Vision loss is measured in degrees, ranging from normal to profound. Legal blindness falls in the severe category. The Social Security Act defines individuals as legally blind when their visual acuity (sharpness of vision) is 20/200 or lower. This means that even with corrective lenses, they have to be 20 feet away to distinguish something that a normally-sighted person can see at 200 feet.
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