§1905 — Title 29 Labor | U.S. Code

Summary

Names what counts for the Helen Keller National Center program and who is “deaf-blind.” "Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults who are Deaf-Blind" or "Center" means the Center and its network that operate under this chapter. An "individual who is deaf-blind" is someone who meets one of three ways: they have very poor vision (20/200 or less in the better eye with glasses, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less, or a progressive loss to those levels) and very severe hearing loss (so most speech cannot be understood even with the best amplification) that together make daily living, social adjustment, or getting a job extremely difficult; or they cannot be measured for hearing and vision but functional tests show similar severe combined disabilities; or they meet other requirements the Secretary sets by regulation. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education.

Title 29, §1905

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For purposes of this chapter—

(1)the terms “Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults who are Deaf-Blind” and “Center” mean the Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults who are Deaf-Blind, and its affiliated network, operated pursuant to this chapter;

(2)the term “individual who is deaf-blind” means any individual—

(A)(i)who has a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective lenses, or a field defect such that the peripheral diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees, or a progressive visual loss having a prognosis leading to one or both these conditions;

(ii)who has a chronic hearing impairment so severe that most speech cannot be understood with optimum amplification, or a progressive hearing loss having a prognosis leading to this condition; and

(iii)for whom the combination of impairments described in clauses (i) and (ii) cause extreme difficulty in attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial adjustment, or obtaining a vocation;

(B)who despite the inability to be measured accurately for hearing and vision loss due to cognitive or behavioral constraints, or both, can be determined through functional and performance assessment to have severe hearing and visual disabilities that cause extreme difficulty in attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial adjustment, or obtaining vocational objectives; or

(C)meets such other requirements as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation; and

(3)the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Education.

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1992—Par. (1). Pub. L. 102–569, §§ 905(1), 908(c)(1), substituted “Youths and Adults who are Deaf-Blind” for “Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults” in two places and struck out “section 313 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and continued under” after “operated pursuant to”. Par. (2). Pub. L. 102–569, § 905(2), amended par. (2) generally, substituting present provisions for provisions defining “deaf-blind individual”.

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