The benefits that a blind person can claim are SSDI "social security disability insurance" and SSI which is supplemental security income that can provide monthly payments.
If your partially blind you may be able to also work some types of part time jobs.
SSA pays benefits to people that are blind under the SSDI and SSI program.
Being blind is a physical disability, especially if you're completely blind.
Blindness is significant loss of vision which cannot be corrected using surgery, contact lenses or glasses and is also a sensory disability which affects your ability to perceive visual information.
If you're completely blind you can qualify for disability benefits through SSDI as being completely blind makes it impossible work a job.
Being partially blind can also be a physical disability that can qualify you for disability payments through SSDI if it prevents you from working a job.
Some blind people may only see black and others see some type of light depending on how much blindness they have and when they got their blindness.
A person born blind will not really see black as they haven't seen the black color before and they may just simply see what others see when you close your eyes.
Few people are 100 percent blind and if the blindness is acquired, most of the people that acquired blindness and are 100 percent blind will often see black.
However it's a misconception that all blind people see only black as the experience of blindness can vary greatly depending on the person and the cause of their vision loss of blindness.
Some people that are completely blind may not see anything at all and other blind people may perceive some light, shapes or colors depending on their blindness.
When you're blind your eyes often look the same as a persons eyes that are not blind.
Most blind people's eyes look normal and not white or cloudy, although some blind people may experience some slight differences in the pupil size and eye alignment but otherwise the eyes of a blind person often appear very normal and you cannot really tell if a person is blind by looking at their eyes.
You can also be partially blind and have trouble seeing out both eyes or even have trouble seeing out one eye and be able to see okay out the other eye.
Being partially blind is referred to having low vision and means that you retain some of your vision although the vision is significantly impaired and it can be difficult to correct the vision with glasses or the use of contact lenses.
When you're completely blind you cannot see anything from either eye and you can also be blind completely in one eye and see out of your other eye.
To qualify as being partially blind, your eyesight must fall into one of the following categories when you're wearing eyeglasses or contact lenses that you may need which is a visual acuity of 3/60 to 6/60 with a full field of vision.
The numbers in vision mean your visual acuity, which is how clearly you can see at a distance when compared to how someone with normal vision can see.
20/20 vision you have great and normal vision and the 20 indicates how far or the distance you can see the object or eye chart and the second number which may be different from 20 means the distance in which a person with normal vision can see the same objects or letters.
For example 20/20 means you can see at 20 feet the same as others who have 20/20 vision.
Having 20/40 vision means that you can see at 20 feet what someone with normal vision can see at 40 feet.
20/10 vision means you can see at 20 feet what someone with normal vision can see at 10 feet.
And 20/100 means you can see something at 20 feet what someone with normal vision can see at 100 feet.
The smaller the second number is the better your vision is and the higher second number means your vision is not as good as normal vision and 20/20 vision is normal or average vision.
A .75 eye prescription means you have a mild refractive error, which can be nearsightedness or farsightedness depending on if it has a negative symbol or positive symbol next to it.
A positive +.75 means you have farsightedness in which your eye struggles to focus on nearby objects and a negative or -.75 means you have nearsightedness, in which the eye struggles to focus on distant objects.
0.75 eyesight can be cured through surgery but there's no other option for curing the eyesight unless through surgery such as laser eye surgery or LASIk eye surgery.
Having a 0.75 eyesight means that you have a mild degree of nearsightedness and means you can see objects clearly at close distances, but have difficulty in seeing distant objects.
Having a vision of 0.75 is mild and does not always require corrective lenses for most activities.
LASIk eye surgery can reshape your cornea and correct your vision.
+0.75 for eyesight and glasses means that you have mild farsightedness that is also known as hyperopia and requires that you have a lens with +0.75 diopter power to correct your vision and especially for near objects.
The "SPH" value or sphere value also represents the eyeglasses lens power that is needed to correct your vision, whether it's farsightedness or nearsightedness.
The number on eye prescription means the strength of the lens that is needed to correct your vision which is measured in diopters and represents a mild refractive error which can be nearsightedness or farsightedness or even astigmatism.
After zero, the eye prescription numbers increase by quarters, such as 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 and the lower number indicates and means a lower lens power and a higher number indicates a higher lens power.
0.50 for glasses means the diopter value which represents a vary mild range of myopia or nearsightedness or hyperopia "farsightedness" correction is needed which the glasses with 50 on them is for.
A positive sign with the 50 on the glasses means farsightedness and a negative sign with the 50 on the glasses means nearsightedness.
An 0 means no correction is needed for the eye.
CYL or "cylinder" indicates the level of astigmatism, which is a condition in which your eye does not focus light evenly and is also measured in diopters.
The CYL number is often accompanied by an axis number and indicates the orientation of the astigmatism and diopters are the unit of measurement for the refractive power of a lens and the higher the diopter value is the stronger the correction is needed.
Normal vision is 6/6 in meters and 20/20 in feet.
Your eyesight can get worse due to eye strain, aging, genetics and medications or medical conditions.
As you age, your eyesight can naturally get worse and genetics, eye strain and not eating healthy can also lead to eyesight becoming worse.
Potential causes of rapid eyesight deterioration or unilateral changes include, cataracts, age related macular degeneration and diabetes and diabetes related issues.
Not protecting your eyes from the sunlight and reading in low light conditions or staring at a computer screen to much or phone screen to much, especially in the dark can also strain your eyes and make your eyesight get worse.
LASIK or LASEK eye surgery can reshape your cornea and improve your vision so that you won't need to wear eyeglasses or contact lenses.
The only way to cure your eyesight is to eat healthy and have laser eye surgery or cataract surgery done to correct the vision loss.