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Hear Again said:
To be honest, 20/25 uncorrected vision isn't bad considering the fact that perfect vision is 20/20. It's when you get into the 20/70 range (corrected) and below that you start having alot of difficulty seeing from a distance and are considered visually impaired/low vision. As far as astigmatism is concerned, that's a common problem for many people.
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I mispoke. I meant 20/25 corrected vision.
 
Foxrac said:
Go to see your eye doctor.

You live in UK and it's free to see them, lucky so enough.
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Lucky? How about their tax? It's pretty HIGH than USA.

Deafteen90 said:
I had my eye test yesterday. and he said i have a lazy eye and my left eye is normal
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Welcome my club.

I have a left lazy eye and I always wear my glasses when I reading on the book, computer, tv, etc. but lot people said I looks good with glasses so I keep glasses with me all times.
 
No offense to those who wear reading glasses, but try being legally blind and learn how much fun it is to hold a book 2 inches from your face, to have headaches after straining your eyes even when using strong magnification, to spend hours reading a couple of chapters in a book, to rely on expensive technology to read your mail or human readers to do the same while having your privacy invaded. I saw one of my best friends go through all of this ever since we were 5 years old. (We're now 38.) Count your lucky stars that you're able to read regular print not to mention drive. (Sorry, I had to say it.)
 
Hear Again said:
No offense to those who wear reading glasses, but try being legally blind and learn how much fun it is to hold a book 2 inches from your face, to have headaches after straining your eyes even when using strong magnification, to spend hours reading a couple of chapters in a book, to rely on expensive technology to read your mail or human readers to do the same while having your privacy invaded. I saw one of my best friends go through all of this ever since we were 5 years old. (We're now 38.) Count your lucky stars that you're able to read regular print not to mention drive. (Sorry, I had to say it.)
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Seriously. If I hear another "I'm BLIND without my glasses" I will punch the person saying it. I'm blind with my glasses. Get over yourselves. Having to wear an accessory to see normally aint such a bad price.
 
Hear Again said:
No offense to those who wear reading glasses, but try being legally blind and learn how much fun it is to hold a book 2 inches from your face, to have headaches after straining your eyes even when using strong magnification, to spend hours reading a couple of chapters in a book, to rely on expensive technology to read your mail or human readers to do the same while having your privacy invaded. I saw one of my best friends go through all of this ever since we were 5 years old. (We're now 38.) Count your lucky stars that you're able to read regular print not to mention drive. (Sorry, I had to say it.)
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I know what you mean Hear Again,

My husband has really bad sight, he can't really see anything at all without his glasses, and even if I'm in his face when he doesn't have glasses on, he only see blur of the shape of my face, that's about it. He's basically "blind" without his glasses, and he has to wear special kind of glasses to help him see.

Even though I wear glasses as I can't read signs or prints far away as I have astigmatism, I consider myself lucky because even without my glasses, I'm able to see things just fine, just can't read the words. So I don't take it for granted, as my husband has it bad as well as you do. So I know what you mean by that Hear Again. :)
 
I understand what you mean Hear Again, I wasnt trying to say that my eyesight was bad, I just wanted to know more about why I needed to wear glasses.
 
~*Kaelei*~ said:
I know what you mean Hear Again,

My husband has really bad sight, he can't really see anything at all without his glasses, and even if I'm in his face when he doesn't have glasses on, he only see blur of the shape of my face, that's about it. He's basically "blind" without his glasses, and he has to wear special kind of glasses to help him see.

Even though I wear glasses as I can't read signs or prints far away as I have astigmatism, I consider myself lucky because even without my glasses, I'm able to see things just fine, just can't read the words. So I don't take it for granted, as my husband has it bad as well as you do. So I know what you mean by that Hear Again. :)
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I'm glad you don't take your sight for granted, Kaelei. :) I'm sure you understand what my best friend goes through since you see (no pun intended) your husband go through the same thing.

By the way, what is the degree of his vision uncorrected? Is he legally blind?
 
Aleser said:
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Seriously. If I hear another "I'm BLIND without my glasses" I will punch the person saying it. I'm blind with my glasses. Get over yourselves. Having to wear an accessory to see normally aint such a bad price.
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I couldn't agree more, Aleser. I had a resource teacher in high school who used to tell me she knew what I went through because she was legally blind without her glasses. I told her that until she functioned for a week without them, she had no clue. Even then, it's still not a fair comparison since she can put her glasses back on to see. You and my best friend can't. It's no different than hearies doing that to simulate deafness.
 
