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sightlessscribbles.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2025
Robert Kingett, a blind writer with cerebral palsy, writes essays on disability, accessibility, technology and bureaucracy.
What HN saysHN links it for Kingett's essays on disability and confidence, including "The Colonization of Confidence"; commenters cite his about page and ask whether he uses AI.
15HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Colonization of Confidence3 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 2The Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs2 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 3The Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs2 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 4A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI1 people · 4 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 5The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza1 people · 4 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 6The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat Before Dinner1 people · 3 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 7The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and You1 people · 2 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 8AI Audiobooks are not accessible1 people · 1 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 9The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and You1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · 1 comments on HN
- 10A Thermodynamic Failure of the Soul1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 11He Learned the Gestures1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 12The Violent Aerodynamics of a Pastry1 people · 1 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 13My website is my safe space1 people · 1 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 14Keyboard Shortcuts are my Superpower1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 15The colonization of confidence1 people · first shared 2026
What HN people wrote when they linked it
meatmanek · 2026-08-05
https://sightlessscribbles.com/about/
> Kingett has Cerebral Palsy, CP, in addition to his blindness. He’s had both ever since he was a baby. He has Retinopathy of prematurity, commonly referred to as ROP. Even though he is ambulatory, his cerebral palsy makes it difficult to walk long distances or to stand for lengthy periods of time, which is probably why writing fell right into his lap!
So it sounds* like he uses his cane from his wheelchair and/or when walking.
*unintentional metaphor
WindyMiller · 2026-03-27
[How confident are you that this writer uses AI?](https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-colonization-of-confidence/)
mwcampbell · 2026-02-18
This idea is a major theme in this story by Robert Kingett: https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/