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What is vision impairment or visually impaired children
The most severe and devastating physical impairment is considered to be blindness. Since the eyes transmit more information to the brain than any other organ, visual abnormalities may have an impact on a person’s physical, mental, social, occupational, and educational trajectories. In our culture, persons who are blind or visually impaired have traditionally been given preference over those who are disabled in other ways. This group was given priority when it came to providing social and educational services.
They get greater public attention than any other category because they are given unique rights and privileges.
The better eye of the blind individuals has a central visual acuity of 30/200 or less with corrective lenses. A person with a visual acuity of 20/200 can read a line or a set of words that a youngster with normal vision can read from a distance of 20 feet. The completely blind are either born unable to see or must have lost their vision due to an injury, surgery, etc. The youngster should be placed to a special school for the blind if they are completely blind so that they can learn using the Braille method. Once more, people who have visual acuity in the better eye between 20/200 and 20/70 or 50 with the finest corrective measures can be categorised as partly blind.
Children who are partially sighted should be separated, and large-print textbooks and similar tools should be supplied to help them learn. The kids’ reading habits should be encouraged to be hygienic.
About 0.12 million children in India between the ages of 4 and 15 have vision impairments. According to the National Commission of Teachers, just 5% of blind students are believed to attend one of the 800-1000 special schools.
The majority of these schools are found in large cities and other urban areas. Children who are blind often reside in rural India at a rate of about 80%. However, these kids are still essentially unattended by educational institutions.
