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 »

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 »

Put That Hand Down: Stopping the Use of Protective-Hand Techniques

23 Jun

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 »

Please mark your calendars…

18 May

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 »

Slow Reading Speed: A Reading Problem, Not a Braille Problem

17 Apr

My second grade student knows the braille code and loves sharing it with her classmates, but her reading fluency did not match that of her sighted peers. She would try to guess at words after looking at the first couple … 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 »