Abstract: The present paper reports a field research, based on the principle of mixing cognitive linguistics, performed with blind subjects who attend the Braille Library “Dorina Nowill”, in order to investigate the understanding of metaphors supported in visuality by these subjects. The results show that blind individuals use metaphorical sentences linked to the sense of sight, but do not expand mental projections in the construction of other senses. Words that represent metaphors based on the visual field are rarely extended to a more connotative sense; they are commonly related to physical elements linking them to other perceptions that are part of their experiences.

Keywords: visual disability, conceptual metaphor, perceptions