Talk to an opthalmologist. It's not just about your vision with/without correction, there can be other factors too.

I saw a new doctor a couple years ago after moving to a new city. I had seen the same one for almost 20 years prior to that. Old doc never mentioned legal blindness. The new doctor basically said that even tho my vision is actually correctable to 20/25, the fact I am also monocular and have limited visual field (I forget the % or degrees remaining) in my "good" eye, I am legally blind. Nothing had changed from the prior year, but then again I had never asked the old one.

Probably best to talk to an eye doc. or disability lawyer. IIRC the IRS has a definition for tax purposes. I think it was to be *not* correctible to better than 20/200.

According to the laws...it is only 2. Visually acuaty no better than 20/200 with correction or if your visual field is less than 20 degrees. Thousand of diagnosis though. Also can be brain or eyes. Mine for instance is from a traumatic brain injury. Nothing to do with my eyes at all.

Legal blindness is often determined based on visual acuity, but can also be determined by other factors such as peripheral vision.

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Legally blind is determined by a doctor. They would be the one to “certify” legal blindness. The numbers that count are usually “No better than 20/400 corrected vision”. Also, you could have perfect 20/20 vision but have a small field of vision. I believe it will s 20% field of vision. That would also count as legal blindness.

I don’t know what state you are in, but I believe all states have a Commission for the Blind, they usually keep a registry and up to date with the laws.

If the contacts make her able to see better than 20/200 then she is not legally blind. If she is driving with 20/200or worse with contacts she is legally blond AND driving illegally. If you can be corrected your not legally blind. If her legal blindness is causing lack of visual field instead of acuity that is legally blind as well. If you lack a visual field you are supposed to go through a disabled drivers instructor. Many just don't for fear of losing license. They don't think the other option is possibly killing someone you didn't see at all

Telescopic lenses are not for driving. Bioptic driving is possible for some though.

Many diagnosis fall under this. I am legally blind with low vision. My diagnosis is Left Homonymous Hemianopsia which means I have NO left visual field at all in either eye(completely blind to left). This alone however does not qualify under current blind guidelines. But, the visual field I have left cannot be corrected better than 20/250...this qualifies as legally blind but in the diagnosis it is the "low vision " part and the legally blind is the complete blind area of my eyes. Confusing. Your eye professional should tell you if your legally blind and probably fill out paperwork to remove your driving privileges if applicable.

https://www.disability-benefits-help.org/disabling-conditions/vision-loss-and-social-security-disability
But probably be best, like already suggested, talking to a doctor or the disability office.

Can't drive