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Vision Services

BPS students may be eligible for special education services if they have vision impairments. "Visual impairment" is defined under federal law as "an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness".

A comprehensive array of services are available for students with vision impairments, such as orientation and mobility training, Braille instruction, keyboarding instruction and computer operation, training in fine and gross motor development, material adaptations, daily living skills training, and vision efficiency training. Students with vision impairments are served in their neighborhood schools.

The Bismarck Special Education Department employs four teachers of students with vision impairments.

For more information, contact:
Wayne Triska
701-323-4270

Resources

American Council of the Blind (link)

The American Council of the Blind strives to improve the well-being of all blind and visually impaired people by: serving as a representative national organization of blind people; elevating the social, economic and cultural levels of blind people; improving educational and rehabilitation facilities and opportunities; cooperating with the public and private institutions and organizations concerned with blind services; encouraging and assisting all blind persons to develop their abilities and conducting a public education program to promote greater understanding of blindness and the capabilities of blind people.

American Foundation for the Blind (link)

Priorities of the American Foundation for the Blind include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources.

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) (link)

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is a consumer organization of blind people working together to improve opportunities for the blind and the understanding of blindness by the general public.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) (link)

Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.