The Personal Capacity Assessment and Vision.

The full definition for this activity is- "Vision in normal daylight or bright electric light with glasses or other aid to vision if such aid is normally worn."

There are six descriptors for this activity. The figures in brackets denote the number points awarded for each descriptor.

• Cannot tell light from dark; (15)
• Cannot see the shape of furniture in the room; (15)
• Cannot see well enough to read 16 point print at a distance greater than twenty centimetres; (15)
• Cannot see well enough to recognise a friend across the room at a distance of least 5 metres; (12)
• Cannot see well enough to recognise a friend across the road at a distance of at least 15 metres; (8)
• No problem with vision. (0)

To "recognise a friend" in the 4th and 5th descriptors means recognising a friend's features and not the clothes that they are wearing.

With regard to severe tunnel vision it is important to recognise someone may have reasonable visual acuity but cannot read whole sentences or scan a page. In such cases the claimant would meet the third descriptor.

The following are listed as relevant activities of daily living that should be considered-

• Filling in forms
• Reading newspapers or magazines
• Helping children with homework or reading bedtime stories
• Participatory sports such as snooker or darts
• Activities which require good vision such as knitting or sewing

With regard to driving, doctors are informed that "any person who holds a driving licence should satisfy the "no problem with vision" descriptor."

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