I am told I was born with sight, but already had problems and lost it very quickly so I have no memory of seeing anything.

I perceive some amount of light in one of my eyes, but this is very unreliable and faint, and it's more the quick change in light than light itself. I can't tell you at a given moment if it's light or dark but I can tell you if suddenly light increases. This has no direction or colour or anything, it's just a vague sensation.

The other eye perceives absolutely nothing. It's not black or darkness (how do I know, because it doesn't feel like darkness does on the other eye, in fact it feels like nothing). The only way I managed to get through to sighted people about this, is asking them what do they see with their toes, or earlobes.

I was born completely blind. I see nothing. Saying I "see" black isn't correct, because I have no other sensation of sight to compare against. So it's just nothingness.

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Partially blind for almost 4 years, I have about 20/400 vision. Everything is pretty blurry, but especially so in my central field of vision. I also constantly see neon speckles that are always moving and changjng colors

I see what looks like TV static. I am legally blind. I see a constant moving film of TV static over what vision I have left

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Here's the published article: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-do-blind-people-see-4153577

Please let me know if you have any feedback or if there's anything you would add/change.

Try a bit of Googling- $1 has some decent pictures of vision quality and how some disorders affect vision.

My mom (total blind) was friends with a "vision advocate" (also totally blind) who had goggles with lenses simulating issues like cataracts, blindness, etc. I don't know how or where to find them but for fully-sighted people, it can provide some decent insight. Maybe getting in touch with a local DVR office or council for the blind or similar might have some resources to find these for a better first-hand experience.

I get asked this alot, there are two answers to what I see. First during daylight hours I see well enough to get around but not well enough to see anything in super great detail i dont have very good distance sight in bright light and colors elude me. Second at night i see pretty well (for impairment) and even better than some fully sighted people, and yes colors still elude me