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visually handicapped

adjective

    1. unable to carry out normal activities because of defects of vision, including blindness
    2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      the visually handicapped

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Usage

Nowadays the phrases visually handicapped/impaired and visual handicap/impairment are generally considered inappropriate. It is preferable to refer to someone as having a sight impairment and to talk about blind or partially sighted people
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Derived Forms

  • visual handicap, noun
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Example Sentences

Though created to give blind and visually handicapped people a look at flat art, the works also offered a new view to the sighted.

Though created to give blind and visually handicapped people a look at flat art, the works also offered a new view to the sighted.

His father became a draftsman for aerospace companies and his mother was a teacher of visually handicapped students.

His father became a draftsman for aerospace companies, and his mother was a teacher of visually handicapped students.

Every now and again, someone comes up with a “touch museum” or starts a program for the visually handicapped to experience art through their fingers.

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