Background: Prior to hand rehabilitation of blinds with diabetic retinopathy, assessment of tactual deficits is the key towards the functional outcomes of rehabilitation. Force sensitivity threshold and spatial resolution testing are easy tools in detecting subclinical impairment of peripheral nerves. Both are reliable, less expensive, very accurate and less time consuming in detecting sensory deficits. This study attempts to use force sensitivity threshold and spatial resolution testing to identify subclinical sensory impairment in hand among diabetic blinds. Objectives: To identify subclinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy in late blind adult subjects with diabetic retinopathy. Study Design: Observational study. Study Setting: Opthalmology and Endocrine departments of Madha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai and Sree Balaji Medical College Hospital, Chennai. Interventions: Not applicable. Outcome measures: Quantitative parameters include cutaneous force threshold and spatial resolution threshold. Methods: Sixty participants of three different categories, twenty in each category, participated in the study. The 20 subjects of each group (Diabetic blind group, Non Diabetic late blinds, and Blind folded sighted group) were subjected to force sensitivity threshold test and tactile spatial resolution test after obtaining consent. Statistical Analysis: The data was analyzed using one way ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis test, 5% level of probability was used to indicate statistical significance Result: The mean of force sensitivity among Experimental group consisting of diabetic blinds was 1.127gm, (S.D: 0.99, range: 0.04- 2.00), mean of spatial resolution capacity of static 2 point test was 3.25mm, (S.D: 0.76, range: 2 - 4), moving 2 point test was 2.85mm (S.D: 0.489, range: 2 - 4). Control group 1, mean force sensitivity was 0.3415gm, (S.D: 0.715, range: 0.02-2.00), mean of spatial resolution capacity of static 2 point test was 1.80mm, (S.D: 0.41, range: 1 - 2), moving 2 point test was 1.10mm (S.D: 0.308, range: 1 - 2). Control group 2, mean force sensitivity was 0.64gm, (S.D: 0.91355, range: 0.04-2.00), mean of spatial resolution capacity of static 2 point test was 2.20mm, (S.D: 0.41, range: 2 - 3), moving 2 point test was 1.50mm (S.D: 0.513, range: 1 - 2). Conclusion: The study result shows that there is a significant difference between the groups. Diabetic blinds performed significantly poorer than the controls in terms of Force sensitivity threshold and spatial resolution. __ampersandsignnbsp;