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.
However, 90 percent of legally blind people can see something, even if just light. Those who can see only light are often light-sensitive and bright light can cause pain. If they can't see much beyond light, they will rarely have a warning when bright light is coming. So, dark glasses are a real necessity. And then there are the rest of us, i.e. most people who are legally blind who can actually see some but not much. We often wear glasses in order to improve our vision.