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What do blind people see? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like, is it just total darkness or, the opposite? Is it easier for them to fall asleep given that there's no light to distract them whilst trying to nod off?

I feel like an absolute ass for asking these questions, and I'm honestly not trying to hurt anyone's feelings or anything.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This question would only be valid if there's only one type of "blind" and this being the type of blind where you have no sight at all.

Much more common is the type of blind where you do see, but it's unusable. Depending on the reason this will look different. For example just plain bad sight everything blurry as hell and not correctable.

Or it could be that you have a tiny tiny dot like vision. Or some type of defect causing your eyes to be not properly controlled, jumping around wildly causing effectively a lack of vision but for different reasons.

[–] Doorbook 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, official it is called Blind defined as a vision that is less than 20/40. Technical it called visual impairment, and it is a spectrum. Some people vision are blurry or they can see very small parts or they have floaters. When these or absolute loss of vision become less than 20/40 then the person is considered legally blind.

So now what they can see, if they can see, depends on the type and how bad the condition is.