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Deaf-Blindness
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An IDEA disability category for students with both hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that the student cannot be accommodated solely in programs for deaf or blind children.
Legal Reference:34 C.F.R. § 300.8(c)(2)
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