Defining Legally Blind
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Many people who are considered blind can still see. Here's my explanation of what it means to be legally blind.
Definition of legal blindness: A central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the best possible correction, and/or a visual field of 20 degrees or less.
thankyou for this. legal blindness sucks. i havent been able to read or write in 2 years, and i became legally blind 3 years ago. people say "oh you can still make out blurry images so youre good" but nothings actual images. just random splotches/streaks of colour. i have no idea what anything is. its not just a label for people who cant drive it can be debilitating. people think i should be able to live normally and do work without help because im not fully blind. i couldnt finish highschool cause schools dont have to help you unless youre fully blind (im not in your country so different rules i guess?). had to sit in a classroom for 8 hours a day for 2 years not knowing wtf was going on, not able to do a single written assignment or test. i barely go outside cause i was never taught how to know where im going or how not to run into people and objects or use a cane. legal blindness might not be as bad as full blindness but its still really hard to live with especially as a young person with no family or supports. i hope people will watch things like this and see legal blindness for what it actually is which is a spectrum with its own struggles
Wow that is really terrible. I’m sorry to hear that. What country do you live in?
If I want to explain the concept of legally blind to someone I will refer that person to your video for sure. Excellent video. 👍
Thank you!
@@CaylawithaC The hard part is being careful not to say oh look today i can make out 4 lines down and tomorrow you cant. and the 20 degrees thing can be taken to literal. i've got tons of holes in my central vision but a relatively good mid circle of peripheral well i had a relatively good mid ring.
i'm hoping it'll be better soon getting cataract surgery. wont fix the nerve damage and i'm around -30 in my glasses as is i'm betting i start having problems with ssdi after when i have a light prescription and possibly can see a few lines down by wiggling the visual field around until i put the letter together.
They tried a few times to cut me off.
Zagroseckt I agree. Our vision can change so much from day today and in different conditions that it makes it hard to measure
@@Zagroseckt im blind in my one eye and my good eye is 20/50 so can I get a driving license in US
@@hussanshahid2789 You'd have to ask a doctor after they checked your field of view and then tested you on how well you coped without stereoscopic vision. Probably some practical tests and a driving school if you haven't done it before.
if you live in the boonies there's a better chance of getting a hardship / restricted licence that lets you go slower than normal and such. but you may need to request it by a court motion. and have documentation showing the restrictions and such to make it safe.
Hey I just came across your channel recently!
Great explanation!
I think the term legally blind is mainly used in the US. I'm from India and here we are known as people having low vision.
Also typing on a keyboard is a great skill to have!!! I was taught too when i was young!
If I had a license I’d be driving around like SpongeBob running into everything.
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Hey maybe SpongeBob needs glasses.
Jacqueline Smith-Jackson lol i’m glad you appreciate my SpongeBob reference
This makes do much sense so many people not blind need to hear this to understand us better
I'm legally blind too and i have people call me fake because i still have sight i i have 20/1200 i use a white cane when i am out its more for stairs and to alert drivers that i might take my time crossing. like you i was born this way and thank you. well done you go a lone way to try to educate folks. light and peace.
my left eye is dead and i was born this way so this video is good for the sighted folks. there is no method to help. just had to add to this post.
Thoth dawhite thank you! I’m sorry that people call you fake. People just don’t understand the spectrum of blindness
I CAN SEE.
BARELY
P.O.P. Holdin it down
@@CaylawithaC 😭❤️
I don't know what state ur in but best advice is -- if you can get funded - go to law school. You can always open a private practice & make a livable wage. I chose medical school instead & of course that's impossible. Law's not hard and if you do corporate or real estate it's a lucrative paper mill
People really struggle with this concept. It never fails to amaze me just how many nurses don't understand the concept too. I can't count how many times I heard "if you're blind where's your cane?" Now that I have a cane it's "why don't you always use your cane?"
One day I was feeling like a fraud, cuz I was somewhere I felt like I could see just fine and I didn't need my stupid cane. So I put it away, put my head up and my shoulders back and went out to get in my friend's car. The biggest problem is that it wasn't my friend's car and I about sat on some 90 year old lady's lap. Ooops!
