Thanks for that, I made such enquiries with regard to a CVI when my
local social security office in Northern ireland where seeking such,
however neither the hospital nor the local authority here seemed to know
what a CVI was, much less what information was required to be included
so i eventually just sent in a bunch of test reports and told them (
the social security office ) to work it out from that and stated my
reasoning.
funny thing is, a letter from my specialist at the hospital i attend
carried more wieght than a comprehensive visual feild chart from my
optician, ( however I don't think the feild test was properly conducted
another story entirely).
Anyway. long story short the matter that needed resolving was eventually
satisfactorily resolved..
On 21/11/2015 15:33, Martin Wilsher (Redacted sender martinwilsher for
DMARC) wrote:
The bd8 was the old registration form, a cvi has more info on it, and is
replacement for the bd8 though both are accepted, though the cvi makes use
of different terms and are seen to be more accurate as more info on it.
terms like sight impaired, replaces partially sighted,the condition, then a
number, visual acuity and field, then description of what that means, or SVI
severely sight impaired, replaces blind, a description of what that is, IE
nlp no light perception, and a visual acuity/field number. So the CVI is
more detailed, as I understand it. and if you want to get hold of yours,
speak to local authority or hospital. And if you are registered blind, for
instance, where you had some useful sight,but you have had progression in
your sight loss since your initial registration, time to get that
updated.light perception to no light perception for instance. This very
important, as dwp and others are judging by numbers as well as affects of
conditions now.
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Shaun O'Connor
Sent: 21 November 2015 12:37
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Proof of disability for Bookshare
This appears to be a good question because as far as i iknow there is no
standard form of cvi, as for the BD8. where in the dickens does one get a
hold of that?
On 21/11/2015 07:22, Edward Green wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone successfully used a BD8/CVI as proof of disability when
signing up for Bookshare?
From the website, it looks as though you need to get a bespoke proof
of disability form signed by a competent body/professional, but I was
wondering whether that was actually the case in practice.
Cheers,
Ed
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