Legally Blind

rehabilitation • Identify the functional implications of vision loss and the underlying indicator(s) • Describe 3 interventions to address limitations in occupational performance related to changes in vision Low Vision • An impairment to vision that significantly impairs visual function and cannot be adequately corrected with medical, surgical, therapy, conventional eyewear or contact lenses • “A person with…a visual acuity of less than 20/70 to light perception, or a visual field of less than 10 ° from the point of fixation, but who uses, or is potentially able to use, vision for planning and/or execution of a task ” (ICD-9) • Best corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better-seeing eye, or 20 ° or less of visual field remaining in the better ey