Was born sighted. Fully blind in my right eye now, light only. My right eye is tunnelled, and spotty. They say I'm "80% blind" but I'm not sure what that means. The parts that aren't there aren't dark, or that'd be a lot easier, it's more like they're.... plasma? A constantly undiscernable miasma of color I can't quite describe...but it's not just black where I can't see.
Blindness is a spectrum, but for me how well I can see has a ton to do with lighting, environment, shadows, how well I know an area, etc. It's good that I stopped driving before anyone forced me to. Even though ppl gave me a lot of crap for that at the time... people are mean af and nosy.
I just learned that I might be legally blind in a1 couple of decades . While this news is not unanticipated, it does not shock me. I found this video to be quite reassuring. Thank-you! :)
I just found your channel and subscribed. Thanks for the videos. I have RP, too. I can relate to everything you talk about especially people thinking I am rude when I don't see them.
Maria McMinn thank you so much for watching and subscribing!
I had a vision teacher too til 11th grade
Just learned a lot. Thank you for being vulnerable. You're awesome
Thanks for this video! Hopefully, people can be more informed about these low vision cases and even services offered by low vision optometrists/specialists. There are so many available from telescopes, magnifiers to even non-optical aids.
I’m an optometry student currently learning about low vision optometry. We learn about cases like this wherein individuals fit a certain description that makes them visually impaired/partially sighted/legally blind even though they have residual vision. This was definitely an educational video for me.
I was wondering what the cause of your vision loss is? Is it just due to the high refractive error? Maybe due to an ocular disease if any?
Hi! My vision loss is caused by a disease called retinitis pigmentosa. I have multiple videos about it on my channel if you are interested
Do you get talking books from your state library for the blind? I remember when they were on 8 rpm records, then they went to 4-track cassettes, and everything today is digital. When I was preparing to enter the 1st grade (1983), they tried to put me in an LD class (as it was called back then) and my Mother told them, "absolutely not, unless you can prove to me that his brain is not up to normal capacity." It was determined that nothing was wrong with my brain and I was enrolled in regular classes. Most of my teachers were wonderful and some of them later admitted that they were afraid, once they found out that a legally blind student would be in their class (totally understandable, when you don't know what to expect); but, they soon wished that they had a whole room full of students like me (I behaved and I did what was expected of me). When I first started school, they provided me with ordinary magnification devices and those were not cutting it. Then, Mama found out about the Visualtek CCTV magnifiers and arranged to have me tested with one. The test was a major success; so, Mama approached the school district about buying one (this was pre-ADA). The powers that be told her that they'd never spent that much money (about $2500, in 1984 dollars) on one child and Mama told them that I would not likely be the only visually impaired student that they'd ever have and that machine could possibly benefit many (which, later proved to be the case). The school finally told her that they would purchase one, if she and Dad would buy one for home use (which, they happily did and I still use it). The machine sat on a rolling cart and, for the most part, it went wherever I went. By the time I was in high school, the district had purchased several similar types of machines. Mama was always polite in her dealings with the schools and various agencies to get things for me. Later, she met the Mother of another VI student and this woman had a mouth that would make a sailor turn red. She asked Mama how come the school helped me; but, would not do anything for her Son. Mama said that if you talked to them the way you're talking to me, I can understand why they are not helping you.
radiotvphononut yes I do get talking books. I used to get them on tape, then CD, and now I get them all on the app on my phone. I agree, it’s important to be polite and respectful when asking for what you want. And I think a lot of my teachers would’ve preferred a classroom full of visually impaired kids too because I was well behaved and did my work
I have 20/400. I haven't been able to see anything without glasses or contacts further than the E without aid. Eye doctors definitely say yeah no you're legally blind. I want someone to get that without glasses or contacts I cannot navigate at all.
I can relate I'm leagley blind my right eye is 2200 vision my left eye is totley blind. Due to damage to my optic nurv when I had a life saving surgery on the right side of my head in 1968 due to a cyst growing.
