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Can you please help me with the following: Distinguish between the terms "blind" and "partially sighted" (that of low vision). How does vision loss affect educational achievement and social development? Include and defend a position in favor of or opposed to the inclusion of students with vision loss into general education schools. Please use scholarly resources.

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This solution discusses blindness and low vision relative to academic achievement.

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Hi student, A response was provided for every question you asked. While you didn't see the term "academic achievement", the fact that I provided consequences in a learning environment to blindness, or low vision should have alerted you to the reason why academic achievement would have been impacted. For instance, according to Pinel (2006), we learn through our sensory processes (senses), and that is how we understand,. Without cognitive processes that helps a student to comprehend or remember, he or she may not do well in learning environment. Thus, as our sensory experiences work together, (e.g., touch smell, sight, hearing); an individual social skills will be impacted, including how he or she interact with others

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(1) Distinguish between the terms "blind" and "partially sighted" (that of low vision).

(a) A definition for low vision is cited as, "A condition caused by eye disease in which vision acuity [a number indicating the sharpness and clarity of vision] is 20.70, or poorer in the better-seeing eye; and cannot be corrected or improved. ...

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