Myopia/Nearsighted

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Myopia/Nearsighted

Asked for Female, 18 Years

I have myopia and I have to wear glasses or contact lenses to see clearly. I have to fill in this self medical assessment and one of the question is " do you have any visual impairment"? I always think that being visually impaired is the same as being blind. So, is wearing glasses considered as having a visual impairment?

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Dr. Vaibhev Mittal

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Hello If you can see 6/6 with glasses then there is no impairment

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Dr. Sunita Mohan Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon 14 yrs exp Mumbai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Sunita Mohan

Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon 14 yrs exp Mumbai

Being blind is a category of visual impairment but visual impairment encompasses a lot more of other categories. If your vision after wearing glasses is 6/6 then that's not visual impairment.