Visual Impairment/Blindness

Visual Impairment, including blindness, means an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance.  The term includes both partial sight and blindness.

• Missouri State Plan for Special Education 

• Missouri Office of Special Education: Compliance Standards and Indicators

• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Special Education State Profile

• Project IDEAL

• National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS)/National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (NIMAC)

• National Association of Special Education Teachers
• National Eye Institute (NEI)

• Blindness Skills Specialists
• Blind Skills
• Missouri Assistive Technology
• Missouri School for the Blind
• Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
• Missouri Council of the Blind

• The Missouri Statewide Parent Involvement Network (MoSPIN)
• Missouri School for the Blind - Resources for Families
• MPACT