Definition

Visual Impairment including blindness means an impairment in vision that even with correction, adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.
34 C.F.R. 300.8(c)(13)

Criteria

"Blind Student" means an individual who is eligible for special education services and who:

• has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision such that the widest diameter subtends an angular distance of no greater than 20 degrees or
• has a medically indicated expectation of visual fatigue.

Revised 02/04/2008