Visual Impairment

Question 1

What visual acuity must someone have

Answer 1

Blindness is generally defined as vision < 3/60 in the better eye.

Question 2

Is registration for being blind mandatory or voluntary in England?

Answer 2

Voluntary

Question 3

Who needs to make an application and to whom, so that a blind person can receive additional benefits?

Answer 3

An opthalmologist needs to make an appliaction to social services.

Question 4

What additional benefits are blind people entitled to?`

Answer 4

Examples include:

Parking badges

Reduced television license fees

Talking books.