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by canes123456 3327 days ago
The vast majority of visually impaired and legally blind have some degree of sight or at least light perception. The tiny percentage that does not still needs/like sunlight for vitamin D etc, but you don't get much sunlight form a window.
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For those wondering: you can get lots of sunlight, but not any UVB (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19614895: "All glasses totally blocked UVB radiation."), and that's what your body needs to make vitamin D (https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/about-vitamin-d/how-do-i-get...)