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MeSH Heading: Persons with Visual Disabilities
Tree Number(s): M01.150.850
Unique ID: D019987
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019987
Scope Note: Persons with loss of vision such that there is an impact on activities of daily living.
Entry Term(s): Blind Persons; Persons with Visual Impairments; Visually Disabled Persons; Visually Impaired Persons
See Also: Blindness; Deaf-Blind Disorders
Public MeSH Note: 2025; see Visually Impaired Persons 1998-2024
History Note: 2025(1998)
Entry Combination: education:Education of Persons with Visual Disabilities
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/11/05
Revision Date: 2024/11/05

Entry Combination: education:Education of Persons with Visual Disabilities
Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0029695
Scope Note: Persons with loss of vision such that there is an impact on activities of daily living.
Terms: Persons with Visual Disabilities Preferred Term
Term UI T001141722
Date12/21/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Blind Persons
Term UI T685484
Date11/02/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Persons with Visual Impairments
Term UI T001136888
Date04/26/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Visually Disabled Persons
Term UI T001136887
Date04/26/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Visually Impaired Persons
Term UI T059591
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

Persons with Visual Disabilities MeSH Descriptor Data 2025