Visually impaired person definition

Visually impaired person means a person
Visually impaired person means a person who is blind; who has an impairment of visual function which cannot be improved, by the use of corrective lenses, to a level that would normally be acceptable for reading without special level or kind of light; who is unable, through physical disability, to hold or manipulate a book; or who is unable, through physical disability, to focus or move his/her eyes to the extent that would normally be acceptable for reading;
Visually impaired person means a person to whom an identification card for the visually impaired has been issued by the Attorney General or an officer of his Ministry, pursuant to the Blind Persons’ Rights Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.B.7;

Examples of Visually impaired person in a sentence

  • A Visually impaired person finds himself/herself challenging to go outindependently.


More Definitions of Visually impaired person

Visually impaired person means a person whose vision with glasses is so limited as to prevent the performance of ordinary activity for which eyesight is essential. (1935, c. 53, s. 10; 1939, c. 124; 1971, c. 1215, s. 3; 2000-121, s. 8.)
Visually impaired person means a person who is blind, has a visual impairment or a perceptual or reading disability which cannot be improved to give visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such impairment or disability and so is unable to read printed works to substantially the same degree as a person without an impairment or disability, or is otherwise unable, through physical disability, to hold or manipulate a book or to focus or move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading, regardless of any other disabilities;”
Visually impaired person means a person whose vision with glasses is
Visually impaired person means a person whose vision with glasses is so defective limited as to prevent the performance of ordinary activity for which eyesight is essential."
Visually impaired person means a person having a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the person's better eye with correction or having a limitation to the person's field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance not greater than 20°. (Neb. Rev. Stat. §28-1009.01)
Visually impaired person means a person— (a)who is blind;
Visually impaired person means a person whose visual acuity has been certified by an ophthalmologist to be so low as to render such person unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential;