Division on Visual Impairments

DVI Quarterly Volume 59(1)

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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of my professors were ready to help me, but I had to be able to tell them what exactly I needed. I graduated from DeVry in 2011 with honors holding an Associate of Science in Computer Networking Systems. I will be going back to college in the future; at that time, I am sure new challenges and opportunities will present themselves. Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishments? Katie: I am alive today; few of us know when our last day here is. I try to focus on small accomplishments, I made my friend laugh when she was sad, or I memorized that new route to walk. Going to college and graduating has been a big accomplishment, because for so many years it looked like I wasn't going to go anywhere in life. Recently, I passed my literary braille transcriber certification; with this I can give braille to more students. Q: You have had many successes in your life. What motivates you? Katie: God and the love of the people around me. God gave me this hand, whatever cards I get; I must play them to the best of my ability. To appreciate success, you must know failure. To appreciate love, you must feel lonely. I am motivated by God, I am here to bring glory to him, not myself. I have an ability to help others; therefore, I shall. Q: What advice do you have for teachers of students with visual impairments as we begin a new school year? Katie: We are people, people who happen 21

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