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Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses. Some also include those who have a decreased ability to see because they do not have access to glasses or contact lenses. Visual impairment is often defined as a best corrected visual acuity of worse than either 20/40 or 20/60. The term blindness is used for complete or nearly complete vision loss. Visual impairment may cause difficulties with normal daily activities such as reading and walking without adaptive training and …
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World Bank Group · 2 May 2024 English
Persons with disabilities are particularly vulnerable, as they suffer disproportionately from social and economic stigmatization and various forms of exclusion. Intensifying inequalities affect persons with disabilities, their caregivers and their …
accessibility. It, therefore, includes motor disability, blindness, pregnancy, injury, transporting a child in a …
RAND Corporation · 30 April 2024 English
To determine how much the United States can rely on its network of allies and partners, researchers constructed global networks representing diplomatic, military, and economic elements of national power in …
nasty surprise. As Ivan Krastev observed of the blindness in Brussels to centripetal tendencies in the …
UN: The United Nations · 29 April 2024 English
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intellectual disabilities, autism, blindness and deaf-blindness; (d) The lack of systematic data …
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre · 29 April 2024 English
In countries currently lacking the development of EAPs, such as Eritrea and Sudan, support is recommended for conducting workshops and training on Anticipatory Action for epidemics and the connections between …
of vector control (in Commonly known as “river blindness”, onchocerciasis is caused by the parasitic worm … 1371/journal.pmed.1003678. Nakkazi, E. (2020). ‘River blindness in East Africa: Gains and losses’, BMJ, 368, m155 … Health Organization. (2022). Onchocerciasis (river blindness). https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/ …
EU: European Union · 29 April 2024 English
This year’s directory includes 1099 contributions, including 76 books, 120 book chapters, 131 theses, 469 journal articles, 95 working papers, 160 research reports, lectures, policy briefs and papers, as well …
net/1814/75693 Open Access AGARWAL, Skand Willful blindness of environmental migration in Indian Sundarbans …
AFT: American Federation of Teachers · 23 April 2024 English
Planning the health needs of the child in the school setting and to The school nurse, in partnership with the family, coordinate with staff, family, physicians and community student and …
placements have given rise to several areas of • Deaf-blindness concern. These include the need for adequate funding … language learner • Visual impairment, including blindness accommodations and interventions (if applicable) … if the criteria above are satisfied. 2. Deaf-Blindness means simultaneous hearing and vision impairments … solely for children with deafness or children with blindness. 3. Deafness means a hearing impairment so severe … impairments (such as intellectual disability-blindness, intellectual disability- orthopedic impairment …
World Bank Group · 19 April 2024 English
(Hearing loss) Visual impairment (Low vision or blindness) Physical impairment (Mobility disabilities) … (Hearing loss) Visual impairment (Low vision or blindness) Physical impairment (Mobility disabilities) …
Australian Institute of Company Directors · 19 April 2024 English
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consider the client voice collectively • National blindness and low vision service provider, through engagement …
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 17 April 2024 English
It is important to note that of material in maps do not imply the expression transgender men and non-binary people also experience pregnancy, and that gender-diverse people experience of any …
that service is out requiring any person with blindness of reach. “And that’s discrimination,” Mr. Kuchengo …
Australian Institute of Company Directors · 17 April 2024 English
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proactively engage with clients in a range • National blindness and low vision service provider, of settings, …