EDUCATION:
- M.A., 1969 Western Michigan University: Blind Rehabilitation (Orientation
and Mobility)
- B.S., 1968 University of Pittsburgh: major in Psychology
CERTIFICATION:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- 2001-present: Orientation and mobility (O&M) specialist serving people
who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind in their communities in
suburban Maryland and Washington, DC (click here for description
of services)
- 2001-present: AER Orientation and Mobility Division Environmental
Access Committee Representative serving Maryland, Washington, DC, and
suburban Virginia.
- 1989-2001: Orientation and mobility (O&M) specialist serving people
who are visually impaired Impaired in their communities: Services for the
Visually Impaired, Silver Spring, Maryland
- 1986-1989: O&M specialist serving deaf-blind people in their
communities: Family Service Foundation's Institute on Deaf-Blindness, Lanham,
Maryland
- 1982-1986: Independent O&M specialist, Maryland and Washington, DC
- 1979-1982: O&M instructor for students with visual impairments: Prince
George's County Public Schools, Maryland
- 1975-1979: Independent O&M specialist, working with private clients as
well as clients referred by public and private agencies including: Columbia
Lighthouse for the Blind, Washington, DC; District of Columbia's Vocational
Rehabilitation Division; Gallaudet College, Washington, DC; Kennedy Institute
for the Retarded, Washington, DC; Maryland's Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
- 1973-1974: Establish and implement a community O&M program for
Pennsylvania's Bureau for the Visually Handicapped, serving adults and
teenagers with visual impairments in a 9-county area.
- 1970-1972: Establish and implement a community O&M program for the
West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, serving clients with
visual impairments in a 5-county area.
CONSULTANT FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS:
- Project on vehicular gap determination by blind people: Department of
Blindness and Low Vision Studies, Western Michigan University, 2005-2007
- Project on street-crossings of blind people at uncontrolled crossings:
Wilmer Eye Institute's Lions Vision Center, The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, 2005-2007
- Project on visibility of detectable warning surfaces: WESTAT, 2005
- Project "Pedestrian
Access to Roundabouts" FHWY (SAIC), 2003-2004
- Project "Cues Blind
Travelers Use to Detect Streets" Boston College, 1992-1993
REVIEWER/ADVISOR:
- Peer reviewer: Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness -
1995-present
- Peer reviewer: International Journal of Orientation and Mobility - 2008-present
- Member, RESNA Standards Committee on Assistive Products for Persons with
Visual Impairments and Persons with Visual and Hearing Impairments (an
Accredited ANSI Technical Advisory Group for the International Organization of
Standards Technical Committee)
- Field Initiated Research Program Peer Review, U.S. Department of Education
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research: review panel
member February 2002, February 2003, April 2004
- Advisory Committee member: Accessible Pedestrian Signals Curriculum
Development (Project ACTION) 2002-2003
- Participant in Virginia Department of Transportation's Audible Pedestrian
Signals Working Group (to develop a priority scheme for installation of
Accessible Pedestrian Signals in Virginia) -- 2001-2003
- Participant in Institute of Transportation Engineers' Roundabout
Accessibility Summit, Washington, DC, October 28-29, 2002
- Participant in Maryland State Highway Administration's Priority
Subcommittee of the Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) Warrants Committee (to
develop a priority scheme for installation of APS in Maryland) -- 2000-2001
- Reviewer / professional expert for Designing Trails and
Sidewalks for Access Part II: Best Practices Design Guide, published
September 2001 by Federal Highway Administration
- Reviewed "Partners In Independence" by Ed and Toni Eames (Journal of
Visual Impairment and Blindness, April 2001, vol. 95 No. 4, p. 246)
- Steering Committee member: Travel
Instruction for People with Disabilities other than Blindness: A Standards and
Curriculum Development Project (Project ACTION) 1997-1999
- Advisory Committee member: Johns Hopkins MS Program in Education:
Concentration in Visual Impairment 1985-1988
CONSULTANT FOR
MAPPING / DIRECTIONS:
- National Industries for the Blind (2006): prepare written directions /
orientation to congressional sites
- American Foundation for the Blind (2000): prepare written directions /
orientation for conference hotel and surrounding areas
- Baruch College Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (1997-98):
Amtrak Tactual Graphics Project (help design tactile maps of train stations in
Washington, DC, Chicago, and Los Angeles)
PUBLICATIONS:
NOTE: This list does not include
articles written for newsletters - click here to access
some of them.
