THE EDUCATOR
Volume XXIII, ISSUE 2 January
2011
RESEARCH
IN VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
A Publication of
The International
Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
Lord Low of Dalston
Royal National Institute
of Blind People (RNIB)
105 Judd Street, London
WC1H 9NE, UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail : colin.low@rnib.org.uk
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Lawrence F.
Campbell
1,
Center Street, Rockland, Maine 04841, USA
e-mail : larryicevi@hotmail.com
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
e-mail : jillek@unimelb.edu.au
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Hans Welling
Royal Visio
Amersfoortsestraatweg 180, 1272 RR Huizen
THE NETHERLANDS
TREASURER
Nandini Rawal
Blind Peoples Association, Jagdish
Patel Chowk, Surdas Marg,
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380 015, INDIA.
e-mail
: bpaiceviad1@sancharnet.in
SECRETARY GENERAL
Mani, M.N.G.
No.3,
Professors Colony, Palamalai Road, S.R.K. Vidyalaya Post,
Coimbatore 641
020, INDIA
e-mail : sgicevi@vsnl.net
REGIONAL CHAIRPERSONS
AFRICA
Wilfred Maina
African Braille Centre, P.O. Box 27715,
00506, Nairobi, KENYA
e-mail
: wmaina@africanbraille.org
EAST ASIA
Suwimon Udompiriyasak
Faculty of
Education, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, 295 Ratchasima Road
Dusit Dist.,
Bangkok 10300, THAILAND
EUROPE
Hans Welling
Visio, Amersfoortsestraatweg 180, 1272
RR Huizen, THE NETHERLANDS
e-mail : hanswelling@visio.org
LATIN
AMERICA
Lucia
Piccione
Urquiza 2659, 5001 Cordoba, ARGENTINA
e-mail : lpiccione@arnet.com.ar
NORTH
AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Kathleen M. Huebner
NCLVI, College of Education and Rehabilitation, