Wetin ‘Legally Blind’ rili min? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan

Yu dɔn ɛva yɛri di wɔd dɛn ‘legally blind’? Sɔntɛm na fim, ɔ we yu de rid sɔnsay. We wi yɛri dis, wi kin tink bɔt dak wɔl, stet usay wi nɔ de si ɛnitin, nɔto so? Bɔt di rial tin rili difrɛn. Nɔto fɔ lɔs yu vishɔn kɔmplit wan lɛk aw bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt dis kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl ‘legally blind’ na simpul ɛn stret we.

Yu tink se ‘Legally Blind’ na mɛdikal kɔndishɔn?

Di fɔs tin fɔ ɔndastand na dat, ‘legally blind’ nɔto mɛdikal wɔd lɛk dayabitis. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na wɔd we gɛt fɔ du wit lɔ ɛn administreshɔn. Na wan patikyula krayteria we gɔvmɛnt ɛn institiushɔn dɛn na ɛni kɔntri kin yuz fɔ disayd if dɛn fɔ gi sɔm bɛnifit, bɛnifit, ɛn savis to pipul dɛn we nɔ de si fayn.

Imajin, 85 pan 100 pipul dɛm wae gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm wit dɛn yay kin gɛt sɔm kayn wae fɔ si. Na smɔl pipul dɛn nɔmɔ, lɛk 15%, gɛt kɔmplit daknɛs, we min se dɛn nɔ de si layt (NLP) . Dis min se bɔrku pipul dɛm wae dɛn kin tek as ‘ligal blaynd’ gɛt sɔm lɛvɛl fɔ si.

So aw yu go no if pɔsin ‘blaynd we di lɔ se’?

Dɛn kin tink bɔt tu men tin dɛn fɔ no if pɔsin fɔdɔm insay dis kategori ɔ nɔ fɔdɔm. Dɛn krayteria ya na tin dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn gri wit na di intanashɔnal kɔntri dɛn.

1. Visual Acuity: Dis de min aw yu kin si tin klia wan. Dɛn kin mɛzhɔ dis as 20/200 ɔ wɔs pas dat. (Wi go si wetin 20/200 min dɔŋ ya.) Di impɔtant tin na dat, dis mɛzhɔmɛnt na bay we dɛn de si afta dɛn wɛr glas ɔ kɔntakt lens .

2. Fild fɔ Si rili smɔl: Dis de tɔk bɔt aw wayd yu kin si rawnd yu we yu de luk stret na wan ples. If dis fil fɔ si smɔl pas 20 digri, i kin bi bak wan rizin fɔ dis kɔndishɔn. Di say we yu de si nɔ bɔku, lɛk se yu de luk tru wan tiub. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl dis bak ``tanɛl vishɔn``.

Wetin na dis 20/200 vishɔn? Lɛ wi tek wan simpul luk.

I tan lɛk se dɛn nɔmba dɛn ya at fɔ ɔndastand smɔl, nɔto so? Lɛ wi ɔndastand dis wit wan ɛgzampul we rili simpul. Fɔ mek dis klia, lɛ wi luk di tebul we de dɔŋ ya.

So, 20/200 na rili po lɛvɛl fɔ si. If yu gɛt dis lɛvɛl ivin wit glas, i de kwalifay yu fɔ di stetɔs fɔ ‘ligal blaynd’.

Aw dɛn go mek shɔ se dis tin apin na Sri Lanka?

Dis nɔto sɔntin we yu go disayd fɔ yusɛf. If yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm wit yu yay, di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ go to ay spɛshal dɔktɔ (Ophthalmologist) .

Na dis na aw di prɔses kin go:

1. Go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays: Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt yu prɔblɛm wit yu yay.

2. Fɔ du tɛst: Di dɔktɔ go du spɛshal tɛst fɔ no aw yu de si ɛn aw yu de si.

3. Gɛt mɛdikal ripɔt: If di tɛst rizɔlt sho se yu mit di krayteria we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt (e.g., 20/200 vishɔn), di dɔktɔ go gi yu ɔfishal mɛdikal ripɔt we de sho dat.

4. Fɔ Aplay fɔ Bɛnifit: If yu yuz dis mɛdikal ripɔt, yu kin aplay fɔ rilif ɛn bɛnifit dɛn we di Sri Lanka gɔvmɛnt ɔ ɔda institiushɔn dɛn de gi to pipul dɛn we nɔ de si fayn.

Wetin na di bɛnifit dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt dis kayn sɛtifiket?

If yu gɛt mɛdikal sɛtifiket we de sho se yu ‘blaynd bay lɔ’, dat kin mek yu gɛt difrɛn bɛnifit ɛn kɔnsɛshɔn dɛn. Dɛn tin ya kin difrɛn frɔm wan kɔntri to ɔda kɔntri ɛn wan wan tɛm. Na sɔm pan di kɔnsɛshɔn dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt na Sri Lanka:

• Fɔ fit fɔ gɛt sɔm gɔvmɛnt ɛp ɔ disabiliti alawɛns .
• Fɔ gɛt spɛshal ples fɔ slip ɔ tin dɛn fɔ du fɔ ɛdyukeshɔn (fɔ ɛgzampul, ɛkstra tɛm we dɛn de du ɛgzam ɔ spɛshal ɛlda).
• Ɛp fɔ gɛt spɛshal ikwipmɛnt ɔ tin dɛn we dɛn go nid na wokples.
• Fɔ gɛt sɔm rilif pan tin dɛn lɛk pɔblik transpɔt savis.

So, di wɔd ‘legally blind’ nɔto lɛbl we de stigmatize yu. Na jɔs ɔfishal rɛkɔgnishɔn we kin ɛp yu fɔ gɛt di sɔpɔt ɛn savis we yu nid.