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How to describe people from the ‘eyes’ of a blind person?

Asked by: Joseph Hernandez

How do you describe a blind person?

A person with total blindness won’t be able to see anything. But a person with low vision may be able to see not only light, but colors and shapes too. However, they may have trouble reading street signs, recognizing faces, or matching colors to each other. If you have low vision, your vision may be unclear or hazy.

How would you describe a scene to a blind person?

To describe the scene to a blind person could be concise and the idea that everything is visual richness could be reduced to a few descriptive phrases, may also irritate the directors.

How would you describe white to a blind person?

“A man was asked by a blind man to describe the color white. The man said, ‘White is the color of a swan. ‘ The blind man said, ‘What is a swan? ‘ The man said, ‘A swan is a bird with a crooked neck.

Do blind people see black?

The answer, of course, is nothing. Just as blind people do not sense the color black, we do not sense anything at all in place of our lack of sensations for magnetic fields or ultraviolet light. We don’t know what we’re missing.

How can you describe sunset to a blind person?

It’s the warm sun kissing your skin, the gentle tickle of walking on the damp sand. It’s the evening November breeze, rustling in steady breaths. Where laughter and song-birds fill your heart with awe, hope and dreams, it’s the pure fragrance of summer grasses and meadow flowers.

How would you describe a sunrise to a blind person?

Originally Answered: How can you describe the sunrise to a blind person? You could say it is like light slowly emerging from the bottom to the top, spreading light to all parts, until suddenly, your eyes focus on a flooded area of light, which is too bright to be seen.

How do you describe winter in writing?

Sample winter setting paragraph:



As I looked around I noticed a white blanket of snow covering the trees, ground, and houses. I was surprised by how quiet everything seemed. The only sound I could hear was my boots crunching in the snow. The smell of damp pine trees made the air feel fresh and clean.

Can blind people cry?

Yes, most of them can cry tears.

Why do blind eyes turn white?

The lens itself is flexible and suspended by ligaments which allow it to change shape to focus light on the retina, which is composed of sensory neurons. On occasion, the pupil of the eye may appear white. This is never a normal condition and requires immediate evaluation by an ophthalmologist.

Is being blind like closing your eyes?

Blindness is not being in the dark



Sighted people tend to think that closing their eyes can offer a glimpse into what blind people see. That, however, is far from reality. There are different types of sight loss because of the various causes of blindness.

How do blind people write?

People read Braille by moving their fingertips from left to right across the lines of dots. Developed in the early 1800s by Louis Braille, Braille is a series of characters, or “cells,” that are made up of six raised dot patterns, arranged in a rectangle containing two columns of three dots each.



What nothing looks like to blind people?

Some describe seeing complete darkness, like being in a cave. Some people see sparks or experience vivid visual hallucinations that may take the form of recognizable shapes, random shapes, and colors, or flashes of light.

Do blind people dream in color?

Public Domain Image, source: NSF. Yes, blind people do indeed dream in visual images. For people who were born with eyesight and then later went blind, it is not surprising that they experience visual sensations while dreaming.

Why do blind people wear sunglasses?

Protection from the sun



A visually impaired person’s eyes are just as vulnerable to UV rays as the eyes of somebody who can see. For legally blind people with some degree of vision, sunglasses might help prevent further vision loss caused by exposure to UV light.

Why do blind people’s eyes move?

The appearance of a blind person's eyes is generally caused by the disease or cause of vision loss which of course is not always disease. The cause of my vision loss did happen to be disease.