Did you know that this week (June 22-28) is Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) Appreciation Week? Now you do. As a longtime – and proud – Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (CVRT), I have been asked by my colleagues to compose a paean, of sorts, to the “greatest profession.” What Is a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist? Vision Rehabilitation … Continued
Famous Native Son Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriett Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Washington Carver, Malcolm X, and Fredrick Douglas – these are names of famous African-Americans that are well known and observed during Black History Month in February. This year I wanted to bring to your attention a famous native son whose story is not typically … Continued
Rosemary Mahoney, author of the forthcoming (January 14, 2014) book For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind, has published a provocative op-ed “teaser” for her book in the January 4, 2014 edition of the New York Times. Entitled Why Do We Fear the Blind?, Ms. Mahoney’s op-ed describes … Continued
Last month, I took a break from my duties at VisionAware.org to visit Central Europe, teach in the post-graduate Low Vision Therapy program at the Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej (the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education) in Warsaw, and attend a Board of Directors meeting for the Kielce-based VEGA Foundation, directed by my … Continued
Traveling is My Passion Traveling is my passion. There is nothing more exciting to me than stepping onto an airplane and flying off to a new and unexplored destination. I’ve had the love of travel ever since I was a very young child. At age five I traveled with my family across the United States … Continued
The San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Visualy Impaired and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University are the new co-hosts of Superfest, the world’s longest-running disability film festival. This year’s Superfest, to be held on October 12, 2013, at 3543 18th Street, San Francisco, California, will “…take a … Continued
The Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field honors, at present, 50 individuals who were pioneers in the blindness field and shaped the field’s history, philosophy, knowledge, and skills, while providing outstanding service to people who were blind and visually impaired. The Hall of Fame, which belongs to the entire field … Continued
Guest blogger John Miller is a writer, sports enthusiast, former graduate student, and author of the blog A Blind Man’s Journey, whom we first met – and profiled – in Meet John Miller on the VisionAware website. John’s blog describes his long and not-yet-finished journey, beginning with his early childhood and diagnosis with Norrie disease, … Continued
Guest blogger DeAnna Quietwater Noriega (at left) is an Independent Living Specialist and facilitator of the Vision Impairment and Blindness Exploration and Support (VIBES) Group at Services for Independent Living (SIL) in Columbia, Missouri. She is half Apache, a quarter Swan Creek Chippewa, and has been blind since age eight. DeAnna is a poet, writer, … Continued
Guest blogger Michelle Miller, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and professional grant writer who also serves as Director of Client Services for Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind in Washington, D.C. Michelle has advocated on behalf of clients with disabilities as an expert witness for legal matters and serves as a consultant to “vision awareness” events … Continued