VIDBE-Q Volume 68 Issue 2
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Erika Fundelius
Florida State University
efundelius@fsu.edu
Target audience: TVIs, Service Providers, Parents
In my second position as a new teacher of students with visual impairments
(TVI) I inherited a group of four high school seniors without any real transition
instruction or plans. As a relatively green TVI, but experienced special educator, I
was shocked that what I was taught and used to in my previous practices was not at
all implemented with these students. It highlighted what the 1985 report by
Kirchner and Peterson (70%) and the recent data are still showing, that 50-60% of
the blind or low vision population are not part of the labor force (Kelly, 2019;
McDonnall & Sui, 2019). It remains alarming; however, this experience also
highlighted the areas we might be falling short. During my doctoral program I
The Glue that Holds it All Together:
Self- Determination
