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Visual Impairment/Blindness
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Visual impairments, including blindness, refer to any impairment to vision that even with correction adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.
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Read about the specific criteria used to determine eligibility in the educational category of visual impairment/blindness.
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education – Criteria for Eligibility in the Educational Category of Visual Impairment/Blindness
A child displays a visual impairment when:
- A visual impairment or a progressive vision loss has been diagnosed by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Visual acuity has been determined to be:
- For visual impairment, of 20/70 to 20/200 in the better eye with best correction by glasses
- For blindness, of 20/200 or less in the better eye after best correction by glasses or a visual field measuring 200 or less
- The visual impairment adversely affects the child’s educational performance
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Other local, state and national resources related to visual impairment/blindness
Local Resources
- Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments
- Lighthouse for the Blind
- Midwestern Braille Volunteers
- Missouri Council of the Blind
- Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
- St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired
State Resources
- National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
- Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
National Resources
- American Council of the Blind (ACB)
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
- American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
- Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERBVI)
- Hadley School for the Blind
- National Braille Press
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- National Federation of the Blind
