Hello all I feel that It is very important for us to know the basis on which opthlmologists calculate the percentage of disability. This will make the matter more easy. I am personely unaware about it.
Narendra 6/9/15, Mohib Anwar Rafay <[email protected]> wrote: > The question is that, whether a person having 70% visual impairment > can be called a blind person? Mean is he covered by the definition of > blindness given under Sec 2(b) of PWD Act. If yes, how can we proov > that 70% visual loss is equivalent to the parameter given under that > section? > I have filed a special leave petition in Supreme Court where I have to > proov that having 70% visual impairement I am covered by the > definition of blindness, hence I should be allowed to avail the > facility of the scribe in the public services examination. Wherein I > was denyed to appear in the examination on the same basis that I am > not eligible to avail the facility of scribe as you are not blind, > only those candidate can be considered blind who have 100% blindness. > > On 6/9/15, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Second and third point refers to some degree of site, layed down in >> ophthalmological terms. >> Low vision, however, is a separate category defined in the act. >> At present, however, it is highly subjectively defined, leaving a wide >> discretion to the doctors. >> However, blind covers total lack of sight as well as some degree as >> defined >> in the definition. >> >> >> सादर With thanks and regards >> >> (राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani) >> >> सहायक महाप्रबंधक AGM >> बाजार आसूचना एकाई MIU >> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank Of India >> नागपुर Nagpur >> >> Co-Moderator >> VIB-India >> >> President >> VIBEWA >> >> Phone: 0712 2806846 >> >> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and >> Laughter >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Mohib Anwar Rafay >> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:22 PM >> To: accessindia >> Subject: [AI] Urgent, is low vision covered under the definition of >> blindness? >> >> Hey experts, I would be thankful if somebody could explain to me the >> section >> 2(b) of Persons with disabilities Act 1995. >> For ready reference, I am reproducing the section as follows: >> Sec2(b) define blindness, it provides “(b) "blindness" refers to a >> condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, >> namely:--- >> (I) total absence of sight. >> (ii) visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better >> eye with correcting lenses; or >> (iii) limitation of the filed of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree >> or >> worse.” >> >> Please explain to me the second and third point, so that I could argue >> that >> a person who has 10% remaining sight, is covered by the definition of >> blindness. >> The case is that who is a blind person. 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