I had a vision machine in high school. I am 24 and I am legally blind and I have a condition called Retinopathy Of Prematurity.
I can see more than a blind person can so I can see color, lights and objects bit if things are really tiny I can’t see them very well.
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Jacqueline Smith-Jackson
I’m 22 & I have ROP as well!
I can see out of left eye, but my right eye is dark.
I also have rop and I was born three months premature 59 years ago and over the years my very low vision loss or visually impaired with limited vision and I use a white cane,I wear glasses,I have 20/200 and for now my vision has stabilized but I have a history of detached retinas and cataracts with operations on my eyes.I can only see one letter on the eyechart
Cayla you legally shine! Thanks for the breakdown. P.O.P. hold it down!
Thanks! Haha I love when people reference that video in my comments. It always makes me laugh
Basically, "legally" blind is legal speak for the visual acuity being bad enough that it precludes the safe commandeering of a motor vehicle. Being "legally" blind is determined as a "disability." By law, this means that a person who is "legally" blind cannot commandeer a motor vehicle because of traffic safety.
Emerald Knight yes that is correct. However, as someone who is legally blind I will say that it impacts my life in other areas than just not being able to drive
As for myself ...
Left Eye = 20 /800
Right Eye = 20 / 300
My left eye is like your right eye. I can tell if the light is on or off and can tell if its day or night. Nothing else.
My right eye ...
I can see, very tunnel vision. Was told glasses won't help so I don't wear any. I can see the letters in an American stop sign at 18ft. away. I don't suggest doing that because that means you are standing in oncoming traffic.
So how can I type this on a Smartphone? ... I can "Touch Type" at 60wpm on a keyboard. This is no different except I use a magnifying glass to check for spelling before pressing enter.
Are u considered legally blind if your right eye is 20/60 when my left eye is 20/2600? Pls answer. Thanks!✌️
That is very true is it for me at the end of my heart to say sometimes
I actually kinda have to disagree with you on the whole 20/200. My eye doctor said even though I have 20/100 (20/80 if I squint) I functionally am 20/200. There is not a vast difference functionally between those numbers.
Now, when it comes to my peripheral vision I have a 15% peripheral vision, but it's really hard to gauge due to my nystagmus.
Also, it isn't entirely true that people who are not considered legally blind can't get services through blind organizations. I know people who see better than me who can get services. From what I hear they have to at least have a decent amount of vision loss, or to where their life has been affected by their sight loss. Personally I hate how the arbitrary cut off line is 20/200. There is so many that fit into a more gray area that also need help.
I heard that World Health Organization (ICD 11) definition for “low vision” is for 20/70 or worse central visual acuity and visual field less than 20 degrees? I’m kind of surprised how 20/200 used to be the cut off.
thank you
I have been legally blind with limited vision and my vsion is 20/200 and I can't see hardly anything at 20 feet and I have to be very close to an object,I cannot see faces,barely see the one letter on an eye chart,I also have cataracts in both eyes and I am on a long list to have my left eye operated on and two weeks after my eye is operated on to remove the original lens and to have artificial lens put into my eyes one eye at a time,wearing eye patches and prescribed eye drops in my eyes until they are healed up with some eye exams during the healing process
Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist. Sometimes that same person can duality certified as both and TBVI or TVII or s COMS
Hey. Just found your channel and subscribed. I'm a VI youtuber as well.
Kristina Arntz thank you so much for watching and subscribing! I will definitely check out your channel as well
Great info, it is not the easiest thing to explain but you did a good Jon!
Connierif Phillipsfdhddyru thank you! It definitely is difficult to explain
This was very helpful. I've always been told I'm legally blind. My eyes are 2200 and 2400 but I can see fine with my glasses. I dont think I see 20/20 with my glasses but I'm allowed to drive so it must not be too bad
Brandon Quire that’s interesting. If you are able to see fine with your glasses and well enough to drive, I’m not sure if you are actually legally blind as your vision would have to still be significantly impaired even with glasses
Sir I'm completely blind in my right eye and my good eye.the left eye, is 20/50 so can I get a license
I had an eye exam. I don't own glasses. My visual acuity is 20/400. The doctor wrote me a eyeglass prescription but i do not have glasses because i cant afford them or contacts. What should i do. Am i legally blind?
