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What's new in 2002-2003
on the Deafblind Census Form
Definition of Deafblindness
National Deafblind Census,
NTAC: "The term, 'children with deafblindness,' means
children and youth having auditory and visual impairments,
the combination of which creates such severe communication and other developmental
and learning needs that they cannot be appropriately educated without special
education and related services, beyond those that would be provided solely
for children with hearing impairments, visual impairments, or severe disabilities
to address their educational needs due to these concurrent disabilities."
Texas
Education Agency, TEA, Chapter 89, Subchapter AA: (2)
Deaf-blindness. A student with deaf-blindness is one who has been determined
to meet the criteria for deaf-blindness as stated in 34 CFR, §300.7(c)(2).
In meeting the criteria stated in 34 CFR, §300.7(c)(2), a student with
deaf-blindness is one who, based on the evaluations specified in subsections
(c)(3) and (c)(12) of this section:
(A) meets the eligibility criteria for auditory impairment specified in
subsection (c)(3) of this section and visual impairment specified in subsection
(c)(12) of this section;
(B) meets the eligibility criteria for a student with a visual impairment
and has a suspected hearing loss that cannot be demonstrated conclusively,
but a speech/language therapist, a certified speech and language therapist,
or a licensed speech language pathologist indicates there is no speech
at an age when speech would normally be expected;
(C) has documented hearing and visual losses that, if considered individually,
may not meet the requirements for auditory impairment or visual impairment,
but the combination of such losses adversely affects the student's educational
performance; or
(D) has a documented medical diagnosis of a progressive medical condition
that will result in concomitant hearing and visual losses that, without
special education intervention, will adversely affect the student's educational
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