[AERNet] number of functionally blind students in USA?

[Frances Mary D'Andrea]

Hi, Kimberly,
The short answer is: it depends on how you ask, and what source you  
use. A good source of info about these statistics and how they were  
derived is on the AFB web site:
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=15&DocumentID=1367
Certain federal surveys and the census ask the question in different  
ways, but the info on this URL discusses that.
--FM

On Mar 10, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Kim Morrow wrote:
>             Does anyone have the following statistics:
>
> How many totally blind people are there in the United States and
> 2. How many functionally blind people are there in the United States?
>
>
> And along these lines, what is the formal definition of what  
> constitutes functional blindness?
>
> Many thanks in advance for any information,
>
> Kimberly
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