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Visual Impairment (VI)

Visual Impairment (VI) 2024-09-16T16:20:34-06:00

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A 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 CFR Sec. 300.8(c)(13))

Braille Standards
6.60.5 NMAC Companion Guide

Resources

American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
Toll free: 800-223-1839
http://www.aph.org/

American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
Toll free: 800-232-5463
http://www.afb.org/

Association for the Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
703-671-4500
http://www.aerbvi.org/
email: aer@aerbvi.org

Learning Ally
Toll free: 800-221-4792
https://learningally.org/

Local Lions Club
http://www.lionsclubs.org/

Library of Congress
Toll free: 800-NLS-READ (424-8567)
http://www.loc.gov/nls

National Federation of the Blind
410-659-9314
https://nfb.org/

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPOBC)
410-659-9314 
http://www.nopbc.org

New Mexico Academy of Ophthalmology
505-366-3273
www.nmao.org/

New Mexico Commission for the Blind
http://www.cfb.state.nm.us/

New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Toll free: 800-437-3505
http://www.nmsbvi.k12.nm.us/

New Mexico State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Toll free: 800-456-5515
http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/direct-services/lbph

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
512-454-8631
http://www.tsbvi.edu/

Page last updated September 16, 2024