identify as blind whenever you want...

I just say I’m blind, I have some very limited vision, but I wouldn’t say I’m totally blind

I classify myself as “legally blind”, as I have NLP in my left eye, and 20/400 vision in my right eye with no peripheral vision in that eye at all, only central vision.

I refer to myself as blind- I’m partially sighted

Here in the USA, agencies and gov't usually goes by your visual acuity. May we ask what yours is?

For instance, I am 20/200 and 20/400 with best corrected vision. Which is the best that glasses could afford me, IF they could make lenses that would help me, but they cannot, because my vision problems are due to being over 3 months premature, weighing just 2.2 lbs, spending a little over 6 months in an incubator, and my situation is 'unique, abnormal, complicated, and nowhere near normal" according to my eye doctors....

You can identify as blind. Its a lot of explanation about in betweenness of low vision. If anyone holds it against you because you can see something whatever

I say that I am legally blind. It let’s people know I have some vision.

I think it is different for everyone. I didn’t start calling myself blind until I loss the ability to read big print and started using a cane.

All blind people are visually impaired but not all visually impaired people are blind.

I'm visually disabled, suffering from CRD.
From what I was told, it's considered blindness aroudn the world, where I live, it's considered a disability.


Used to describe myself as "Half-Blind", a blind person I met once had an issue with that statement, so I refer to myself as Visually-disabled now, though that requires some explanation, as not a lot of people are aware of the term.

You’re either totally blind which means you see absolutely nothing or blind which in the United States is considered when your vision is 20/200.

As long as you’re legally blind it’s not wrong to say so.

That depends, whether you’re referring to yourself socially, or in a legal sense. There are those people who, in spite of being visually impaired, are quite functional with their limited vision. They, may not choose to refer to themselves as blind.

Whereas, the legal definition of blindness, is a best corrected visual acuity of 20/200, and/or a visual field of less than 20° with both eyes.

Your choice.

From my experience, most people go by their functional needs. If they need screen readers, they think of themselves as blind. If screen readers and glasses will do, they think of themselves as visually impaired, etc.

I thinks it depends on the individual. There are 2 categories: blind - as a person who can't see at all has no light detection in any of the eye. Legally blind - as person who has some vision left (spectrum is very broad: from able to read huge enlarged print for example 72 points or using software magnification of 16x to 72x to having vision field defects, other complicated eye diseases often multiple) its severely impared. Society very often doesn't understand this term even after explanation so for simplicity lots of legally blind people are saying that they're blind, and for paperwork simplicity they're having blind person status as well.

Depends where the person lives (some countries saying person is blind when it has vision with best eye and correction of 0,05 which is around 5% in other in has to be much lower 1/50 0,02 2% or vision field less than 20° but vision sharpness in this instance can be even 20/20 but this person will have very narrow tunnel vision, their personal struggles with vision (illnesses not only vision sharpness but significant vision field defects)

So it depends in what country you live check your local laws, ask your eye doctor if you're not sure. In some countries even for low vision people are some small aids: help in financing needed equipment, small reduction for public transport. With such vision I really recommend you white cane if you don't have one yet and mobility training.