Persons with Visual Disabilities

Preferred Label : Persons with Visual Disabilities;

MeSH definition : Persons with loss of vision such that there is an impact on activities of daily living.;

MeSH synonym : blind persons; visually impaired person; blind person; impaired person, visually; impaired persons, visually; person, visually impaired; persons, visually impaired; person, blind; persons, blind; Visually Disabled Persons; Disabled Person, Visually; Disabled Persons, Visually; Person, Visually Disabled; Persons, Visually Disabled; Visually Disabled Person; Persons with Visual Impairments; Visually Impaired Persons;

CISMeF synonym : visually impaired persons;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Visual impairment;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual impairment;

Details

Origin ID

D019987;

UMLS CUI

C0525065;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- Persons with Visual Disabilities [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH term(s)
- Education of Persons with Visual Disabilities [MeSH Descriptor]
See also
- blindness [MeSH Descriptor]
- deaf-blind disorders [MeSH Descriptor]
- vision disorders [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Education of Persons with Visual Disabilities [MeSH Descriptor]
- sound [CISMeF resources Type]
Semantic type(s)
- Patient or Disabled Group [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Blind person (finding) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- blind person [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- Blind [UNESCO concept]
- Blind person (finding) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- blind person [SNOMED Notion]

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