The Helen Keller Education Act aims to improve special education and related services for children and youth who are deafblind.
The Helen Keller Education Act seeks to enhance the delivery of high-quality special education and related services to children and youth who are deafblind. It mandates that states identify, locate, and evaluate children with concomitant vision and hearing losses, regardless of their disability classification. The Act requires states to develop addendums to their special education plans, detailing how they will meet the unique needs of deafblind children, including their language and communication needs.
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