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Am I legally blind? (self.Blind)
submitted by Adam2560
My prescription is +5 +5
KillerLag 12 points 3y ago
The definition of legal blindness is 20/200 or worse, in the BETTER eye, AFTER correction. If your +5/+5 prescription puts you at 20/20 vision, then you would not be.
There is also an addition to that for visual fields (less than 20 degree field of view), but that didn't seem relevant to the prescription.
There is also an addition to that for visual fields (less than 20 degree field of view), but that didn't seem relevant to the prescription.
MigraneElk8 1 points 3y ago
What happens if your vision changes prescription changes every few seconds?
I am diagnosed with low vision. Ophthalmologist will get everything clear. Check a minute later it's completely different. Like +3, +1.5 Prism +2 an a couple minutes later it will +1, -0.5 Prism +12.
Prism was -6 a few months ago.
I can read just fine. But never more than a few seconds at a time. Basically no matter what glasses I use.
Even typing this I'm constantly shifting head to one side or another looking through various edges of glasses. Typing isn't bad as my eyes are mostly closed, and I just take fast glances to check for errors.
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I got a referral to an eye surgeon. Worried about Mavis Gravis. (Already diagnosed with another auto immune disease)
I am diagnosed with low vision. Ophthalmologist will get everything clear. Check a minute later it's completely different. Like +3, +1.5 Prism +2 an a couple minutes later it will +1, -0.5 Prism +12.
Prism was -6 a few months ago.
I can read just fine. But never more than a few seconds at a time. Basically no matter what glasses I use.
Even typing this I'm constantly shifting head to one side or another looking through various edges of glasses. Typing isn't bad as my eyes are mostly closed, and I just take fast glances to check for errors.
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I got a referral to an eye surgeon. Worried about Mavis Gravis. (Already diagnosed with another auto immune disease)
changeneverhappens 2 points 3y ago
Have you ever been diagnosed with nystagmus or strabismus?
MigraneElk8 1 points 3y ago
>nystagmus
No. though I my daughter eye will do the nystagmus thing.
But I get tremendous temple pain from eye strain when staying focused with both eyes.
I mostly work with an eye patch or one eye closed.
I'd probably get some relief if one eye (right) would just go lazy and my brain would ignore it.
Even with just one eye, blurriness keeps shifting by the second.
No. though I my daughter eye will do the nystagmus thing.
But I get tremendous temple pain from eye strain when staying focused with both eyes.
I mostly work with an eye patch or one eye closed.
I'd probably get some relief if one eye (right) would just go lazy and my brain would ignore it.
Even with just one eye, blurriness keeps shifting by the second.
KillerLag 1 points 3y ago
It would be the best vision after correction. If the best correction is still pretty poor, then maybe. You'd have to talk to your doctor, it sounds like a non-standard situation.
Adam2560 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
My vision keeps getting worse and worse that’s all I know
KillerLag 1 points 3y ago
So as it stands, you are not legally blind. If things get worse in the future, then perhaps you may be. But it does depend on AFTER getting correction. I wear -15 prescription, but my vision is mostly corrected.
rhombagon 8 points 3y ago
No. You are not considered legally blind in most places I know of unless your vision is beyond a certain threshold EVEN WITH corrective lenses. If you can see with glasses, you're not legally blind.
TwinPurpleEagle 2 points 3y ago
No. My prescription is an astronomical -22 and my vision is pretty bad (20/100), but it isn't 20/200. I can still see fairly well,
Faded_Night 1 points 3y ago
Unfortunately it seems to go off of a 20/20 check after correction. Which for me is entirely insane as I have blind spots in my vision which are huge and peripherals that are failing, but somehow the doctors count the parts I can see from as 20/20 (I guess because my long distance is good?).
The criteria are really stupid sometimes and discount a lot of people.
The criteria are really stupid sometimes and discount a lot of people.
meeowth 1 points 3y ago
No but you definitely need glasses to read.
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