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Vision Standards and Resources for Visually Disabled Individuals
John Grigg
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| Visual Standards for Fitness to Drive |
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| Visual Standards for visual disability entitlements |
A person is considered to be permanently blind for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1991 if any of the following criteria are satisfied: (a) visual acuity on the Snellen Scale after correction by suitable lenses is less than 6/60 in both eyes; or (b) field of vision is constricted to 10 degrees or less of arc around central fixation in the better eye irrespective of corrected visual acuity (equivalent to 1/100 white test object); or (c) a combination of visual defects results in the same degree of vision impairment as that occurring in (a) or (b) above. View copies of Centrelink's Vision Disability Guidelines |
| Community organisations assisting visually disabled people |
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