#HorrorWritersChat Over and over, I found stories about Deaf people going out to eat and servers attempting to be helpful by presenting them with Braille menus. I don't know what to make of that broader pattern except that it seems emblematic of how often 'help' isn't actually helpful.
#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro):
And finally, tell us an interesting fact that you learnt in your research about disability in any work of fiction.
P.S. Don’t forget the tag!
...Braille is a tactile language for blind people, and one that is never taught to many people who could benefit from it.
If you are Deaf, you would benefit from a Braille menu as much as any sighted person.
It's offering a menu someone has no way to read and thinking you did something good.
They mean well, but even if someone is blind, you can't know if they read Braille unless you ask.
And that's just it. Assuming you can help and doing a thing instead of asking means you can just as easily inconvenience or harm as actually help. Meaning well does not absolve you of harm done
