SECTION 856.83. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) Blind--An individual whose visual acuity with best correction is 20/200 or less in the better eye; or an individual with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees, which means a visual field of no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye.

(2) Customer--An individual with a disability who has applied for or who is receiving VR services.

(3) Deafblind--An individual:

(A) 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 of these conditions;

(B) 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

(C) for whom the combination of impairments described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph cause extreme difficulty in attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial adjustment, or obtaining a vocation;

(D) 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

(E) who meets such other requirements as the Secretary of Education may prescribe by regulation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §856.83 adopted to be effective August 21, 2018, 43 TexReg 5398