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visual, mobility, orthopedic or other health related impairment.
(a) Visual impairment means a total or partial loss of sight.
(b) Mobility or orthopedic impairments mean a serious limitation
in locomotion or motor functions, which indicate a need for one
or more of the services or programs available from DSPS. (c) Other
health impairment means a serious dysfunction of a body part or
system, which necessitates the use of one or more of the assistive/supportive
services or programs available from DSPS.
Blind
and Visually Impaired (Partially Sighted) students face a major
challenge of the overwhelming mass of printed material. Most students
who are blind use a combination of methods of assistance such
as readers, brailed books and lectures, and computers. Instructors
are responsible for accommodating both the student and the service
provider. Most Visually Impaired students have measured vision,
but they, too, meet the same challenges as the blind students.
Academic accommodations for Visually Impaired/Blind students include
the use of readers, audio taped texts and lectures, raised line
drawings, computers with screen magnifiers, large print books,
a Closed Circuit TV Magnifier, or other magnifying devices.
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Mobility
impairment can have various causes such as multiple sclerosis,
cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and muscular dystrophy, which
can then vary the physical limitations, leading to the use of
braces, crutches or wheelchairs. For students in wheelchairs,
physical access is their main concern since stairs, curbs, narrow
walkways, elevator doors without a delay mechanism, etc., stand
in the way as barriers. Also, theatre-type classrooms with no
room in front to park wheelchairs would present some difficulties.
In classrooms, desks must be a certain height so that the wheelchair
is able to fit under it.
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