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minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoTo add here, not everyone is born with disability but sometimes shit just happens
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoYeah, I think for Geordy his eyes just got consistently worse until he was blind without a visor. On Ba’ku his eyes recovered briefly.
minus-squareStamets@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 days agoHe was born blind and remained blind until he got his first VISOR at 5 years old. It’s in the TNG episode Hero Worship. His optical nerve was regenerating on Ba’ku but whatever his disability, it would eat away at it once he left the planet.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI could’ve sworn he was born without optic nerves or something like that.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 days agoHe mentions that his eyes will deteriorate again once he leaves Ba’ku
To add here, not everyone is born with disability but sometimes shit just happens
Yeah, I think for Geordy his eyes just got consistently worse until he was blind without a visor. On Ba’ku his eyes recovered briefly.
He was born blind and remained blind until he got his first VISOR at 5 years old. It’s in the TNG episode Hero Worship. His optical nerve was regenerating on Ba’ku but whatever his disability, it would eat away at it once he left the planet.
I could’ve sworn he was born without optic nerves or something like that.
He mentions that his eyes will deteriorate again once he leaves Ba’ku