The Importance of Blind Mentors in Teacher Prep Programs

22 Sep

It is vital that we as teachers of the blind and visually impaired maintain high expectations for our students and understand the true capability of the blind. Meeting and collaborating with competent blind adults who are living the lives they … Read More »

Time is Running Out to Learn the Latest Trends

3 Sep

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 »

New research: Proposed, global standard for quiet cars won’t benefit average blind person

30 Jun

This fall, a working group of the United Nations will meet to review proposed regulations that would set an international minimum sound standard for electric and hybrid electric vehicles, which would require that vehicles be equipped with a sound generating … Read More »

What We’ve Been Doing Together

14 May

Dr. Edward Bell, who directs the Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech, delivered the following remarks at the 2015 National Federation of the Blind of Louisiana convention. Beyond finding the news he shares interesting, we hope that you will join … Read More »

We Know You Can, So Will You Help Restore Daily Living Skills to Blind Adults and Seniors?

21 Jan
"Kitchen" by Arpit Gupta, on Flickr

The other day, my friend and colleague Pam Allen said something profound: “It’s really hard for people who have just lost their vision to imagine how they could ever live on their own in a new city when they have … Read More »