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Illinois, Indiana, Florida, and New York. She does this pro-bono work because she is
passionate about students with visual impairments and deafblindness deserving equal
access to education.
Finally, Dr. Landa Vialard is leading the effort to advocate for appropriate learning
media assessment processes. She is working to education state legislators (recently in
Missouri and Arizona) on the issues regarding legislating the use of only one tool for a
learning media assessment, including students with visual impairments and additional
disabilities. Dr. Landa Vialard volunteers her knowledge at a national level to support the
needs of all children with visual impairments.
Dr. Landa Vialard is an exemplary advocate who is having an ongoing positive impact
in our field because of her willingness to teach and inform others on the needs on
individual with visual impairments and deafblindness.
