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IAP BOOK SERIES: Critical Concerns in Blindness (A Project of the Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness) The Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness was established by the Louisiana Center for the Blind in 1999 and became a center at Louisiana Tech University in October 2001. The purpose of the Institute on Blindness is to provide leadership in creating programs and conducting research that recognizes the socially constructed assumptions underpinning the current structure of the blindness system and research being done on blindness. As a result, the Institute on Blindness provides alternative programs and research that expands the boundaries of the blindness field. Currently the Institute on Blindness offers two graduate programs—orientation and mobility and teachers of blind students (often referred to as teachers of the visually impaired). The mission of the institute is to advance the blindness field by providing the blind and professionals serving the blind with innovative programs and conducting meaningful research that will empower blind people to live independent and productive lives. Titles in this series: Accessible Education for Blind Learners: Kindergarten through Post-Secondary By Shelley Kinash and Ania Paszuk, University of Calgary, Canada Education and Rehabilitation for Empowerment Edited by Ed Vaughan and James H. Omvig, Institute on Blindness - Louisiana Tech University Independent Movement and Travel in Blind Children: A Promotion Model Edited by Joseph Cutter Making It Work: Educating the Blind/Visually Impaired Student in the Regular School Edited by Carol Castellano Seeing Beyond Blindness Edited by Shelley Kinash and Ronald J. Ferguson, Louisiana Tech University The Blind Need Not Apply: A History of Overcoming Prejudice in the Orientation and Mobility Profession Edited by Ronald J. Ferguson, Louisiana Tech University The Blindness Revolution: Jernigan in His Own Words Edited by James H. Omvig, Institute on Blindness - Louisiana Tech University |
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