What is Legally blind?

by **otis** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:31 am

I have astigmatism, I've worn glasses as long as I can remember, I'm now 25, and vision in one eye is 20/350 and the other is 20/450 - does this mean without the aid of glasses I am legally blind? If persay as I grow older my vision worsens significantly and then becomes to a point where even with lenses don't help nearly as much.. does that contribute to legal blindess...??

by **colfre** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:38 am

I have astigmatism, I've worn glasses as long as I can remember, I'm now 25, and vision in one eye is 20/350 and the other is 20/450 - does this mean without the aid of glasses I am legally blind? If persay as I grow older my vision worsens significantly and then becomes to a point where even with lenses don't help nearly as much.. does that contribute to legal blindess...??

you are legally blind. your vision is worse than 20 / 200 .

by **colfre** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:45 am

You can't be legally blind WITHOUT glasses.

Legal blindness is measured as not being able to be corrected to better than 20/200 in the best eye WITH glasses ON

Unless you have a progressive eye disease, there is no reason you would ever get to a point glasses don't work for you.

Many people are way over 20/1000 without glasses but see 20/20 with them on. Uncorrected vision of 20/400 is very very common.

How poor the vision is without glasses is of no real importance as long as you can be corrected to 20/20 or close to it , all is fine.

by **kenway** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:03 am

I am not trying to give silly answers, but I heard being legally blind meant that the government has you down as blind.

EG: Person A & Person B are both completely blind. Person A is down on the government's list as 'blind
Person B is on the government's list but not down as blind.
Even though both people are blind, Person A is Legally Blind

Anyway, that's what I heard. Probably not true ;)

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