We don't distinguish. People come to CNIB because they are experiencing vision loss to the extent that it is interfering with their life. For us, there is not a worry about eligibility, because people sort themselves out. Nobody wants to be blind. Nobody wants to admit that they're blind. For us, when they arrive or if we have a referral, it is because they have already had a significant vision loss. So for us, there is no category.
We have a range of services and the person expresses to us the problems they are experiencing. It may be that they're socially isolated. They may express that they would like to read again, and in that case we would provide an audio library service, for example.
For us, there is a worry about being able to meet the demand, but there is no worry about someone coming with not enough vision loss to be eligible. We work with whoever identifies themselves as having a vision loss.