Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech
We know that many students will be traveling with their families for the holidays, so we wanted to share this recent conversation with Ryan Strunk about his travels in India and France. we encourage you to share it with your … Read More »
We invite you to register now for the Third Biennial Louisiana Teacher Training Conference on Blindness and Low Vision, which will be held Sep. 25-26 at the Louisiana Center for the Blind in Ruston. This regionally-focused, professional development conference will … Read More »
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, NOMCT is blind and works as a cane travel instructor for the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Utah. She talked with us about her recent trip with her husband, Daniel Ashman, to … Read More »
As teachers of blind students prepare themselves and their students for the January 2016 transition to Unified English Braille (UEB), one area of the tactile code remains unaddressed. The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) voted that UEB would be … Read More »
Blind people and those who teach cane travel must learn to pay attention to the environment beyond the tips of their canes. We must listen to traffic, people around us, music from nearby shops, echoes caused by our tapping, and … Read More »
Conventionally-trained orientation and mobility (O&M) instructors teach students to use protective-hand techniques, which consist of holding the arm in front of the face or belly, palm out, to locate obstacles. While there are a few appropriate times to temporarily use … Read More »
As soon as children walk through the door into school, they are in a reading-rich environment thanks to the plethora of classroom signs, posters, calendars and—especially—bulletin boards. Sighted children take in the information incidentally by seeing it, but what about … Read More »
SAVE THE DATE for the Third Biennial Louisiana Teacher Training Conference on Blindness and Low Vision Sep. 25-26, 2015 at the Louisiana Center for the Blind This will be a regionally-focused professional development conference on current trends, technology, concerns and … Read More »
Pam Allen, director of the Louisiana Center for the Blind, rang the Freedom Bell in celebration of those who completed the inaugural National Certification in Unified English Braille. Twenty-one participants took the NCUEB on Feb. 28, including six LCB students … Read More »
I took my first flight just four years ago to attend an event in Washington, DC with other students and staff of the Louisiana Center for the Blind. As a blind person ,I wondered how I would keep track of … Read More »