2019 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 21 - Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind
Sec. 1905 - Definitions

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Citation 29 U.S.C. § 1905 (2019)
Section Name §1905. Definitions
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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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 98–221, title II, §206, Feb. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 102–569, title IX, §§905, 908(c)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4482, 4486.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

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".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 29 - LABOR
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 21 - HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTHS AND ADULTS WHO ARE DEAF-BLIND
Sec. 1905 - Definitions
Contains section 1905
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 98 Stat. 34
106 Stat. 4482
Public Law References Public Law 98-221, Public Law 102-569
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