Which conditions are included in visual impairments?

• A. Blindness and partial sight
• B. Hearing loss and deafness
• C. Color blindness
• D. Visual fatigue

Answer: (A)

Visual impairment means conditions that affect a person’s ability to see. This includes blindness, where there is no usable vision, and partial sight (low vision), where vision is reduced and may not be fully corrected with glasses or contact lenses. Hearing loss and deafness involve the sense of hearing, not vision, so they aren’t visual impairments. Color vision deficiency, or color blindness, is a visual issue related to distinguishing colors, but it’s a different kind of visual condition than being unable to see well or at all. Visual fatigue is a temporary symptom rather than a true impairment of vision. So the conditions included in visual impairments here are blindness and partial sight.