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larkspur
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People are always saying they are "legally blind" without their glasses on. However, the definintion of "legally blind" is "Central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective glasses or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a visual field defect in which the peripheral field is contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye.
So technically you can't be legally blind without your glasses if your vision is better than 20/200 with them unless you have a severe visual field defect (tunnel vision).
Is this an oxymoron or is there another term to succintly describe this particular misuse of legally blind?
So technically you can't be legally blind without your glasses if your vision is better than 20/200 with them unless you have a severe visual field defect (tunnel vision).
Is this an oxymoron or is there another term to succintly describe this particular misuse of legally blind?