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Visual Impairment

Visual impairment is defined by the Alberta Education Code as a mild to moderate visual disability that limits a student's vision enough to interfere with learning. A student with visual impairment may have visual acuity of less than 20/70 in their better eye after correction or a reduced field of vision. Students with visual impairments may feel isolated or stressed due to difficulties picking up social cues or focusing. Teachers should provide students resources like Braille, text-to-speech software, laptops, and scribes to accommodate their needs.

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Visual Impairment

Visual impairment is defined by the Alberta Education Code as a mild to moderate visual disability that limits a student's vision enough to interfere with learning. A student with visual impairment may have visual acuity of less than 20/70 in their better eye after correction or a reduced field of vision. Students with visual impairments may feel isolated or stressed due to difficulties picking up social cues or focusing. Teachers should provide students resources like Braille, text-to-speech software, laptops, and scribes to accommodate their needs.

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Visual

Impairme
nt

Definition and
Alberta Ed Code

Code 56: VISUAL


DISABILITY (ECS:
Code 30; Grades 1
12: Code 56):
- A student/ECS child
identified with a mild to
moderate visual
disability is one whose
vision is so limited that
it interferes with the
ability to learn and
requires modification of
the learning
environment.
- A student/child who is
designated as having
limited vision should
have a visual acuity of
less than 20/70 (6/21
metric) in the better
eye after correction
and/or a reduced field
of vision.
Code 46:

Characteristics &
Observable
Behavior

Strategies

Resources

Students who are visually


impaired may experience the
following:
Uncomfortable/uneasy in
unfamiliar settings
Feeling of isolation due
to their disability
Increased feelings of
stress
Struggle to pick up on
social cues
May use a cane or have a
seeing eye dog
May appear to be unable
to focus
Shorter attention span

Voice Print
http://www.ami.ca/Pages/defa
ult.aspx
Speaking Graphing
Calculator
http://shop.aph.org/webapp/w
cs/stores/servlet/Product_Ori
on%20TI-84%20Plus
%20Talking%20Graphing
%20Calculator_1-0734000P_10001_11051
Sample Activities
http://vision.alberta.ca/media/
83125/3%20section
%206%20resource%20kit
%20goals%20nov
%202010.pdf
Adapted program of studies
from the California
Department of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/s
r/documents/braillemathstand
.pdf
NSCC Disability Services
http://www.disabilityservices.
nscc.ca/en/home/disabilitiesin
formation/sensorydisabilities/
default.aspx

Braille
Textbook
Laptop
Program ie.
Zoomtext
Voice
Recorder
Scribe
Voice Print
Visual
Efficiency
Skills

BLINDNESS:
- A student or child
with severe vision
impairment is one who:
Student has corrected
vision so limited that it
is inadequate for most
or all instructional
situations, and
information must be
presented through
other means; and
- A student has a visual
acuity ranging from
6/60 (20/200) in the
better eye after
correction, to having no
usable vision or a field
of vision reduced to an
angle of 20 degrees.

Standard for Special


Education
https://education.alberta.ca/m
edia/511690/ecep_blind_or_v
isually_impaired.pdf
Special Education Coding
Criteria
http://education.alberta.ca/me
dia/8708251/spedcodingcriter
ia_2012-2013.pdf

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