Author:
- Wall Emerson, R. & Sauerburger, D (in press). "Detecting approaching vehicles at streets with no traffic control." Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, AFB Press
- Sauerburger, Dona, Siffermann, Eileen and Rosen, Sandra (in press). "Principles for providing Orientation and Mobility to Visually Impaired People with Multiple Disabilities."
International Journal of Orientation and Mobility, Australia
- Sauerburger, D. (2008). "An Introduction to Orientation and Mobility." Are You AWARE? Newsletter --
Special Issue on Orientation and Mobility
Volume 2, Number 3, VisionAWARE
- Sauerburger, Dona, Siffermann, Eileen and Rosen, Sandra (2006) "Orientation and Mobility for
Visually Impaired Persons with Multiple Disabilities including
Deaf-Blindness." Proceedings of International Mobility Conference XXII,
Hong Kong, China.
- Sauerburger, Dona. (2006). "Instructional Strategies for Teaching Judgment
in Detecting Gaps for Crossing Streets with No Traffic Controls."
RE:view, Heldref Publications, Washington, DC, 37(4), 177-188.
- Bourquin, Eugene, and Sauerburger, Dona. (2005). "Teaching Deaf-Blind
People to Communicate and Interact with the Public: Critical Issues for
Travelers Who Are Deaf-Blind." RE:view, Heldref Publications,
Washington, DC, 37(3), 109-116.
- Sauerburger, Dona (2005). "Street-Crossings: Analyzing
Risks, Developing Strategies, and Making Decisions" Journal of Visual
Impairment and Blindness, AFB
Press, New York, NY, Vol. 99, No. 10, p. 659.
- Inman, Vaughan W., Davis, Gregory W., and Sauerburger, Dona (2005). "Roundabout
Access for Visually Impaired Pedestrians: Evaluation of a Yielding Vehicle
Alerting System for Double-Lane Roundabouts" 2005 Roundabout Conference
proceedings, Transportation Research Board, Vail, Colorado.
- Inman, Vaughan. W., Davis, Gregory. W., and Sauerburger, Dona. (2005) Pedestrian
Access to Roundabouts: Assessment of Motorist Yielding to Visually Impaired
Pedestrians and Potential Treatments to Improve Access. Federal Highway
Administration Report DTFH61-02-C-00064
- Wiener, William R. and Sauerburger, Dona (2003) "Development of O&M Services
and Use of Innovative Approaches," from the Proceedings of the November,
2002 conference of the U.S. Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA), published by the University of Arkansas, Region VI,
Rehabilitation Continuing Education Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Sauerburger, Dona (2003).
"Decisions, Decisions: Who
Knows What's Best for the Client?" from the Proceedings of the November,
2002 conference of the RSA, published by the University of Arkansas, Region
VI, Rehabilitation Continuing Education Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Sauerburger, Dona (2003). "Do Drivers Stop at
Unsignalized Intersections for Pedestrians Who Are Blind?" Proceedings,
Conference of Institute of Transportation Engineers, March 25, 2003, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL
- Sauerburger, Dona Bayard and Bayard, Thomas Lucas, Editors (2002). I Seat Myself to Write You
a Few Lines: Civil War and Homestead Letter from Thomas Lucas and
Family. Heritage Books, Bowie, Maryland
- Barlow, Janet M., Franck, Lukas, Bentzen, Billie Louise and Sauerburger,
Dona (2001). "Pedestrian
Clearance Intervals at Modern Intersections: Implications for the Safety of
Pedestrians Who Are Visually Impaired" (Comment). Journal of Visual
Impairment and Blindness, AFB
Press, NY, Nov. 2001, pages 663-667
- Sauerburger, Dona (1999) "Developing Criteria and Judgment of Safety for
Crossing Streets with Gaps in Traffic" Journal of Visual Impairment and
Blindness, AFB
Press, New York, NY, Vol 93, #7, pp. 447-450. [poster illustrates concepts
of article]
- Sauerburger, Dona (1998). "Orientation
and Mobility for Deaf-Blind People" American Rehabilitation,
Rehabilitation Services Administration, Washington, DC, Volume 23, No. 3, pp.
