Special Education
Glossary
Blindness and Low Vision

 

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Visual impairment including blindness is an impairment that, even with correction adversely affects a student’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness…a deficiency in visual acuity that, even with the use of lenses or corrective devices, requires special education and related services
explained:   PowerPoint
video: http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/BlindnessAndLowVision.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/braille.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/braillewatch.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/braillewriter.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/canetravel.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/guidedog.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/mobility.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/orientation.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/personalnotetakers.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/screenreadingsoftware.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/sightedguide.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/slateandstylus.rm
http://www.video.dsu.edu:8080/ramgen/seed100/specializedopticalcharacterreading.rm
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