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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED307773 AUTHOR: Mann, James W.; And Others
TITLE: Legislative Needs Assessment Concerning Persons Who
Are Blind and Visually Impaired.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 101 p.
ABSTRACT: The report is a legislative needs assessment for
persons who are blind and visually impaired in Mississippi.
The first chapter presents an overview of the project.
Chapter 2 summarizes federal legislation concerning persons
who are blind and visually impaired. Chapter 3 reviews the
methodology used to analyze state legislation and provides a
brief summary of current Mississippi law. Chapter 4 presents
findings and recommendations for legislative changes
affecting services for this population. Recommendations are
grouped into the following areas: administration, education,
blindness registry, prevention of blindness, independent
living, and blind-made products. Many recommendations
include sample legislative texts from other states.
Additional program areas not currently reflected in
Mississippi laws are also recommended. These include
children's services, professional preparation, information
services, reader services, home services, the multi
handicapped blind, housing, facility safety, affirmative
action, loan funds, voting rights, and eye services. An
extensive bibliography is organized into sections on sources
of information, federal laws, Mississippi state laws, and
citations for laws cited in the recommendations. Appendices
list agencies in the various states responsible for
administering vocational rehabilitation programs and
agencies in the states responsible for jurisdiction of
schools for the blind and deaf. (DB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administration-; Adults-; Civil-Rights;
Educational-Needs; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Housing
Needs; Information-Services; Prevention-; Recordkeeping-;
Safety-; Vocational-Rehabilitation
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Blindness-; *Needs-Assessment; *State
Legislation; *State-Programs; *Visual-Impairments
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