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What does a blind person "see?"

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I was wondering this. Would it be what seeing people consider a bright white? Would it be total darkness? Perhaps just an extreme blur? I know that there are different kinds of blindness but wonder what your average blind person experiences. Anyone on ATOT know any blind people who previously had sight and could describe what they "see?"

 
I have always been interested in this as well...

I always assumed that it was just like closing your eyes in a very dark room... just black...
 
Originally posted by: farmercal
They can see into your soul.
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They see "the force"!! :shocked: :laugh:

Originally posted by: 49erinnc
I can't read this post. Someone sign it to me.
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Um, not to pick at your post.....but if you can't see, what good is signing going to do for you?? :roll:

 
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
I was wondering this. Would it be what seeing people consider a bright white? Would it be total darkness? Perhaps just an extreme blur? I know that there are different kinds of blindness but wonder what your average blind person experiences. Anyone on ATOT know any blind people who previously had sight and could describe what they "see?"
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Not this thread, thats for sure ...
 
Originally posted by: AdamSnow
I have always been interested in this as well...

I always assumed that it was just like closing your eyes in a very dark room... just black...
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Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: 49erinnc
I can't read this post. Someone sign it to me.
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Um, not to pick at your post.....but if you can't see, what good is signing going to do for you?? :roll:
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The deaf-blind "see" sign by feeling a person's signs with their hands.

 
If you go blind/llegally blind although you were born with sight, then you see a blur
If you were born blind, you see darkness
 
Originally posted by: Bassyhead
Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: 49erinnc
I can't read this post. Someone sign it to me.
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Um, not to pick at your post.....but if you can't see, what good is signing going to do for you?? :roll:
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The deaf-blind "see" sign by feeling a person's signs with their hands.
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Oh yeah.....the old Helen Keller thing. Forgot about that!! 😱

I do know that my sister told me that when she got her cataract surgery a couple years ago (Rhumatoid Arthritis medications caused it over a period of 20 years, a common side effect), that when they basically vacuumed out her lens material (along with the cataract), she could still see light & shadow, but there was no focus, until they dropped in the new plastic lens. Now she has fixed focus on both eyes.
 
They see better than you think. They use their ears.

Blind people have some of the best hearing around; it's just natural to rely on another sense when one is not responding or missing altogether.
 
Have no eyes at all?
Sight would be absent to them. (Black)

Have improperly functioning (blind) eyes from birth?
Would see light and dark and shadowing depending on severity.

Have been diagnosed as "legally blind"?
Sight would be extremely blurry depending on severity, and could be slightly enhanced by glasses.
 
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