I say low vision, but I also own the word blind.

I say low vision and blind. Saying blind helps when explaining accommodations.

I don’t say blinf but almost blind because otherwise people are astonished when I say that I paint

I say blind to people who are to dumb to comprehend that there is a huge spectrum between "blind" and "seeing".

I say blind because most people don’t understand how bad my vision is if i say “low vision”, even though it’d be more accurate to use the latter.

I prefer the term partially sighted. It’s a way of saying I can see but not very well. Cup half of full. I make it a point to correct people, especially if I’m asking for assistance at an airport for example. I need help reading signs.

When I lived in Canada I fell under the legally blind category. My reasoning for using VI or partially sighted as a term to describe myself is because I do fall in the upper category of partial sightedness and because people really don’t understand the term blind. They don’t generally understand that there is a range. I will explain the range to some people but it depends on my mood and the other person’s attitude.

I say blind, and then legally blind to clarify when people are like "liar, you have glasses." And THEN I usually have to explain what 20/400 vision looks like to everybody I meet and that no, my glasses don't fix it. I just wish people knew the legal definition of blind.

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I either say, blind or partial sighted, depending in the situation. I don’t mind it if people call me blind. My family calls me blind. My co-workers call me, “half-blind”. I don’t really care but I have always been a person who doesn’t care what others think.

We found out my little boy does not have sight in one eye; I want people around him to be understanding but I also don’t want to label him. Visually impaired, partially sighted, unilaterally blind? I just haven’t found the right words yet.

I say I’m blind in one eye which I think is probably incorrect because blind seems to refer more generally to one’s inability to see.

I usually go with visually impaired, when I talk about myself.

When I want accommodations I just go with blind, because apparently no one knows what visually impaired means :)

I call myself vision impaired.

Lost my central vision but my side vision is perfect.

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