Blind VS Legally Blind (What is Legal Blindness)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- Learn what it means to be blind vs legally blind as we celebrate World Sight Day by reflecting on vision loss and what it means to be legally blind. If you struggle with reading from vision loss or dyslexia, check out the Orcam MyEye: bit.ly/3y1Nu78
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Legal blindness is defined as the best corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better seeing eye; or a visual field limitation such that the widest diameter of the visual field, in the better eye, is no greater than 20 degrees.
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0:00 Blind Vs Legally Blind
1:19 What is Legal Blindness
1:37 Legally Blind Vision
1:56 What legally blind looks like
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3:58 Legal Blindness Simulation
5:15 Documenting Blindness
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7:37 Dealing with Vision Loss
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9:46 World Sight Day
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About this video: Ever wondered about the difference between legal blindness vs blind? In this video, Joseph J. Allen, OD FAAO discusses whats legal blindness and what legal blindness looks like. If you or a family member have partial blindness or think you have a blindness disability, this video should help with better understanding vision loss and the definition of legal blindness. This video also discusses low vision treatment options including magnification, rehabilitation and new technology for the blind. For more information, please consult your local eye care provider or low vision specialist. 
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Happy World Sight Day 2021! What are some things you a grateful for today?
I am grateful that i can still see
My mom. She has macular degeneration. She never let it stop her & encouraged us to appreciate everything.
@@ramonacharles9540 Me too!
@@sandratima5469 This is great Sandra. Thank you for sharing that.
As much as they can be a nuisance, every time I pop my contact lenses in my eyes I think about how grateful I am for the invention of contacts! Science rules!
I had a teacher who was blind. She had a good way of explaining to a sighted person what being blind is like. She posed the question, "What is it like to not be able to see through your elbow?" We can't imagine that because we have no frame of reference. Therefore it's just nothing.
That is a really good perspective.
Yes I can’t se through my belbow
Ok someone said that to me as a kid I didn't take it to me "you don't have eyes in your elbow" and I just put my elbow up to my face and was like ok so blind people see the color blacj
I wonder if most "true blind" can see monochrome color. Like a single pixel that could only oscillate between pure black and white, even if the video stated this already I assume there are less that have no light sense
The best way I've heard it explained is somebody told me it was like you closed one of your eyes and tried to see out of the closed one. You can't see a dark spot, just nothing.
I highly appreciate the way you took the temperament of this video (mild, mellow) without getting excited, exuberant or displaying heavy emotions because of the nature of topic. This shows how much respectful you are to a blind and how grateful you are to god for vision. Very proud to be your subscriber.
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I have 22/100
This was very interesting to me. Back on Aug. 27, I had a freak accident which ultimately caused me to have to have my right eye removed. There was not only no improvement, but I was in terrible pain for over 2 months. Removing the eye was basically the only choice. Prior to that, over 15 yrs ago, I was diagnosed with a disease in both eyes, (Pelucid Marginal Degeneration) which led to corneal transplants in both eyes and then becoming legally blind in both. Lucky for me, the freak accident occurred in my right eye which was the worst of the 2 at 20/400. Now I am left with one eye and the vision in that one is 20/200. Yes, I do have a lot of challenges, however, I am thankful I still have a bit of visions left in my left eye.
how did you type this
@@arstotzka6520 uhmmm my phone is near my face and the screen (including keyboard) is set to LARGE SIZED! Also LEGALLY blind, does NOT mean TOTALLY (AS YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING) BLIND! I am LEGALLY blind in my remaining eye (left one) and no longer have my right eye!
If you still do not get it, maybe you need to look up what legal blindness is!
I cant even read this my brain is too small
@@agamerwithzeroveiws4385 lol it must be, so don't
@@tracydeyhle4688 dam
I’m legally blind and have 20/60 Vision in my “good eye”. People will hear that and think i’m faking blindness or that I could just get glasses. Very frustrating having to explain the nuances, but I think you do a very good job at filling in those gaps. Though other factors like photophobia, depth perception, Night vision play a huge role that aren’t measurable and unique to every individual dealing with visual disabilities.
