Sensory and physical

Includes children and young people who are deaf, have a vision impairment, multi-sensory impairment, or who have a physical disability which prevents them from using the educational facilities generally provided without adjustments and/or support.

A child or young person should be considered to have a vision impairment if the visual difficulty is not due to basic refractive errors and cannot be corrected by glasses.

Deafness or hearing loss happens when any part of our hearing pathway is reduced or disrupted.

Children and young people with a Multi-Sensory Impairment have a combination of vision impairment and hearing loss.

Limitations on a person’s physical functioning, mobility, dexterity or stamina that have a substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities.

Support and practical advice for practitioners and teachers.