Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech
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 »
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 »
Today, we are excited to announce that we have been (and will continue) to develop an additional tool for orientation and mobility instructors, who teach blind and low-vision students how to travel independently, safely and confidently using long white canes. … 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 »
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 »
Even though I am sighted, I prefer walking with sleep shades on. I get bored just walking, so with a cane in my hand, I have something to do while I’m traveling. Maybe that makes me weird, but thanks to … 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 »
My grandmother lost her vision when I was 12 years old. This will sound harsh, but it’s true: my parents crippled her through love and ignorance by not allowing her to do anything. This special lady had always taken care … Read More »
On Tuesday, the staff and students from the Louisiana Center for the Blind will travel to Mardi Gras, as we do every year, to practice cane travel through crowds. When I was first learning to teach crowd travel, I was pretty … Read More »
As I reflect on last week’s Thanksgiving celebrations, I realize how thankful I am for being able to give my students the opportunity to give back to the community. Early last month, the students to whom I teach cane travel … Read More »