Is minus 7 legally blind?

Simply put, if your prescription is -2.5 or lower, this means that you are legally blind. Visual acuity of -2.5 is equivalent to 20/200 vision. Visual acuity of -3.0, for instance, means that you have 20/250 or 20/300 vision. From there, visual acuity of -4.0 means that you have 20/400 vision.

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What count as legally blind?
Legal blindness occurs when a person has central visual acuity (vision that allows a person to see straight ahead of them) of 20/200 or less in his or her better eye with correction. With 20/200 visual acuity, a person can see at 20 feet, what a person with 20/20 vision sees at 200 feet.
2024-02-02 18:20:18

Is 7.50 legally blind?
In the United States, a person has legal blindness if: Their vision with glasses or contacts is 20/200 or worse. Their visual field is 20 degrees or less in the better-seeing eye.
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Is 5 eyesight legally blind?
If you're legally blind, your vision is 20/200 or less in your better eye or your field of vision is less than 20 degrees.
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Is 11 legally blind?
If you're legally blind, your vision is 20/200 or less in your better eye or your field of vision is less than 20 degrees.
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