My husband was legally blind until somewhere around high school - his situation improved on its own. He's not super communicative (just personality) - but I remember beign shocked that he would actually keep his glasses on as a toddler - so many people say its nearly impossible to get kids to keep their glasses on - but for him even as a toddler, the difference was worth it.
he had stories about running in to trees and cars as a kid - its crazy. But had had been offered surgery and refused because of the fear of losing the vision he had. His eyes continued to improve until recently - we are in our 50s (and met in our 30s)
anyways, I appreciate hearing about these definitions - my husband just doesnt talk about things much but I feel like this helps me understand a bit more.
I'm not quite sure i understand... How was he legally blind but now he's not?
@@phen0mejon99 Apparently the flattening of the eye that causes most of us to get worse eyesight as we age actually improved his eyesight. its finally stopped improving. but also his nystagmus improved dramatically over the years as well, which helped a ton.
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As a visually impaired individual I'm so happy to see someone cover this topic. I've come across so many people that can't get their heads around the fact that I have usable vision. They tend to think I'm either faking my impairment, I just haven't gotten the right glasses, or haven't had the right eye care in general. It'd be nice if general knowledge about vision loss was more wide spread. I think TV and movies are a big part of the misconceptions about blindess. Whenever you see someone with vision loss in movies or TV shows it's usually presented as the person being totally blind. I can't think of one blind character that had any usable vision or even light perception. It sucks too because since so many people seem to think that you either have normal vision or nothing, there are way to many times that I have to fake being totally blind just to get the help that I need.
Talking technology, there are so many cool things being created. Just comparing the tech we have now versus when I was a kid in the 80's is huge. Too bad some of the really cool stuff is so expensive and out of budget for someone like my on an $800 a month disability income. Still, the tech I do have and advances in medical science had helped slow the progression of my eye condition. My mom has the same eye condition as I do (congenital aniridia with nystagmus and macular hypoplasia) and I have more vision that she did at my age. Also my vision is, relatively stable, whereas my mom's vision is mostly light and motion perception now. Technology has definitely made a big difference. It'll be interesting to see what other cool things will come from it.
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I have nanopthalmos (dwarf eye causing me to be a 800 in both eyes) and so I wear bifocals and have trouble seeing even with contacts or glasses.However, I am thankful for what I do have at least but it is such a challenge to have most doctors not be familiar with my condition or know how to help fully since it is more rare. Many with nano usually look like we can see which is probably why people don't get the severity of it. Hopefully maybe one day there can be videos on this condition since it leaves many of us legally blind even with glasses or contacts. Thank you for your work and channel
I have seen nanophthalmos once and it was with a 10 year old. Really high glasses powers. Very rare for sure but still, i appreciate you sharing this. Hopefully I will be able to make a video on it someday.
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I had a retinal detachment so I can't see anything from that eye. My other is probably on its way out also. Sucks having so many eye issues and knowing nothing will fix it.
Sorry to hear. Was there no way surgery could have fixed this? I'm rather concerned, as I've just been told that retinal detachment is a real risk for me, and they even advised on whom to call IMMEDIATELY should I experience an increase in floaters, or any other type of increase in vision impairment. It all sounds rather daunting...
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I’m so happy I stumbled upon this! I have optic nerve hypnoplasa. It is really difficult to see small letters. I’m only 15 and training with a white cane. I have a lot of trouble seeing size 11 font on my chromebook without making it bigger.
I can understand your pain. I also have Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
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I found this video very interesting. I am grateful for my glasses and RUclips so that I can see and learn so much about healthy eyes. Happy World Sight Day to you Dr Allen.
Thank you! You too!
You tube is the best, if you need a procedure for your eyes or a medical term explained, someone on you tube will explain it in clear terms that really help lesson your fears and anxiety - at least I found that true in my case.
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The timing of this...I was just diagnosed with having retinitis pigmentosa. And yeah a bit scared and uncertain about the future, especially with just having a baby and already being hearing impaired too.
The Blind Life on RUclips has helped me a lot. Sam Speevy has Stargardt‘s disease.
My mother in law has RP and although she’s been legally blind for a few years, she still has great quality of life. She paints, quilts, cooks, bakes, and reads; but is unable to drive herself, and has benefitted from using a probing cane when walking out and about.
