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Visual impairment has many conditions that are included under the term including:
The IDEA definition of a visual impairment is: the inability or limited ability to receive information visually. Being legally blind means seeing 20/200. Usually having some
strabismus, where the eyes look in different directions and do not focus simultaneously on a single point; congenital cataracts, where the lens of the eye is cloudy; retinopathy of prematurity, which may occur in premature babies when the light-sensitive retina hasnt developed sufficiently before birth; retinitis pigmentosa, a rare inherited disease that slowly destroys the retina; coloboma, where a portion of the structure of the eye is missing; optic nerve hypoplasia, which is caused by underdeveloped fibers in the optic nerve and which affects depth perception, sensitivity to light, and acuity of vision; and cortical visual impairment (CVI), which is caused by damage to the part of the brain related to vision, not to the eyes themselves.
Resources:
http://www.utahparentce nter.org/disabilities/vibli nd/ http://nichcy.org/wpcontent/uploads/docs/fs 13.pdf http://www.usdb.org/def ault.aspx http://www.usor.utah.gov /division-of-services-forthe-blind-and-visuallyimpaired/dsbvi-overview/ http://www.afb.org/defau lt.aspx http://www.aph.org/ http://www.nyise.org/bli ndness.htm https://www.learningally. org/ http://www.viguide.com/