientation is also a non-issue. Maybe in the far past they considered it re: heirs and marital alliances, but that became obsolete a long time ago. Which all means that none of these identities are considered queer identities. The ostracism and persecution that have shaped these identities in our world simply don’t exist for them.

Which does I suppose make it a weird thing for Thrawn to navigate when he interacts with other cultures. I’ve said that gender is so far down the list of priorities in terms of identity markers that he’s never given it serious thought. (Not that he’s necessarily cis or not cis but that it’s literally not important enough for him to think about.) His presentation tends to read masculine to others, so he uses masculine identifiers for himself because they do. It’s easier. In some cases (like the Empire) it’s even beneficial. Lots of sexism there. He genuinely does not care how he’s referenced, though.

This in turns makes it odd for me to add labels to his romantic / sexual orientation. I think the best equivalent is gray-romantic and gay. He’s attracted to a particular personality type most of all. Outside of that, he tends to be attracted to, like, masc-presenting people, y’know? Honestly I don’t think he himself would label it, and that makes it hard for me to label it. He knows what he’s into. That’s all the information he needs.

That having been said, it’s unclear how much stigma there is against queer identities at the heart of the Empire / whether there is stigma. He keeps his private relationships truly PRIVATE regardless. He’s targeted enough for being non-human. He’s not giving anyone any more ammunition.

[robobrainmurdermysterytheatre]

My favorite Fallout guy in case anyone forgot - my sole survivor Jack Daniel O'Kelley 💚 I gave him a new face texture and he looks really good 🙏

[kkoct-ik]

i might still make some minor adjustments but my neocities is done !!!!! tell me if anything breaks. i should probably work on my writers resource now tbh

[emirphotoblog]

There will be light

Taken by Emir Gegić

Sony Nex 6 + Helios 44-4

[typosandtea]

Thanks @fablewritesnonsense for tagging me this looks very cute !

TREE!!!!

slapping down some tags @gardening--tools @secondhand-lions @acorncoffeeformysweetheart @notanandalitebandit @sirmanmister @romaniwasteland @bokatan :)

[stories-of-the-multiverse]

((Casual reminder that Ragatha gets people presents and/or makes food, but otherwise stays out of holiday festivities. So if you want a Christmas thread with her, you'll have to contend with Ragatha holing herself up in her room at least in the beginning-))

[ikemenfangirl]

Helix Waltz 2 Rose Wars “Night Hunting Feast” event (Dress up game)

เกม: Helix Waltz 2 สงครามกุหลาบ

อีเวนต์: คืนแห่งการออกล่า

เริ่ม: 1 สิงหาคม

The day of the moon is approaching, and a mysterious force is silently covering the night sky on the outskirts of Rosala.

Until the bright moon was covered, the protection also disappeared, and the devil came back to the world.

They thirst for blood, they live with despair and horror, and they live with the desire to kill.

Gone like a ghost before the sun rises.

Only the whole wasteland soaked in wreckage and blood was left...

Game : Helix Waltz 2 Rose Wars

Event: Night Hunting Feast

Start: Aug. 1

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Title: Helix Waltz 2 : Roses War (螺旋圆舞曲2蔷薇战争)

By: Crossingstar

Language: Chinese

Platform: iOS, Android

Website: https://www.lxywq2.com/

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คืนแห่งจันทร์ใกล้มาถึง และพลังลึกลับก็ปกคลุมท้องฟ้ายามค่ำคืนอย่างเงียบ ๆ ที่ชานเมืองโรซาล่า

จนกระทั่งดวงจันทร์ที่สว่างไสวถูกปกคลุม การปกป้องก็หายไป และปีศาจก็กลับมายังโลก

พวกเขากระหายเลือด มีชีวิตอยู่ด้วยความสิ้นหวังและสยองขวัญ และคงอยู่ด้วยความปรารถนาที่จะเข่นฆ่า

พลันหายไปเหมือนภูตผีก่อนดวงอาทิตย์ขึ้น

เหลือเพียงพื้นที่รกร้างว่างเปล่าที่โชกไปด้วยซากปรักหักพังและเลือด...

เกมแต่งตัวผสมผสานเนื้อเรื่องและภาพประกอบงดงาม Helix Waltz 2 สงครามกุหลาบ (เซิร์ฟจีน)

DOWNLOAD

🔗 iOS : https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/id1638886571 (Chinese Store)

🔗 Android:

TapTap：http://t.cn/A6xCz9lX

bilibili： http://t.cn/A6XCYJBh

[flourescencia]

so funny to live in a third world country because if I start thinking of the future it makes me worried sick to the point I can cry and it ruins my morning so I just have to leave it alone or the rage kills me

[inklingofadream]

periodic reminder that 4thewords is great :) never timed well bc it never occurs to me to say this in november when they offer a month of free subscription time, but! it is making the process of catching up on polychives more satisfying. finishing this chapter is like fighting a literal beast, rather than a metaphorical one, because for $4 a month (or slightly less, I buy the end of year bundle) 4thewords will provide Beasts

[spacekrue]

who wants to give me the comfort of mains ?