@@morganhough1022 I hope to continue to paint.
Also, I already use a cane for mobility support, and the thought of using a red & white cane at the same time amuses me. (I'm fairly certain I've seen another option out there. )
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My daughter went completely blind at a young age due to a brain tumour. There is a HUGE difference in quality of life between someone with no light perception at all and someone with some vision, even if legally blind. Circadian rhythm, social interactions, mobility, all impacted very differently. That being said, if you're going to go blind, best to do it as young as possible so you have time to adapt, we are grateful for that.
As a legally blind person myself (I’m not anymore due to surgery and am now 20/70) I really appreciate people talking about this topic! I think it’s really important and a lot of people take their vision for granted as well as being able to drive which I am still unable to do. I’m grateful for what I have and since I was legally blind since birth it’s hard to realize how much you couldn’t see until you can see :)
As a -14.5/-14.75 I often refer to myself as blind without my glasses. I seriously have a very specific place to put my glasses when sleeping, because I cannot see well enough to find them if they're not there.
Nothing like crawling around on your hands and knees, trying to feel for your glasses. Been there, done that.
Or a dropped contact. -18/-15 diopter here.
@@ksking1970 I lost my contact one time putting it in, it 'blinked' out of my eye. I could not find it. I had to call my friend to come over and find it for me. I was standing by the sink, and some how it 'blinked' out of my eye, and landed in the tub. He said it was hard to find, he had to push on each thing that looked like a drop of water, but he found it. How it flew like 3 feet out of my eye, I'll never know. Usually I could find it in the sink. I was at -9.5. Yes doing the hands and knees shuffle is not fun. I did it at a crowded bar one night, and no I was not drunk, I was trying to help a friend find his dropped glasses before they got stepped on.
@Leumens Thank god for modern medicine and our ability to have access to it.
Because of my ignorance, I first eye exam was when I was 15 (about 2 years ago), and on that test I discovered that my prescription was -6 in the right and -5 in the left eye, it was bad enough to make the doctor give me a glasses with -4 R -3 L prescription to get used to the eyesight (because jumping to -6 is a big jump), and from that day and I felt that I am semi blind (because of my dependence on my glasses).
This video made me for the first in the past 2 year appreciate that I am not really blind.
Thank you for literally opening my ayes on something I didn't know.
I got contact lenses, years ago and could see so much better with them, than with glasses. Maybe you could try them. I liked how I didn't need to worry about loosing my glasses or when it rained, I didn't have rain all over my glasses or glasses getting fogged up, or breaking glasses. The only down side I had was a few times while putting them in, they popped out and I could not find my lens. I had to have a friend come over and hunt around the bathroom till it was found. They tend to look like a drop of water if you drop one in the sink or tub. Yes standing by the sink, some how I blinked putting one in (I only wore one, as I can only see out of one eye and only need one) and it popped out and landed in the tub. Thankfully this did not happen often. Cleaning contacts is a nightly item to do, but is not hard, they make little machines that help you clean them and you can deprotien them easily enough. Good luck with your vision, being sight challenged is not easy but it is not the worse thing either.
@@kfl611 thank you for telling me your experience with your contacts, I like how we both didn't like fogging and the other downsides of wearing glasses.. have a good day.
@@KhalilAbuthiyab You too, keep your spirits up.
-6 and -5 without glasses or contacts! That sucks. I needed to keep mine on all the time by -4. Now I'm at -9!!!
I'm a "legally blind" person and back in 2003, my girlfriend was also a blind person. She had only one eye and the one she still had wasn't very good. People used to ask us any kind of weirds questions. I'm glad that you explain that.
Great overview. I have RP and am "legally blind". While I'm 20/500 I'm still gteatful for what I still have. Thank you for the work you do.
Eye doctors and surgeons are the best ! They have kept me seeing for the last 55 years.
I remember when that orcam tech was in its infancy, and what it's doing now was unimaginable but highly wished for, so glad it's available now
I’ve been dealing with keratoconus since I was 13 I’m now 32 all these videos are so informative to know and listen to over and over!
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At my last eye exam I had 20/200 in both eyes and the doctor was stunned because he couldn't identify a cause. I am certain my vision got worse over the years but as a mother and a wife I learned to fake it until I make it but I silently fall into tears at times because I really don't think that even if they knew how bad off I am they would truly care
Is your vision correctable with glasses or contacts?
