Objective To investigate the causes of visual disability and to evaluate the curative effect of visual disability aids test paired for improving the visual function in the patients with visual disability.Methods By adopting the visual acuity disability rating standards in the 2006 second national disabled sampling survey,100 patients with visual disability undergoing fitting visual aids in the ophthalmology department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University were selected.The causes of visual disability were identified by means of ophthalmological examinatiom at the same time wearing far or near low vision aids observed the improvement degree of eyesight.Results The first cause of visual disability was retinal disease(25.00％).In wearing the distant visual aids,the off-blindness rate was 94.59 ％ and the off-disability rate was 82.43 ％;after wearing the near visual aids,the cases of near visual acuity≥0.50 accounted for 92.31％.Conclusion Retinopathy is a leading cause of adult vision disability;the aids for visual disability in the patients with visual rehabilitation have remarkable curative effect,and can improve the quality of life in the patients with visual disability.