đ˛ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž ( Definition ) :
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžâ
( āĻ ) āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻāϤ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž ( Medical or Legal Definition ) āĨ¤
( āĻ ) āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāĻāϤ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž ( Educational Definition )āĨ¤
best correction , or visual acuity of more than 20/200 if the widest diameter
đ āĻāĻāύāĻāϤ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž ( Legal Definition ) :
1934 āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ â āĻāĻŽā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāύ āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻ ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻļāύ â āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāύā§āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝāĻžā§āĻā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ āĨ¤ 1935 āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ â Social Security Act āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϰāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻā§āϤ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύ āĻāϰā§āύ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ , â Blindness is visual acuity for distant vision of 20/200 or less than in the better eye , , with best correction , or visual acuity of more than 20/200 if the widest diameter of field of vision substends an angle no greater than 20 degrees â .
đ§ž āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ , āϝ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϞāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āϞā§āύā§āϏ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻ āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϝā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ 20/200 āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻ āĻāĻŽ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻŋāϏā§āϝā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ 20 / 200 – āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϞāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ 20° āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āύāϝāĻŧ , āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ āĨ¤
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