I absolutely love your videos. Because of you, I got my eyes checked and it is in good health. I get to learn a lot from this channel.
I’m actually legally blind that’s the main reason why I clicked on this video
All ive got is an astigmatism in both eyes, and im so thankful for my glasses! I cant read street signs without them. Thanks for the very informative video!
Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
I have no issues with my eyesight, or previous interest in the topic
But for some reason I find your videos extremely enjoyable and interesting, you make for a great teacher
Thanks a lot for helping the blind or vision loss people like me. May god bless you
A very clear and concise video Dr Allen! We had a chance to try the Orcam recently too and was amazed how accurate and easy to use it was. One of our low vision patients says it's her favourite low vision aid (after her guide dog haha).
9 years ago at age 61, I suffered from 2 AION's (anterior ischemic optic neuropathy) or as explained to me eye strokes. I have zero peripheral vision and blurred vision with parts missing on top of color blindness. After 9 years you adjust and what I miss most is not being able to drive. I am just lucky to be able to see what I see as I guess it could have been worse. Thanks for the explanations and as always great job explaining things.
I am grateful for the sight that I have. I also thank you for doing these educational videos. I have ocular albinism and nystagmus. I have been legally blind since birth, but it is not stopping me from living a full life. Another thing that I am grateful for.
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My daughter is legally blind. Thank you for posting this. It means a lot.
Thank you for this video Dr. I suffer from Stargardt’s Disease and am legally blind now. I can no longer drives as things disappear in my vision. I have found this video very informative. Thank you again for explaining the difference. I run into those who don’t know the difference for years
Happy to have helped. I have a few patients with Stargardt's and it can be a shocking diagnosis to some. How are you getting along?
I@@DoctorEyeHealth I Get along ok. I have to look carefully wherever I go as I have a tendency to miss things in my path and trip (Tore my right Rotator Cuff on that one tripping over a parking stop. lol) I have a really good Retina dr who specializes in Stargardt's among others so that helps. Lately been having to get injections in my left eye because of bleeding into the retina.
@@howardhudson5475take regular Epsom salt baths and up your water intake 🧘♂️ 🙏 ♎️
So encouraging! I appreciate any positive, helpful advice. I have macular holes in both eyes. One was operated on to close the hole and I am now blind in that eye. I will not be having the same surgery in the other eye for fear of the same outcome even though my surgeon thinks it's "mandatory". I at least have clarity in the eye with the macular hole. I think that for some the surgery is successful but in my case made my world completely blurry. Love the OrCam. Glad it is an option for folks with reading problems like myself.
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Thanks for posting this. If I had a nickel every time I heard someone say "I'm legally blind without my glasses" or "I'm legally blind in one eye" when they find out I'm blind, I'd have a whole big sock full of nickels to whack them with. I know they're trying to relate, but it's so frustrating/diminishing.
Side note: I can't understand why Orcam doesn't just incorporate a little bone conduction transducer into the temple piece on their glasses.
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Awesome seeing you get sponsored by low vision companies!
The Orcam thing is really revolutionizing the sector! Kudos
I am constantly amazed by how technology is transforming healthcare and especially the eyecare industry. I cant wait to see what comes next as the Orcam tech gets integrated into smartphones and smartglasses.
@@DoctorEyeHealth Having poor vision myself, I personally feel empowered seeing these developments!!💪🏻
i really admired your passion as an primary eye care provider.
Thank you!
Thanks for this video. I have Stargardt’s and explaining what I can and can’t see is complicated. I will check out the Orcam. Looks super helpful!
Thank you so much for making this! One of my new friends is legally blind, and I wanted to understand what he’s going through a bit better :}
Of course! Thank you for commenting! Cheers!
