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O&M Info and Resources:

• An Article for Parents: Blind Children’s First Mobility Teachers
Joe Cutter, recipient of the Distinguished Educator of Blind Children Award, made the following presentation to the Parents of Blind Children Seminar at the 1994 National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention.
• Echolocation: What It Is, and How It Can Be Taught and Learned       PDF version  |    Word version
Dan Kish is the first certified blind O&M Specialist in the world. Read how the blind can be taught to "see" by using echolocation.

O&M Links:

• Living Skills Center for the Visually Impaired
  
  LSC's learn-by-doing apartment setting has helped to empower generations of visually impaired people to take charge of their own lives.
• Michigan Department of Education - Low Incidence Outreach
  
  Michigan's Vision Severity Rating Scales List 1996 - 2008
• Mohawk College's School of Health Sciences - Guelph, On
  
  Mohawk offers a one year course to become a certified Orientation and Mobility Instructor for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Orientation & Mobility.org
  
  This site was designed for Certified O&M Specialists as an easier way to find information on the internet.
• Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  
  O & M Articles, information and resources for administrators to assist in the provision and evaluation of quality programming and support for students with visual impairments.
• Wonderbaby.org
  
  Did you know that it's never too early to begin teaching your blind baby orientation and mobility skills?
• World Access for the Blind
  
  WAB's Dan Kish is a blind O & M Specialist and shows how the blind can be taught to "see" by using echolocation.

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