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I've never seen "sighted" used that way. I would have assumed sighted is the opposite of blind. Is it commonly used to mean almost completely blind?
by tempestn 9y ago
I've never seen "sighted" used that way. I would have assumed sighted is the opposite of blind. Is it commonly used to mean almost completely blind?
- verylittlemeat 9y ago>Sighted >adjective >(of a person) having the ability to see; not blind. Seems that his definition of sighted is non standard. It could be a neologism on the euphemism treadmill. Example: "neurotypical" not "normal."
- tarboreus 9y agoI'm blind and seems to me like this is a simple misuse or misunderstanding. "Low vision" is usually the accepted term for this in the US.
- jerf 9y agoIt might be a reaction to the fact that the common English word "blind" tends to convey total inability to see, whereas many legal and medical definitions involve "merely" serious impairment of certain definitions. One of my sons is legally deaf and legally blind, which puts us in somewhat rarified territory even by disability standards on the one hand (merely a few hundred in the state of Michigan), but on the other hand, he lives life mostly like a person with sight and hearing. When we go to some of the gatherings, many of the other "deaf blind" people are also able to significantly function with at least one sense. He is neither "incapable of seeing at all" nor "incapable of hearing at all".
- stordoff 9y agoWould "partially sighted" or "largely blind" (or similar) not cover that, depending on severity? It certainly seems like a better choice, or more likely to be understood, than using a word that has the opposite meaning in common use at least.