I'm in a quandary concerning one of my characters. He has very little vision, but is still able to get around his house because he keeps everything just so and doesn't change anything. He's not completely blind. It's just all he can see is colors and it looks like an artist took their paintbrush and smudged all of the colors together into one blurry mess. Also, I was considering whether or not he could play a game like basketball in his driveway with his brother and dad. Again, the surroundings are something he's familiar with and he knows where the hoop is and that nothing will be in the way to trip him. Now, when he goes out in public, he does use a seeing eye dog.
I guess my question is this. What is the name for this type of blindness? I tried looking it up, but wasn't able to find it. And am I being realistic when I make it possible for the guy to move around the house without the use of a seeing eye dog?
I have a friend who is blind and one who is color blind. The one who is blind became so as a result of an accident, so he knows what the world looks like. He describes his blindness as "habitual darkness with occasional flickerings of gray." The other one sees fine except he cannot see reds. I've read a lot about different forms of color blindness, but haven't seen or heard the condition you are speaking about. You might look into how genetics plays into the whole seeing certain colors thing. Good luck Leah. Let us know what you discover.
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