Legally blind?

Question

what is the level of sight loss to be considered legally blind?

Answer 1

I always thought you had to have 20/200 vision that could not be corrected.

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20021031.html

Anyone with vision worse than 20/200 that cannot be improved with corrective lenses is considered legally blind. In addition, people with a visual field of less than 20 degrees diameter (10 degrees radius) are also considered legally blind.

Answer 2

I believe it's 20/200 for nearsighted (I don't know about with astigmatism or tunnel vision or farsightedness.)

My eyes are around 20/400 without glasses. With glasses, they're 20/20 up close and pretty bad at a distance. Glasses can't fix every problem.

But that's OK. My other senses are sharp, and I can still do what I need to when I wear my glasses.

Edit--yeah, I mean 20/200 WITH corrective lenses. Like, I wouldn't be legally blind since my vision is OK with glasses. But if my eyes were that bad WITH glasses, I'd be in serious trouble.

Answer 3

If your vision, after corrective lenses, is 20/200 in your better eye you are legally blind. That means you can't see at 20 feet what most people can see at 200 feet. There is also another test that says instead if your vision is limited to a small portion of your eye you are legally blind (typically result of glaucoma that ruins your peripheral vision).

Answer 4

20/200 or less with glasses or contact in the better eye.

Answer 5

When you can't see enought to drive (Except in FLA)