Communities. 1  The city of Brighton is located adjacent to the township, but is administratively autonomous. 2  Pleasant Valley was a rural post office in the southeast of the township. Elijah Marsh was the first postmaster of the office, which operated from July 24, 1837, until July 29, 1852.
The medical rules we use to decide whether you are blind are the same for each program. Other rules are different. We explain the different rules for each program below. You can get disability benefits if youâre blind You may qualify for Social Security or SSI disability benefits if youâre blind. We consider you to be blind if your vision canât be corrected to better than 20/200 in your better eye or if your visual field is 20 degrees or less in your better eye.
Note that the definition of legal blindness differs from country to country and that the criteria listed above are for the US. Legally blind has nothing to do with the prescription numbers. Legally blind means that your best vision cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses any better than 20/200. A normal person with 20/20 vision can see objects clearly that is 200 feet away from him, while the legally blind person can only see the object clearly that is 20 feet away from him.