9-13
- Sauerburger, Dona and Jones, Suzanne (1997). "Corner to Corner : How
Can Deaf Blind People Solicit Aid Effectively?" RE:view, Heldref
Publications, Vol. 29 No. 1 (Spring 1997), pp. 34-44 [poster illustrates
principles of article]
- Lolli, Dennis and Sauerburger, Dona (1997). "Learners
with Vision and Hearing Impairments," chapter in Foundations of
Orientation and Mobility, Second Edition, AFB
Press, New York, NY
- Snook-Hill, Mary-Maureen and Sauerburger, Dona (1996). "Teaching Students to Assess
Safety for Crossing Streets Which Have No Traffic Control," in
Proceedings of International Mobility Conference VIII, Tambartun
National Resource Centre, Melhus, Norway, pp. 535-540
- Sauerburger, Dona (1996). "Point/Counterpoint --
Persons with Disabilities Can Teach Orientation and Mobility: A Convert's
Perspective," Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, AFB
Press, New York, NY, Volume 90, Number 1, pp. 7-9.
- Sauerburger, Dona (1995). "Safety Awareness for Crossing Streets with No
Traffic Control," Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, AFB
Press, New York, NY, Volume 89, Number 5, pp. 423-431
- Sauerburger, Dona and Zimmerman, George (1995). "Transition: Travel Skills
for Adult Living," chapter in Hand in hand: Essentials of communication
and O&M for your students who are deaf-blind, AFB
Press, New York, NY
- Sauerburger, Dona (1993). Independence
without sight or sound; Suggestions for practitioners working with deaf-blind
adults), AFB
Press, New York, NY
- Sauerburger, Dona (1989). "To cross or not to cross: Objective timing
methods of assessing street crossings without traffic controls,"
RE:view, Heldref Publications, Washington, DC, Fall 1989, pp. 153-161
- Arsnow, George F., DiChiera, Joan, Mould, Louise, Sauerburger, Dona and
Peaco, Freddie (1985). "Blind Parents Rearing Sighted Children," Journal of
Visual Impairment and Blindness, AFB
Press, NY, May 1985
Producer (videotape):
- "Intersection Design and Street-Crossing Strategies for Blind Pedestrians:
Then and Now" (1998)
- "Thomas Lucas Tour of Civil War Sites" (1997)
- "Teaching and Assessing Judgment for Crossing Streets Where There is No
Traffic Control" (1996)
- "Deaf-Blind People Traveling Independently" (1990)
Editor:
- 2000-2006 (and 1992-1996): newsletter for Orientation and Mobility
Division of AER
- 1979-2002: newsletter of the Metropolitan Washington O&M Association
- 1979-2003: newsletter for DC-MD Chapter AER
- 2000-2003: newsletter of the Metropolitan Washington Deaf-Blind
Association
- 1996-1998: newsletter of the Mid-Atlantic Region of AER
- 1988-1989: Columnist for "Moving Right Along," published in Deaf-Blind
American (publication of the American Association of the Deaf-Blind)
PRESENTATIONS:
Topic: Orientation and mobility
for deaf-blind people [see
handouts]
- AER O&M Conference (with Dr. Gene Bourquin et al), Chicago, Illinois; July 25, 2008
- International Mobility Conferences:
- International Mobility Conference VIII: Tambartun, Norway, May
1996
Pacific Northwest AER Conference, Vancouver, Washington, March 9, 2006
(full day)
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-blind Youths and Adults (full day
seminar):
- April 13-18, 2008
- May, 2006
- May 18, 2005
- May 19, 2004
- April 9, 2003
- January 29, 2003
- November 20, 2002
Conference for Service Providers in the Field of Visual Impairment,
Grantville, PA, April 23, 2003
Renwick College, Sydney Australia, August 2003
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, ChristChurch, New Zealand,
August 2003
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually
Impaired (AER) International Conference: Toronto, Ontario, July 18, 2002
Connections Beyond Sight and Sound; Maryland Project for Children who are
Deaf-Blind: Summer Institute on Deaf-Blindness; College Park, Maryland:
- July 28, 2002
- August 6, 1998
Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted, Copenhagen, Denmark (full
day seminar); November 1, 2001
Nordic Staff Training Centre for Deafblind Services, Dronninglund,
