legally blind
Officially sight-deficient
Legally blind describes vision impaired enough to qualify for government benefits and accommodations, even if some sight remains.
The threshold varies by jurisdiction but typically means visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better eye with correction, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less.
Many people who are legally blind can still see shapes, light, or movement: She's legally blind but can read with magnification.
- visual impairmentUncorrectable seeing deficit
- disability benefitsPayments for those unable to work
- social securityPublic financial protection programs
- screen readersSoftware vocalizing on-display content
- white canesNavigation aids for blind
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- Blindblindsided
- Disabilitiesparalysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment, amputees
- sensory disordershearing loss, visual impairment, numbness, loss of taste, loss of smell
- Vision Losslow vision, partial sight, blurry vision, tunnel vision, peripheral vision loss
- Visually Impairedlow vision, partially sighted, guide dog user, Helen Keller, Louis Braille
legally blindperfect vision
Optimal visual acuity
20/20 vision · sighted · normal vision · eagle-eyed · hawk-eyed
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