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Vision Education Partnership to Host Seventh Annual
Vision
The summit takes place Friday, March 16 from 8 a.m. to
The summit is hosted by the SC Vision Education Partnership,
a collaboration of the University of SC Upstate, SC Department of Education, SC
School for the Deaf and the Blind, SC Commission for the Blind, National
Federation of the Blind of SC, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of
the Blind and Visually Impaired – SC Chapter, SC State University Orientation
& Mobility Program and the Medical University of SC Storm Eye Institute.
"It is important to know that individuals with low
vision do not have to perform every task visually," said Elizabeth McKown,
Vision Summit chairperson. "Conference sessions will provide the
participants with information about the diverse resources, concepts and
practices that have proven successful for students with visual impairments.”
The two keynote speakers for this year’s conference are Stephen
Kuusisto and Diane P. Wormsley, Ph.D.
Kuusisto is the author of “Planet of the Blind: A Memoir,”
which was the New York Times 1998
Notable Book of the Year. A Fulbright
Scholar, he teaches in the disability studies program at The Ohio State
University where he serves as a Fellow of the Center for Interdisciplinary Law
and Policy Studies at the Moritz College of Law. He speaks widely on diversity, disability, education,
and public policy and is an occasional commentator for “All Things Considered” on National Public Radio. He has appeared on the “Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Dateline,”
the “Leeza Gibbons Show,” “Voice of America,” the British
Broadcasting Corporation and the Arts and Entertainment Network.
Wormsley is the Brenda Brodie Endowed Chair and Professor of
Special Education in the area of visual impairment at
The SC School for
the Deaf and the Blind is a specialized instructional and resource center. It
provides services statewide for individuals who are deaf, blind or sensory multidisabled,
their families and the professionals who work with them. SCSDB
offers programs for preschool, elementary, middle school, high
school, sensory multidisabled, vocational and
postsecondary educational students, as well as a variety of outreach and
support services. The main campus is located in
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