Visual Impairment, including Blindness

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Thank you to everyone for participating in the 2024-25 Sound Bites sessions. This series is concluded for this school year. The 2025-26 Sound Bites series details and registration link, which will be posted by September 2025.

Definition: A child with a Visual Impairment, including Blindness, shall include a child with an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects the child's educational performance to the extent that the child cannot receive reasonable benefit from general education services alone and requires the need for specially designed instruction.

ECEA Rule - Visual Impairment, Including Blindness

ECEA Act 1 CCR 301-8: Visual Impairment, Including Blindness (PDF)

Activities / Careers

Activities / Careers
- Regional Low Vision Evaluations
- Keeping in Touch Newsletter
- Professional Learning
- Education Careers

Support Documents & Resources

Guidelines, Support Document, and Resources
- Guidelines
- Documents
- Info and Resources for Families
- Scholarship Information

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