The policy statement by the American Foundation for the Blind deals with services for children and adults who have physical or mental handicaps in addition to visual loss. Noted are difficulties in providing appropriate services to the multiply handicapped. It is stated that optimum independence should be the goal of services for the multiply handicapped; that comprehensive services should include medical, social, educational, and vocational assistance; and that schools and agencies across the country should cooperate in providing adequate diagnostic and treatment services for the multiply handicapped. (DB)