Welcome to the first blog post of 2018; I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season! Teaching Social Skills to Students Who Are Visually Impaired Learners will be introduced to assessment and instructional strategies for teaching social skills to students with visual impairments. Starts on January 29 – March 25, 2018 and runs for 8…
OMAA News: News from around the world on blindness and low vision Read OMAA News Cortical Vision Impairment Online Training Perkins eLearning is pleased to offer again the Cortical Visual Impairment(CVI) online class in Winter 2018. The course will run from January 22 to March 18. Don’t miss your chance to sign up and learn from Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy, an expert…
Vision Australia Job Vacancy – Perth Vision Australia are seeking an O&M Specialist to fill a permanent part-time position out of their Perth, WA office: please check the Job Vacancies page for more details https://omaaustralasia.com/about-om/job-vacancies/ OMAA WA Social Dinner On 23rd October 2017 Perth was graced with the presence of not one but two esteemed…
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New Zealand are 3D printing corneas: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/97380731/scientists-3d-print-new-cornea-for-human-transplant-from-fish-scales Thanks to IMC16 scholarship winner Amy Barrett-Lennard for her blog post outlining her experiences in Dublin: How To Make Friends and Influence People… …by bringing your Mum to an IMC! Firstly I’d like to extend my sincere gratitude to the OMAA for offering this scholarship. As someone who…
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Ballyland Magic and Ballyland Rotor, as presented at the SPEVI 2017 Conference With these fun apps your students and you can learn how to use iOS mobile touch devices by way of VoiceOver, Apple’s built-in screen reader for iOS devices. Ballyland Rotor is Sonokids’ new iPad game app, teaching children who are blind or have…
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