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VIDBE-Q Volume 64 Issue 2
Rebecca Sheffield, Ph.D.
Rebecca Sheffield is a practicing TSVI in the U.S. Virgin Islands and
a dedicated advocate for improving advocacy for people with vision loss.
She continues to share and describe research, data, and statistics about
Americans with vision loss. She holds a Ph.D. in Special Education from
Texas Tech University and was a fellow in the National Leadership
Consortium in Sensory Disabilities. Rebecca has experience teaching and
supporting infants and students with visual impairments and their families
as a certified Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments in Texas. She
has had leadership roles within the World Blind Union and the International
Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment and is an active
member of the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind
and Visually Impaired. Her research interests center on the national and
international implications of listening to people with visual impairments of all
ages in order to study the extent to which policies, programs, and services
improve the quality of life.
2019 DVIDB Exemplary Advocate Award
Indianapolis, IN
