WAC 67-25-398   Vocational rehabilitation services -- Training -- Adaptive skills of blindness.  (1) Adaptive skills of blindness are those skills necessary for individuals who are blind to function independently, distinguished from the vocational skills necessary to perform a specific occupation. Adaptive skills include:

     (a) Communications, including Braille and keyboarding;

     (b) Personal management;

     (c) Orientation and mobility;

     (d) Adjustment to blindness;

     (e) Home management;

     (f) Activities of daily living;

     (g) Use of rehabilitation technology; and

     (h) Use of residual vision and related devices.

     (2) Training in adaptive skills of blindness shall be provided to a customer in accordance with standards established by the department for instruction of the specific adaptive skill.

     (3) Training in adaptive skills of blindness may be provided to a customer under an individualized plan for employment in accordance with WAC 67-25-260, or during the assessment to determine rehabilitation needs in accordance with WAC 67-25-257.

     (4) The department may operate and maintain an orientation and training center as a structured setting to provide assessment and training in adaptive skills of blindness for customers.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.18 RCW. 05-08-097, § 67-25-398, filed 4/4/05, effective 5/5/05. Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.15 RCW. 95-06-057, § 67-25-398, filed 2/28/95, effective 3/31/95.]