I was born with cataracts in the 1950’s. Cataract surgery was pretty much in it’s Infancy. No lasers. As a result I have been legally blind since. 3 years ago I was riding a roller coaster, and as soon as I got off my vision in my right eye was very blurry got diagnosed with a detached retina both surgeries to fix it both failed as a result of too much scar tissue from all the cataract surgeries, and lost all the vision in that eye. I am also legally blind in my left eye. Losing that vision in my right is making it difficult to do daily routines most notably my job and going out in public by myself with depth perception. I have a guide cane but just because I have one doesn’t mean I know to use it. I live in Georgia and can’t seem to find any rehabilitation services.n I have been told because I work there are no state services for me,
Have you thought of applying for a disability? It was a difficult decision to make for myself, but a n3cessary one.
@@allaboutmycats454 yes I do get SSDI.
Try to keep your spirits up. I've had many eye issues all my life. Cataracts in my 40's which thankfully surgery corrected. But I also have no light perception in one eye, which I've had all my life. That doesn't present much of an issue, I just have to be extra careful driving and being aware of my surroundings, so I don't walk into people or objects that are on my blind side. Maybe a national institute can help you find help locally - like the 'institute for the blind'. Just a thought. Where I used to work, they had a program where they trained seeing eye dogs, and I used to like watching them being trained in the small town where I worked. Maybe a seeing eye dog would be of help. I have seen videos where people train seeing eye dogs and they say the dogs don't have a clue what is required of them or what is going on, then all the sudden the light bulb lights (no pun intended) and the dog realizes you can't see and they can, and they are now your eyes and there to help. I think a lot of seeing eye dogs become true companions in a lot of ways beyond just helping with sight and mobility. I hope you find the help you need, I'm sure if you persevere someone or an organization will be able to help you.
Thank you so much for this video. It's really opened my eyes to how these kinds of things work, as I just believed that all blindness just meant darkness like you mentioned at the start of the video.
I'm sending a big Hug from Taiwan to you.
Great Great Great Job,Dr.Allen.
Always watch and wait your Videos.
I'm essentially blind in my right eye, though it's light perception is actually stronger than my left eye. When I'm out in the sun, I don't squint, I just clamp my right eye shut
I have glaucoma, and I'm almost at the stage of being legally blind. It's a struggle and I know it's probably gonna get worse as the years go by, but it's a comfort knowing that there's people who live with this and that there things to help me when I do reach that point
Thankfully someone talks about this, my mother has legal blindness in one eye, (Complete loss of vision) due to a stroke she had a few years back, and whenever people see her out with me and her cane, she will turn her head to use her (failing) but still somewhat good eye, and it always throughs people for a loop and we have had things said to us like "stop faking!" Etc. She doesn't listen to them, and still enjoys things like she usually does, she cant use a knife very well, but she loves to come cook with me in the kitchen (I am a culinary student currently, with glasses myself) So its not always the full blidness people see on tv, sometimes its half, like my mother, and I was hoping that there would be a video I could send, rather than us explaining poorly, whats going on with her! thank you so much for this!
What a wonderful resource! My daughter has both 20/200 with correction and a 20% vision field. Your explanation is so helpful in helping me understand the parameters of her condition! She has myopathy of prematurity
Hey happy that your found the video! I hope your daughter is doing well.
Thank you, your information is very helpful. I have macular degeneration and in the last year have lost eyesight in one eye.
I really appreciate your hard work here 💙 and i learned so much about vision and eye deceases that normally many eye doctors don't bother to explain it to their patients
You're welcome! I'm so glad you're learning so much here.
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Thank you, Dr. Allen,
Very informative.
I always thought that being completely blind was just like having your eyes shut and you just can't see anything.
You're welcome!
As a person born with multiple eye conditions and legally blind, I find it nice that somebody is talking about this so thanks a lot, also you where pretty respectful about the matter.
For anybody who is currently dealing with eye vision loss/any kind of blindness
you have one of the most powerful people for being able to exist the way you are and still accomplish things in life, you didn’t let this take away opportunity and your happiness.
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Hello Dr. Allen, Great video, always interesting, informative, and very useful content.
Im thankful for my eye doctors. Cataract surgery next week. It's the 3rd surgery on my left eye. Im also thankful I can still see. I hope its successful.
Wishing you the best!
I have had two surgeries with ocular implants. The surgeries were a piece of cake…and I got my color vision back. Like. My doc said just lay back and enjoy all the pretty colors!
