The definition of legal blindness used in this country requires a best-corrected distance visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better eye or a visual field reduction to 20[degrees] in diameter or less. Prevalence and characteristics of dual sensory impairment (hearing and vision) in a veteran population.
Beaverton, Oregon. Beaverton is a city in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The city center is 7 miles (11 km) west of downtown Portland in the Tualatin River Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population is 89,803. This makes it the second-largest city in the county and Oregon's sixth-largest city.
Freedom was settled in 1794 by the Revolutionary War veteran Stephen Smith. The plantation was named Smithton in honor of the first homesteader but was then changed to Beaver Hill and finally Freedom when the town became incorporated during the last war with Great Britain in 1813. Like many towns in Waldo County, Freedom once had many sawmills and gristmills.