O&M for Visually Impaired Persons with Multiple Disabilities including Deaf-Blindness
by Dona Sauerburger, COMS, Eileen Siffermann, COMS, and Dr. Sandra Rosen, COMS
Principles of working with people with multiple disabilities, including visual and cognitive, hearing, or physical/health disabilities
Proceedings: 12th International Mobility Conference, Plenary Session VI; November 29, 2006, Hong Kong, China
Stages of Learning to Use a Cane
Process of learning to use a cane, and suggestions for overcoming difficulties in achieving proficiency.
Spring 2005 Newsletter
AER Orientation and Mobility Division
O&M University and College Personnel Preparation Programs
Information about programs for preparation as a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS)
Annual booklet published by the
AER Orientation and Mobility Division
Teaching Use of Visual and Non Visual Techniques
Addresses the issue of blindfolding
Part of joint presentation with Dr. William Wiener: “Traditional and Progressive Approaches to Independent Cane Travel”
National Conference for Residential Training Centers for the Blind, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 13, 2002
Examples of Strategies for Teaching Non-Visual Skills and Use of Non-Visual Information
Decisions, Decisions: Who Knows What's Best for the Client?
Discusses the role of professionals in clients’ decisions
National Conference for Residential Training Centers for the Blind, Albuquerque, New Mexico: November 13, 2002
Three Book Reviews
September, 1999 newsletter
Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association (WOMA)
O&M Specialists are COOL!
Ideas for O&M specialists to stay cool in blistering summer heat
July 1999 Newsletter
Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association (WOMA)
Association for Travel Instruction Formed!
Travel Instructors, who provide training for independent travel to people with disabilities other than blindness, form their first association
May 1999 newsletter
Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association (WOMA)
Teaching the Use of Hearing
Ideas and strategies from O&M specialists for teaching blind people to maximize the use of their hearing.
March, 1999 newsletter
Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association (WOMA)
Make Your Own Vision Impairment Simulators
Includes information on functional visual effects by Dr. Duane Geruschat, COMS;
considerations in the use of vision simulators by Dr. Laura Bozeman, COMS; and
a “vision simulation” involving no vision simulators!
January 1998 newsletter, DC-Maryland Chapter
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
O&M Living History – Where Did our O&M Techniques Come From?
May 1996 WOMA Newsletter
AER Orientation and Mobility Newsletter and website
Teaching O&M From a Wheelchair
Highlights Pamela Matheson, the first COMS to teach O&M from a wheelchair
Spring 1995 newsletter
Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association (WOMA)
Persons with Disabilities Can Teach Orientation and Mobility: A Convert’s Perspective
Essay from a “Point/Counterpoint” column debating whether blind people can be effective O&M specialists
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, January-February 1996
What Cues do Blind People Use to Recognize a Street in the Absence of a Curb?
Reports lessons learned from participating in a research project asking blind people to identify the edge of the street -- lessons we can pass on to our students.
January 1993 newsletter
Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association (WOMA)
Orientation and Mobility Division: Meet Our Members
Highlights the lives of a number of orientation and mobility specialists.
AER Orientation and Mobility newsletters and web site
Posters – on-line posters on the SpEdEx website regarding street crossings and deaf-blind people
Low Vision Specialist Convicted of Practicing Optometry
An optician who specialized in low vision was convicted of practicing optometry without a license.
(Has been reprinted in the newsletter of the AER Low Vision Division under the title "Liability: Extreme Example of Providing Low Vision Services Independently")
DC-MD AER newsletter, March 1990
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