Denmark; course - October 27-31, 2001
Central-Eastern O&M Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 28,
2001
North-Central O&M Association Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, Fall
2000
Southeast O&M Association conferences:
- Orlando, Florida 2005
- Atlanta, Georgia, March 1999
- St. Augustine, Florida, March 1996
- Charleston, South Carolina, February 1992
Southwest O&M Association conference: Lubbock, Texas, November 14,
1999
Hilton/Perkins National Conference on Deaf-Blindness: Washington, DC:
Southeast/Southwest O&M Association conference, New Orleans, December
1997
Orientation and Mobility Department, Pennsylvania College of Optometry
(half-day): April 1996
Northeast AER Orientation and Mobility Division: May 19, 1995 (half-day
workshop)
Finnish Central Federation o/t Visually Handicapped (2-day workshop):
Helsinki, Finland, April 1994
Center for Deaf-Blind Persons, Beth David Institute: Tel Aviv, Israel,
April 1994
Central-Atlantic O&M Association conference: Baltimore, MD, October
30, 1992
Virginia Dept. for the Visually Handicapped O&M conference: Staunton,
Virginia, February 1991
Topic: Assessment & safety issues for crossing streets
without traffic control [see "Crossing Streets
Where There is No Traffic Control" ]
- AER O&M Conference (with Dr. Rob Wall Emerson), Chicago, Illinois; July 24, 2008
- Northern Rockies AER Fall Conference, Cody, Wyoming; October 11, 2007
- AER Penn-Del Chapter conference, Grantville, Pennsylvania; April 18, 2007
- Southeast O&M Association conferences:
- March 15, 2007 (Nashville, TN)
- 2005 (Orlando, FL)
- March 1993 (Raleigh, NC)
- Spring 1988
- Central-Atlantic O&M Association conference:
- Macungie, Pennsylvania, June 28, 2007
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 24, 2005
- Baltimore, Maryland, October 22, 1993
- Street-Crossing Workshops (co-presenting one day workshops) - sponsored
by:
- Metropolitan Washington O&M Association: Baltimore, Maryland - May
15, 1998
- Mid-Atlantic Region and DC-Maryland Chapter of AER: Morristown, New
Jersey - May 1, 1998
- Colorado AER: Colorado Springs, Colorado - May 7, 1999
- California Association of O&M Specialists conference:
- November 1998 (San Diego)
- Fall 1988
- Northeast AER Orientation and Mobility Division 9: May 19, 1995 (half-day
workshop)
- AER International conference: Los Angeles, California, July 4, 1992
- Virginia Dept. for the Visually Handicapped O&M Conference: Staunton,
Virginia, January 30, 1991
- North-Central O&M Association conferences:
- Kansas City, Missouri: Fall 1994
- Hines, Illinois: Fall 1988
Topic: Street-crossing issues [see Crossing Streets]
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC: June 23, 2008 (see "Quiet Cars / Blind Pedestrians")
- New York City Public Schools, Brooklyn, NY: March 28, 2007 (all-day
workshop)
- DC-Maryland AER Chapter conference, Baltimore, Maryland: February 2006
(see "Teaching Blind
Pedestrians to Cross at Complex Intersections")
- Northeast AER Chapter conference, Manchester, New Hampshire: November 8,
2005
- Penn-Del AER Chapter conference, Grantville, Pennsylvania, April 22, 2004
- AER Orientation and Mobility Division Conference: New Orleans, Louisiana,
December 2003: "Street
Crossings: Analyzing Risks, Developing Strategies, and Making Decisions"
- Real
Intersection Design Workshop:
- Plainsboro, New Jersey - April 1-2, 2004
- Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Riverdale, Maryland -
November 21, 2003
- North-Central O&M Association conference: St. Paul, Minnesota, fall
2000 (keynote)
Topic: Environmental Accessibility Issues of
People Who are Visually Impaired
- Renwick College, Sydney Australia, August 2003: "Environmental
Accessibility for Visually Impaired People in the U.S."
- Institute of Transportation Engineers, March 25, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, FL:
"Safe Streets for the Visually Impaired" panel: "Do Drivers Stop at
Unsignalized Intersections for Pedestrians Who are Blind?"
