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"Legally Blind" means you have worse than 20/200 vision. That's it. You can wear glasses to correct this. A great majority of "legally blind" people actually have some vision and it's often corrected with glasses or contacts.

Legally Blind =! Complete Blindness

So this started off as a "check this "pro painter" out, hes blind!" To an argument about just what exactly being legally blind is. DAKKA.....your a strange bird

That seems like a perfectly reasonable progression of the conversation. What's the problem?

KingCracker wrote:So this started off as a "check this "pro painter" out, hes blind!" To an argument about just what exactly being legally blind is. DAKKA.....your a strange bird

People were laughing about how he's blind but offering painted models. I merely pointed out that he states he is legally blind, which is different to being completely blind as posters assumed, and is actually correctable in some cases. It wasn't as simple as laughing at the blind guy selling painted models as the thread started out as.

If you want to go back to laughing at a handicapped person trying to do something he likes and raising a bit of money for charity with it, then, well... maybe Dakka is getting worse.

Absolutionis wrote:"Legally Blind" means you have worse than 20/200 vision. That's it. You can wear glasses to correct this. A great majority of "legally blind" people actually have some vision and it's often corrected with glasses or contacts.

Legally Blind =! Complete Blindness

The legal definition of blindness I"m familiar with requires 20/200 vision even when corrected.

Absolutionis wrote:"Legally Blind" means you have worse than 20/20 vision.

No it doesn't. 'Legally blind' has a specific legal meaning as a form of disability can cover a range of vision issues, generally quite serious.

It does not include all less-than-perfect vision problems like short sightedness that are corrected with glasses. I wear glasses and don't have 20/20 vision by I do not qualify as 'legally blind'.

"Bureau for the Blind Service" sounds super legit.

Ha.... haha..... hahaha......bwahahahahahaha!

This just made my week.

-Loki- wrote:If you want to go back to laughing at a handicapped person trying to do something he likes and raising a bit of money for charity with it, then, well... maybe Dakka is getting worse.

Completely agree, I thought we didn't laugh at each others painting on Dakka.

I guess as they are new listings he has been updating the stock images with photos as he takes them. Not the way I would start a listing but each to their own. Personally I think he's work is quite good.

rcguy111 wrote:Blind pro-painter? That is interesting.

LEGALLY blind. I'm legally blind, with corrected vision I have 15/20 vision. I build and fly rc airplane and paint and play 40k among other things that being legally blind doesn't stop me from doing...
Totally want to buy an Aragon and return it with complaint because of the picture. But alas I am not that petty.

So if we're all done making fun of the handicapped, let's all move on.