Hear Again said:
I'm glad you don't take your sight for granted, Kaelei. :) I'm sure you understand what my best friend goes through since you see (no pun intended) your husband go through the same thing.

By the way, what is the degree of his vision uncorrected? Is he legally blind?
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His vision uncorrected degree is 3 figures at three feet. If he doesn't wear glasses, he would be legally blind but with glasses, he isn't legally blind. At least that's what my husband Preston is saying.
 
~*Kaelei*~ said:
His vision uncorrected degree is 3 figures at three feet. If he doesn't wear glasses, he would be legally blind but with glasses, he isn't legally blind. At least that's what my husband Preston is saying.
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By "3 figures," do you mean his uncorrected vision is expressed as something similar to 6/200?

If so, that's quite an improvement. :)
 
It wouldn't bother me at all if people say they are blind with or without their glasses even if they have 80/80 vision because at the end of the day blindness is no big deal.

I am totally blind in most lighting conditions. So what! I just learn to learn to deal with it. I think I'd be a very lucky person if deafblindness was my only problems in life.
 
dreama said:
It wouldn't bother me at all if people say they are blind with or without their glasses even if they have 80/80 vision because at the end of the day blindness is no big deal.

I am totally blind in most lighting conditions. So what! I just learn to learn to deal with it. I think I'd be a very lucky person if deafblindness was my only problems in life.
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The problem with people saying they're "blind" without glasses is that they have a false and inaccurate perception of what blindness is. They obviously haven't learned the various alternative techniques you and I have. Because of that, they panic and think blind people are doomed to live a life of helplessness. I also don't like it when sighted people (I'm not referring to someone who is visually impaired or legally blind) focus on what they can't see instead of what they can.

Having said that, I also wish I only had to deal with deafblindness.

Unfortunately, those aren't the cards I was dealt and I've learned to accept that fact. What other choice do I have?
 
The Highlander said:
Lucky? How about their tax? It's pretty HIGH than USA.



Welcome my club.

I have a left lazy eye and I always wear my glasses when I reading on the book, computer, tv, etc. but lot people said I looks good with glasses so I keep glasses with me all times.
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Well, obviously, also if you have health insurance, including vision and dental insurance, it could push to about 30%-40% (including all taxes, SS and insurance) of your income or more, depends on how much is cost on health insurance.
 
Hear Again said:
The problem with people saying they're "blind" without glasses is that they have a false and inaccurate perception of what blindness is. They obviously haven't learned the various alternative techniques you and I have. Because of that, they panic and think blind people are doomed to live a life of helplessness. I also don't like it when sighted people (I'm not referring to someone who is visually impaired or legally blind) focus on what they can't see instead of what they can.

Having said that, I also wish I only had to deal with deafblindness.

Unfortunately, those aren't the cards I was dealt and I've learned to accept that fact. What other choice do I have?
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I agree. That's why I'm not a big fan of sighted people wearing blindfolds to learn about us. They only know what it's like to be newly blind. After that the brain adjusts itself to having to do without sight, and they learn to use other methods.

I guess I just got the wrong end of the stick, since I don't like it when people think because someone can't see well, being blind must be worse. Sometimes being visually impaired can be worse then being blind if their family focus on just vision and not alternative blindskills.
 
dreama said:
I agree. That's why I'm not a big fan of sighted people wearing blindfolds to learn about us. They only know what it's like to be newly blind. After that the brain adjusts itself to having to do without sight, and they learn to use other methods.

I guess I just got the wrong end of the stick, since I don't like it when people think because someone can't see well, being blind must be worse. Sometimes being visually impaired can be worse then being blind if their family focus on just vision and not alternative blindskills.
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I couldn't agree with you more about the problems associated with training sighted people using a blindfold. I've heard of colleges who ask students to wear a blindfold and walk around the city with a white cane without being given proper O&M instruction. When that kind of thing happens, it's no wonder sighted people are frightened about blindness.

I also agree with you about the difficulty of being legally blind or visually impaired. I consider myself lucky that I don't have to live in 2 separate worlds where I'm not sighted enough for those who can see and not blind enough for those who are totally blind.

I have no desire whatsoever to see. All of the opthalmologists I've had who have asked me this question have (fortunately) been understanding and don't force the issue.

Then again, my blindness was caused by a retinal disease (retinopathy of prematurity/ROP), so at the present time, no surgery exists to address retinal detachment.
 
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