Talk:Marina Datillo/@comment-25084027-20141029172957/@comment-25499471-20141030212454

I've been wondering that as well. Because she has her eyes open (along with normal facial expression, gestures such as looking at someone who is talking and so on) I would guess that her blindness came about later in life; most people who have been blind since birth never open their eyes and don't respond the same way that sighted people do. However it could be that she was made to respond in a normal manner so as to make her character easier to understand by children who are not familiar with blindness (e.g. if she had her eyes closed then children would think that that is why she can't see, for example, so even if she has been blind since birth it might be that they made her appear more normal so as to avoid confusion amongst younger viewers).

I don't know of any exact answer though...