VIDBE-Q Volume 66, Issue 2
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Nominated by Sandra Rosen
Dr. Nora Griffin-Shirley is the 2021 recipient of the Distinguished Service
Award from the Division on Visual Impairment and Deaf-Blindness. A professor
at Texas Tech University, she holds several positions: Director of the Virginia
Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Disabilities,
Coordinator of Orientation and Mobility Program, and Coordinator of TTU
Graduate Certification Program in Sensory Impairments & Autism Spectrum
Disorders.
Dr. Griffin-Shirley is internationally known and respected for her work in the
field of O&M and while perhaps best known for her writing in the areas of serving
older adults and personnel preparation, she has also made significant contributions
to the field of O&M in a wide range of critically important areas including topics
such as legal issues and O&M practices; the role of O&M specialists in public
schools; personnel preparation using distance education and O&M; single-subject
design and O&M; O&M for children with CVI; early childhood and O&M; O&M
for children with autism, CVI, and other developmental disabilities. Yes, Dr. GS
has had a distinguished career so far, she is not done yet!
Distinguished Service Award
Nora Griffin-Shirley
