{"id":2681,"date":"2020-04-03T14:17:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T14:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/?page_id=2681"},"modified":"2020-04-23T17:43:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:43:18","slug":"what-is-a-visual-impairment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/what-is-a-visual-impairment\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Visual Impairment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00a0Stirling Council\u00a0adheres to the VINCYP (Visual Impairment Network for Children and Young People) definition of Visual Impairment when supporting children.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A child with a visual impairment is defined as:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Best corrected visual acuity (both eyes open) equal to or worse than 6\/18\/0.5 logmar<\/li>\n<li>Requires N18 print or larger to read comfortably<\/li>\n<li>Visual field loss with both eyes open which significantly affects function<\/li>\n<li>Any eye movement disorder which significantly affects visual function<\/li>\n<li>Any form of cognitive visual dysfunction due to disorders of the brain which can be demonstrated to significantly affect function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Stirling Council\u00a0adheres to the VINCYP (Visual Impairment Network for Children and Young People) definition of Visual Impairment when supporting children. A child with a visual impairment is defined as: Best corrected visual acuity (both eyes open) equal to or worse than 6\/18\/0.5 logmar Requires N18 print or larger to read comfortably Visual field loss with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/what-is-a-visual-impairment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is a Visual Impairment?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4400,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2681","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3089,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2681\/revisions\/3089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/balfronhssupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}