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 PUBLIC LAW 101-476—OCT. 30, 1990 104 STAT. 1119 (i) inserting "infants, toddlers," before "children and youth"; and (ii) striking "special education and related services" and inserting in lieu thereof "special education, early intervention, and related services"; (C) in subparagraph (B), by amending such subparagraph to read as follows: "(B) make available to deaf-blind youth (who are in the process of transitioning into adult services) programs, services, and supports to facilitate such transition, including assistance related to independent living and competitive employment."; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: "(2) For purposes of this section, the term 'deaf-blind', with respect to children and youth, means having auditory and visual impairments, the combination of which creates such severe communication and other developmental and learning needs that they cannot be appropriately educated in special education programs solely for children and youth with hearing impairments, visual impairments, or severe disabilities, without supplementary assistance to address their educational needs due to these dual, concurrent disabilities."; (3) by amending paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) to read as follows: "(3)(A) A grant, cooperative agreement, or contract may be made under paragraph (1)(A) only for programs providing— "(i) technical sissistance to agencies, institutions, or organizations providing educational or early intervention services to deaf-blind infants, toddlers, children, or youth; "(ii) preservice or inservice training to paraprofessionals, professionals, or related services personnel preparing to serve, or serving, deaf-blind infants, toddlers, children, or youth; "(iii) replication of successful innovative approaches to providing educational, early intervention, or related services to deaf-blind infants, toddlers, children, and youth; "(iv) pilot projects that are designed to— "(I) expand local educational agency capabilities by providing services to deaf-blind children and youth that supplement services already provided to children and youth through State and local resources; and "(II) encourage eventual assumption of funding responsibility by State and local authorities; "(v) the development, improvement, or demonstration of new or existing methods, approaches, or techniques that contribute to the adjustment and education of deaf-blind infants, toddlers, children, and youth; or "(vi) facilitation of parental involvement in the education of their deaf-blind infants, toddlers, children, and youth. "(B) The programs described in subparagraph (A) may include— "(i) the diagnosis and educational evaluation of infants, toddlers, children, and youth who are likely to be diagnosed as deaf-blind; "(ii) programs of adjustment, education, and orientation for deaf-blind infants, toddlers, children, and youth; and

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