visually impaired
Lacking full sight
Visually impaired describes someone with significant loss of sight that cannot be fully corrected with glasses or contact lenses.
The term covers a spectrum from partial vision loss to total blindness.
It emerged as a more clinical alternative to blind, which some consider blunt: programs for visually impaired students, visually impaired users rely on screen readers.
- unsightedUnable to perceive visually
- blindnessAbsence of vision
- legally blindInsufficient sight by official standards
- partial sightImpaired but present vision
- seeing eye dogTrained canine for blind
guide dog · unseeing · audio books · screen reader · purblind · white cane · visionless · assistive devices · adaptive technology · text-to-speech · disability rights · access needs · squinting · close reader · inclusive design · cataracts · magnifier · blurry
- visionsharp, eye, sight, eyes, blurry
- blind serviceswhite cane, Louis Braille, guide dog, guide dogs, braille alphabet
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, developmental disability, amputees, intellectual disability
- Education ServicesIEP, teacher training, 504 plan, school improvement, accommodations
- road userspedestrian, pedestrians, cyclist, cyclists, motorist
- inclusive languagegender-neutral, they/them, singular they, preferred pronouns, pronouns
visual capacity
visually impairedsighted
Capable of vision
seeing · eagle-eyed · clear-sighted · hawk-eyed · 20/20 vision