Would I be classified as "legally blind"?!


Question: Would I be classified as "legally blind"!?
My contacts are -10!.5 in each eye!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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No!. The definition of legally blind is as follows "Central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective glasses or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a visual field defect in which the peripheral field is contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye" In other words, in order to be legally blind!.!. part of the definition states that it cannot be corrected to better than 20/200!. Which obviously it can be as you have contact lenses!. If you had glasses/contacts and the best they could bring your vision up was 20/200, then yes!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

The other guy is very technical, but he seems to know his stuff!
I'm a -6!.25 in each eye, so if I loose my only pair of specs there's no point in me leaving the house without a friend and a stick, but I don't think ether of us are legally blind because we can correct our vision almost perfectly with glasses and maybe even laser eye surgery!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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