That’s a good question. I don’t really know the answer. I’m sorry you’re in this situation. I would try to get in contact with your states services for the blind
I've been legally blind since the 6th grade and no one told me 😅 my eye doctor has issues
Oh wow. That’s crazy
Wish everyone I no would watch this video very helpful for thoughts yhat don’t understand
Thx 4 the video. Very useful. Answered a lot of my ?s concerning this subject.
I’m so glad to hear that this video was helpful to you
Very informative. Clearly explained. 👍
Thank you!
I am JUST SLIGHTLY better than 20/200 vision without my glasses (not sure exactly where, but slightly better). Glasses can obviously make me 20/20, so I am, of course, NOT legally blind, but it's literal torture without my glasses, and insanely hard to see. I can't IMAGINE having worse eyesight than mine, and my heart goes out to anybody who is legally blind, completely blind, or nearing legal blindness. Ur all super special and I love u all!
Basically I imagine, wow. Having basically slightly worse than my glassesless vision...even WITH glasses. Wow. U r all super tough, I could never live like u all TwT.
Sorry if this sounds mean or rude, but I just looked up what legal blindness was cuz my prescription for glasses was nearing the level of legal blindness. This was the 1st AND LAST video I clicked on. Only needed urs. Very informative, especially when I was so scared that i was nearing legal blindness. Thank u for explaining it to me and taking 1 thing off my worry list.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I bet it is really interesting to be able to experience both 20/200 and 20/20 vision
You did such a good job explaining such a complicated thing. I'm curious though, what state do you live in? My corrected vision is 20/200 and I drive. My eye doctor just had to fill out a form which bypassed the DMV eye exam. Not sure if that's how it's done everywhere or just California. I'll have to film a driving video.
Shauna Light & Dark thank you so much! That’s really interesting that you can drive, and I would love to see you do a video about it. Unfortunately my corrected vision is quite a bit worse than 20/200, And I don’t have any peripheral vision, so driving isn’t an option for me
I live in NY, and your vision has to be corrected to 20/40 or 20/50 and mine is 20/60, so I am not allowed to drive which pisses me off a lot.
What about people with bad central vision? Are they legally blind?
If their central vision is 20/200 or worse with correction
Cayla, you did a great job of explaining something that is, essentially, a meaningless term. Personally, I don't like the term "visually impaired " and prefer "partially sighted," which doesn't mean much either. Only between 2 and 5% of all those considered "legally blind," have no vision at all. The rest of us supposedly have some residual vision we still use to get by. As for me, I can no longer trust what I see for the reasons you mentioned. Ambient light, contrast, glare, graphics, shadows, reflection, and color.
Thank you. There seem to be so many different terms that people prefer to use when talking about their vision.
Thank you. Good definition.
Thank you!
What if you have a combination of vision lost and a lost of field of vision? Are the parameters different?
Great video
Im legally blind too. So hard groing up with this condition being bullied by kids. Affects my self esteem😒
Good explanation.
I'm legally blind as well do to my type 1 diabetes i became legally blind in 2013 i gave up my drivers license my medical career
I can only see 2 feet in front of me my left eye is basically gone.
Hi Matthew. I’m sorry to hear that. How are you holding up?
