[blindkid] one good eye

[Merry-Noel Chamberlain]

Carol,
As a general rule - students who have one good eye and one bad eye do not receive VI services - HOWEVER, they may get a 504 plan for special seating to help accommodate their good eye.  For example, if their right eye is their good eye, then they may set to the left side of the board so they can use their better right eye and not have to turn their head so much causing undue neck strain to not only look at the board but also to look around the classroom.  Also, they may have some problems with depth perception when it comes to catching balls in P.E. and batting balls.  These are known as reasonable accommodations.
 
Generally a child is eligible for VI services when they are considered legally blind.  A person is considered legally blind if their visual acuity is less than 20/200 in the better eye with correction or if they have a field loss of less than 20 degrees (both eyes combined) regardless of their visual acuity.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Merry-Noel Chamberlain (TVI and O&M)


--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Carol Castellano <carol_castellano at verizon.net> wrote:


From: Carol Castellano <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
Subject: [blindkid] one good eye
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 12:24 AM


Hi All,

I am trying to find out if kids with one good eye and one blind eye are ever provided special ed services.  It seems that in NJ they are not, but I've had several calls lately from families whose child is in this situation.

If anyone can point me in the right direction for info, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
cArol

Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org  

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