Individual who is Deaf-Blind [Education] Law and Legal Definition
According to 34 CFR 396.4 (c) [Title 34 – Education; Subtitle B -- Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education; Chapter III -- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education; Part 396 -- Training of Interpreters for Deaf Individuals who are Deaf and Individuals who are Deaf-Blind; Subpart A -- General], the term individual who is deaf-blind means “an individual --
(1) (i) Who has a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective lenses, or a field defect such that the peripheral diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees, or a progressive visual loss having a prognosis leading to one or both of these conditions;
(ii) Who has a chronic hearing impairment so severe that most speech cannot be understood with optimum amplification, or a progressive hearing loss having a prognosis leading to this condition; and
(iii) For whom the combination of impairments described in paragraphs (1)(i) and (ii) of this definition causes extreme difficulty in attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial adjustment, or obtaining a vocation;
(2) Who, despite the inability to be measured accurately for hearing and vision loss due to cognitive or behavioral constraints, or both, can be determined through functional and performance assessment to have severe hearing and visual disabilities that cause extreme difficulty in attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial adjustment, or obtaining vocational objectives; or
(3) Who meets any other requirements that the Secretary may prescribe.”
Legal Definition list
- Individual who is Deaf-Blind [Education]
- Individual who is Deaf-Blind
- Individual Transition Option
- Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
- Individual Support Order
- Individual with a Disability
- Individual with a Severe Disability [Education]
- Individual with a Significant Disability
- Individual With Handicaps
- Individual with Regular Income (Bankruptcy)
- Individual's Representative [Education]
