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Special Education

Notes • Visual : Connected with seeing or sight.
• Impaired : Damaged or not functioning normally.

7.8 Review Questions

1. Give a note on refractive errors.
2. Write five common eye conditions.
3. What are the characteristics of visually impaired children?
4. What is visual acuity?
5. Write the notes on the following terms.
(a) Low vision (b) Totally blind
Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (c) (iv) (a)
2. (i) Partially sighted (ii) 20/400-20/1000 (iii) total blindness
(iv) simple refractive errors (v) astigmatism
3. (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) False
(v) True
7.9 Further Readings

1. ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children Reston VA: Visually
handicapped: Requires special educational provisions because of ... as lighting, use of
optical aids and devices, tasks, and personal characteristics.
2. Special Education : Laura Rothstein; Scott F.Johnson; Sage Publisher, Inc.

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