- Transportation Research Board (TRB) Human Factors Workshops (sponsored by
U.S. Access Board) Washington DC:
- January 2001
- January 1998
- January 1997
- TRB 1999: Panel member of U.S. Access Board's Human Factors Workshop on
Roundabouts
Topic: The role of the O&M specialist
in student's decision-making ("Decisions,
Decisions")
- National Conference for Residential Training Centers for the Blind,
Albuquerque, New Mexico: November 13, 2002
- Penn-Del AER / PA Conference for Educators of Persons with Visual
Impairments: April 2000
- Southwest O&M Association conference: Lubbock, Texas - November 14,
1999
- Central-Eastern O&M Association conference: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania -
Fall 1997
- Southeast/Southwest O&M Association conference: New Orleans - December
1997
- North-Central O&M Association conference: DeKalb, Illinois - Fall 1996
(keynote)
Topic: Teaching Use of Visual and
Non-Visual Techniques
- National Conference for Residential Training Centers for the Blind,
Albuquerque, New Mexico - November 13, 2002
Topic: "Traditional" O&M in the
Modern Environment: Hallmarks of a Quality O&M Program
- National Council of State Agencies for the Blind, Spring Training
Conference, Bethesda, Maryland - April 26, 2007
PROFESSIONAL /
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Association
for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
- Member: 1969-present
- Member of the Board: 1998 - 2004
- Member of Strategic Planning Committee 1990
- Chair, History and Memorial Committee 2004-2006
- Chair, Bylaws Committee 2003-2004
- AER Orientation and Mobility Division (Division 9)
- O&M Division Conference Program Chair 2001-2003
- O&M Division Chair 1998- 2000
- Chair-Elect: 1996-1998
- Past Chair 2000 - 2002
- Newsletter Editor 1992-1996; 2000-2006 (co-editor 2007-8)
- Professional Development Committee Co-Chair 2004-present
- Nomination Committee Chair 2004-2006
- Ad Hoc Supervisory / Program Planning Committee Chair: 2003-200;
Co-Chair 2004-2006
- Environmental
Access Committee member 1992-1996; 2000 - present
- Archives Committee: Co-Chair 1985-90; member 1990-1996, 2000-2004,
2006-present
- Member:
- Professional Standards Committee 2000-2004;
- Finance Committee: 2000-2006
- Certification Standards Committee 1994-1996
- Functional Abilities Assessment Subcommittee 1988-1994
- AER DC-Maryland AER Chapter:
- President: 1982-1984, 1996-1998
- Past President and Nominations Chair: 1998-2000
- President-Elect and Program Chair: 1980-1982
- Newsletter Editor: 1979-1992; co-editor 1992-2003; Newsletter
Publisher 2003-present
- Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association Charter
member 1979-present
- Chair 1979-1983
- Newsletter editor 1979-2002
- Central-Atlantic Orientation and Mobility Association:
- Board member, 2008-2011
- Coordinator, Exhibits and "Video Extravaganza" 1993, 1995
- Academy for Certification of Vision
Rehabilitation and Education Professionals
- Continuing Education Committee Member: 2006-present
- American Association of the Deaf-Blind
- Secretary 1993-2001
- Convention Tours Coordinator 1989
- Member 1986-present
- Metropolitan Washington
Association of the Deaf-Blind
- Board member 1994-2003
- Newsletter editor 2000-2003
- Secretary 1994-1998; 2002-2003
- Acting Secretary 2007
- Social Events Committee member 1996-1998
- Member 1986-present
- Maryland Highway Safety Office's Statewide Pedestrian Safety Task Force:
Member 2001-present
- WALK DC: Charter member 1999-present
- ITE Accessible Intersections
Committee: Member 2000-present
- Association of Travel
Instruction
- Charter member 1999 - present
- Conference Co-Chair 2002-3
- Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind:
Board member 2007-2010
- Council of Organizations Advocating Services for Deaf-Blind Persons:
Representative 1985-6
- Deaf-Blind Interest Group of DC-Maryland AAWB/ADARA: Member 1979-1980
AWARDS
COURSES COMPLETED:
- Courses in IRB and research with human subjects:
- HIPAA Compliance Training (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine):
- General Privacy Issues: November 25, 2004
- Privacy Issues Related to Research: November 26, 2004
- CITI Course in the Protection of Human Research Subjects (Western
Michigan University) April 14, 2006
- Advanced Orientation and Mobility for the Deaf-Blind: San Francisco State
University (Summer 1981)
- Courses in sign language:
- Nonmanual Grammar: The Bicultural Center (1995)
- Fingerspelling: The Bicultural Center (1995)
- Advanced American Sign Language: The Bicultural Center (1992)
- Introduction to Sign Language: Prince George's Public Schools
Professional Development (1980)
- Talk to the Deaf II: Prince George's County Community College (1980)
- Introduction to Manual Communication: Gallaudet College (1979)
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