I had cataract surgery and wish I would have had it years before I did. But I did not know I needed it. I could see so much better afterwards 20/25. I never saw that well in my life. It took the doctor 18 minutes to do my surgery and the surgery was painless, but a little creepy as they did not give me enough anesthesia, so I was well aware of what he was doing the whole time. ha ha ha, my bad. You do have to take drops for a while to prevent any possible infection. When I went to see a specialist, he told me I had a 1 in 100 chance of infection and 1 in a 1000 chance of going blind from the procedure. He was a great, calm, easy going doctor and really put my fears to rest. It should be a piece of cake. Hopefully.
Thank you for making this video. I was diagnosed with AVMD last October. I am trying to learn everything I can about living with a visual impairment.
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that's very informative .I am having vision problems due to cataracts.My right eye is 20/ 400 with glasses on...all i see is a blur basically,thankfully my left eye is ok .I can see 20/30 with my glasses on.I'll be so glad to get rid of that cataract!
that was a fantastic video good job!
Thank you so much for making this video. A lot of times because I track people don't believe me that I'm legally blind. I have or had glaucoma I had the surgery for this I have tubes in my left eye diabetic retinopathy and cataracts seven surgeries to doctors for my eyes. I've even tried to figure out what was done to me it all happened so fast and I couldn't see the grass or pictures. This happened in 2017 and I am now stable and have been for a year-and-a-half and I'm learning it's like the muscles are working in my eyes and I'm surprised that I can now concentrate on what I can see but I find people often minimize because I can track them my blindness. I showed this video to my boyfriend who has been with me every step of the way but I don't always think he understands how hard just doing Simple tasks really is. They can be exhausting
This is the best summary I've seen after years of looking for an acceptable demo for the sighted. Thank you! I've got Best, stage 5, a 95% loss. I use a big iPad to read from Kindle. It takes a long -long time to read a book. When I get tired of the effort, I have it read to me. I loved reading on my own so it's a challenge to let it go completely for audio only.
Hey thank you so much for sharing! One of my good friends from college has Bests and it bums me out. Happy to hear you are still reading and not letting that overwhelm you. Any favorite books?
Glad you are helping people understand.
I have RP and it's like looking threw a key hole or peep hole in a door and can't see in the dark at all but I find things I can do and keep on keeping on I even took up carpentry after I went legally blind so never let anything stop you from doing what you wanna do. Thanks for making content like this for people who wanna be informed about the difference in blindness bc it's hard to explain to some people sometimes when they see you see something and do stuff but run slap into stuff that's to low or to far out to the side to see i constantly have to explain my sight to people and they look at me like they don't understand I don't always expect them to tho .
I am not legally blind, but do have a lazy eye, which does make me legally half blind. Even with my eyesight, I still have a hard time understanding what it is like to be legally blind, which is an issue because I am writing a character that is legally blind, so this video helped a lot.
Best example of what it is to be blind is to put your hand behind your back and ask yourself what does my hand see
Great video! I have Macular Dystrophy. I’m trying to learn as much as I can.
This is so helpful I’m going blind and It’s terrifying knowing I’m loosing an important sense slowly and that one day I won’t be able to experience things visually like I used too
Nice and clear also from Italy. Thank you!
Wow, I'm putting in my contacts for the first time on World Sight Day... nice
Very cool!
Diagnosed diabetic retinopathy, 31 March 2009. had many laser treatments. That helped not going totally blind.
Do not have cataracts.
Thank you for this info
Being legally blind due to IIH , I wish I could afford the orcam , I struggle daily with things and it would help so much but I just can't afford it 😔 I wish they made it super affordable or covered by health insurance
I’ve had ocular migraines where my peripheral vision went out for a few minutes and it was so scary
Most grateful for this video it is very helpful.
I have retinitis pigmentosa and was recently certified 'visually impaired' or what used to be called partially sighted here in the UK. My central vision is decent but my peripheral vision is diminishing fast. And my night vision is worse all the time! Interesting video, thanks for making it
I’ve got RP, too. I’m down to 10 degrees. So thankful for the vision I have remaining.
Thankyou for your time to explain legal blindness
im glad i found a video that explained this because there's a youtuber i watch and sometimes she'll mention that she's legally blind and i had no idea what that meant
Thank you Doctor you are so helpful
Helpful, Thank you 🙏
Very good presentation. I'm a UK trained Ophthalmologist from Trinidad 🇹🇹.
