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Blindness and Visual Impairment

Ruth K. Kaminer MD1
Eugene McMahon EdD2
 1 Associate Medical Director, Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
2 Educational Director, New York Institute for Special Education, New York, NY

Editors: Steven P. Shelov, MD.

The identification and treatment of children who have significant visual impairments are critical to their health and future well-being. "Legal blindness" occurs if a patient has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective glasses or a visual field that is no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye. To determine eligibility for special education services, states must adopt a definition of visual impairment consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). For educational purposes, this includes students who have a visual disability that, even with correction, affects their educational performance adversely. The term includes both partially seeing and blind children.






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