@@CaylawithaC good so far no changes to my eye site been keeping my Blood sugars down A1C is good the doctor said if you want to keep what you have in your eye site keep your sugars down.I'm fighting to keep what site i have
I have a question im 14 and have ocular c albinism and nystagmus and im light sensitive and am completely blind when the sun /bright lights (This including snow reflections water reflection) are in my view anf i can only focus with one eye at a time and my perefrels are very blurry but when in an optimal situation (optomitirst office ) I see better than i would outside of the office in office 20/90 in my best eye left 20/110 in my right but my null point favors my right eye so uasully when seeing im 20/110 in an optimal situation and im really good with contrast (the vision chart (Black and white especialy)) but in real life i see like 20 300 beacause of my migranes light sensitivity eye strain plus im loosing color proception but im still concidered "visully impared" only based on the vision charts and the other tests but all of them are in an optimal lighting theres never clutter in the room no noises so its never really a fair bases beacause i never see like that only in that office so would anyone based on that say im leagally blind beacause i need funding beacause i fell into the crack of disabled but not disabled enought to get any benifits or help
The best thing I can suggest is that you discuss your difficulties with your doctor. They would be best able to help you. Have you been prescribed anything like sun lenses (aka sunglasses) for the glare to help combat your light sensitivity?
I've been wearing glasses since kindergarten, back in the days your glasses were considered coke bottles because of the thickness, today's tech makes glasses so thin you can't if a person is legally blind, I have no peripheral vision which is side line of sight on top of being legally blind, it used to freak me out when people just all of a sudden appeared next to me, my loss of sight stems from years of abuse via adopted father
I’m really sorry to hear that. I’ve also been wearing glasses since I was in kindergarten and they were so thick back then lol
Can a person that needs a corneal transplant from both eyes be legally blind? If that makes sense.
I’m not sure. It would depend on their visual acuity
Cayla with a C Okay I understand. Thank you! God bless you.
I have 20/400 eye sight would that coubt
Yes I believe so. As long as your vision can’t be corrected with glasses or contacts
I'm confused cuz they said I was almost legally blind ir something but I can see almost everything around me it's just hard for me to read some things on signs and stuff but I can see everything else and I was driving with my dad yesterday and he found out I was legally blind or almost legally blind he started crying and Idk it kinda scared me man I font wear glasses or anything my eyes got really bad tho this pass year from just being in my room on my phone looking at a screen and i can tell i just started getting out again I'm playing football again but i can tell my eyes got worse
How are your eyes now?
I can see BARELY
POP holdin’ it down
I am legally blind
I can see barley
Sorry I've just seen that meme
Are you talking about the one with the news story of the legally blind lady driving the getaway car? It’s pretty funny
@@CaylawithaC yeah 😂
I think I may be legally blind
I found out I was legally blind November 2019, but I suspected it for a while. If you think yuo are legally blind you should find a low vision specialist to evaluate you. They can help you get connected with agencies that help blind and legally blind folks like us. They can also prescribe glasses, sunglasses, magnifiers and handheld telescopes that may help you out.
@@ramblingmillennial1560 thx you very much
@@Fordzee you're welcome :)
I'm confused if I'm completely blind in one eye no light nothing my only seeing my eye is not that good either have to wear perception glass but very little but has increased more and more each year
Do you watch movies and draw ?
I do watch movies. I can follow along by what I’m hearing, or I watch them with audio description. I don’t draw though since I wouldn’t be able to see what I’m drawing
legally blind
Quick question, so when you have your eye examined by eye doctor, did they try multiple lense on you? How did they determined that you have 20/200 vision?
Yes they tried different lenses. They determined that I have 20/200 vision because I could only read the large E on the eye chart when standing 20 feet away and couldn’t read any of the other lines of letters
Cayla with a C you can read the large E standing 20 get away with or without correct lenses?
@@veev327Probably with the lenses. Otherwise, she wouldn’t legally fit the term of legal blindness/low vision.
How are you legally blind typing in the comments?
My phone has a feature called VoiceOver that reads everything to me. You can watch this video for more information ruclips.net/video/XMhdO0xr4_Q/видео.html
Okay hold up... am i the only one that wonders why she has glasses if she’s blind?
Valid question. I am able to see a little bit and my glasses help me see a tiny bit clearer. Essentially I can read about size 80 font without them and 70 font with them. I made this video where I explain it more in depth
ruclips.net/video/Lhun48MI6HI/видео.html