Does Being Visually Impaired Mean That You Are Blind?

Does being visually impaired mean that you are blind? No, it is not at all the case. In fact, to be declared legally blind, you must have 5% of vision or less. It does not means that it is darkness itself but as one of my close friends who is legally blind described it to me, everything is blurry but you can still notice contrasts such as white and black. We even used to watch a show where one character was wearing a black cowboy hat and the other had a white one. Simply by this contrast, she could identify them on the TV screen.

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