Knowing my sight is getting worse is scary (current on -5,5 and -6, and surgery only goes to -8), with build issues like depth, I’m still grateful to see
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Thank you for this. I have been diagnosed with Wet AMD in both eyes and I was wondering where to start. I have been doing things that make sense to me like using stickers to raise the surface of on/off spots and having everything in order in my kitchen. It is terrifying...especially as an artist. The links you gave are priceless to someone like me. Thank you so much...
Thanks for a very informative video!
Glad it was helpful!!
I'm so grateful to still have 20/20 vision. No loss in peripheral or central vision. Clarity is perfect, somehow even with an astigmatism in one eye. God knows what I would do without my vision. How would I enjoy movies or play video games?
Thanks for explaining.
Thank you for the information
I didn’t know that it was only considered legally blind if you had glasses on. Now I’m not sure about my eye condition anymore because it’s been so long since I’ve gone to the eye doctor
I was diagnosed as legally blind I taught for eight years in the Chicago public school system. I had a CCTV I had the software zoom text, and I had a classroom aid to teach my class. I knew my children from the way they sounded, and the textures of their face I could see, but if I wrote something on the chalkboard, I could not.
I found it if I put a piece of long writing paper that I purchased at the local teacher store and use the sharpie marker I could print anything large size I could see that anything else in my aid would write it on the board for me. also, I learned about different apps that I have downloaded to my phone. I have Be My Eyes, which has volunteers Using the Camera on the phone can help me if I’m trying to find something that I’ve dropped or operate a certain machine and I can’t find the button. Also, I have seeing a guy is it an app not it’s an app that helps me read my mail helps me identify colors And other things that I would not normally be able to see Tech Ology is amazing so being blind or low vision is not a problem for me right now
I am legally blind. I was born with optic nerve hypoplasia, which caused the nerves in my eyes to be underdeveloped. My right eye is all but useless, my left eye works well enough, but is still in the legally blind area. I can never do things like getting a driver's license. I don't need any assistance, such as guide dogs or canes, just glasses.
Hey thank you so much for sharing your own experience here!
i never knew all different types, im so glad i saw this as well so i be informed. Also very extremely grateful that my vision isn’t like those, my eye vision gets worse and worse by year. Just in 2nd/3rd 20/70. My vision is worser than that *way*. I just panic when i lose my glasses, i can barely see whats around me and stumble around, unaware. Hopefully just a year or so i can finally get eye surgery.
Thanks for the explanation
My daughter has optic nerve hypoplasia, I have been told her blood vessels look massive in comparison, she can see light and dark but have been told it's comparable to having your eyes closed and being able to tell if it's day or night that way
Interesting ! Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks Dr. Allen! So glad I found your channel! I'm grateful for my glasses! I'm trying to talk my eye doctor into letting me try contacts but for some reason he is pushing back. Maybe my age?
Thank you Paige!!! Me too. Appreciate you being here.
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this was a pretty cool video. as someone who isn’t legally blind or completely blind, but still has visual problems (retinopathy of prematurity and a lazy left eye to be specific), it’s interesting to see a professional’s point of view.
(for clarification on the eye impairments:
ROP was caused because i was born at 24wks, 6days. my right eye, the better of the two, only sees to around 20/80 w/o glasses and 20/40 w/ glasses, and my left eye, the lazy one, sees as worse as 20/200 w/o glasses and 20/~45 w/ glasses. i’ve been practicing with a cane since 11 (i’m 13 now) in case my vision gets any worse.)
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I hate being legally blind
Me too, cause every time something new happens with your eyes, your like, is this a serious problem? Or is it nothing? And not being able to read small things sucks. Not driving sucks :/
Glad I saw this, I was told by the DMV that I was legally blind without my glasses... Now I know they had no idea what that actually means and I know what it actually is.
Love this explanation of such an important distinction!!!
I learned what is legally blind...thank you Dr....I have BRVO, Branch retinal vain occlucion...on my left eye, because stress...
Great video!! :D
Thanks Doc.
Very helpful. Thanks