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Interesting Facts from the Year 2000 Annual Registration of Students with Visual Impairments

By Nick Necaise, Coordinator of Federal Quota/Annual Registration, TSBVI Outreach

The Annual Registration of Students who are Visually Impaired is the count of eligible students who are visually impaired in each school district of Texas on the first Monday in January. The date for this years Annual Registration was January 3, 2000. Here are some of the interesting facts we have learned about children with visual impairment in Texas.

SYNDROMES/CONDITIONS

Total number of students registered = 6602
Students listed in 1999 but not 2000 = 930
New students added in 2000 registration = 1115
Braille readers=356
Large print readers= 1207
Regular print readers= 1392
Auditory readers= 421
Non readers= 2235
Number of infants= 600
Number of preschoolers= 795
Number of kindergartners= 341
Number of Legally blind students= 4457
Number of districts with only 1 VI student= 202
Number of districts with 1+ VI students= 703
Number of districts 3 or less VI students= 394
Most VI students in a region -1372 in Region 4 (Houston area) .
Least number of VI students in region - 76 in Region 9 (Wichita Falls area).
Braille reading student at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired - 53.
Number of students whose primary handicapping condition is VI= 3883. The first handicapping condition listed is VI. These students may or may not have additional handicapping conditions listed
Number of students whose secondary handicapping condition is VI= 1514. The primary handicapping condition listed is other than VI.
Number of students whose third handicapping condition is VI= 1002. The first two handicapping conditions listed are other than VI.
Number of students who are VI only= 2329. No other handicapping conditions are listed.
Number of students with 2 or more handicapping conditions= 4273.

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