Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q 64.2 Spring 2019

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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25 VIDBE-Q Volume 64 Issue 2 nondrivers and drivers with low vision and strategies for independence as a nondriver (e.g. budgeting and reciprocating). It is currently out of print; however, a new edition will be available in Summer 2019. The update will address advances in technology, ridesharing options, and driver's education. The new version of Finding Wheels is written to the traveler, whereas the original required an O&M to provide instruction. Going Places. Going Places is an online course available through the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired that was designed to address the specialized needs of individuals who previously had a driver's license and are no longer eligible to drive due to vision loss (Hadley Institute, 2000). A number of O&M specialists have used this course as a way to cover some of the concepts outlined in Finding Wheels for students with the necessary technological prerequisite skills to complete an online course. It does, however, assume the participant has background knowledge as a former driver. According to the Hadley Institute website, it takes approximately five months to complete and is self-driven. Reclaiming Independence. This dvd is sold through the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) and is aimed toward senior adults who have lost their ability to drive (APH, 2007). The video offers vignettes about new travel options, strategies for life with vision loss, and resources that

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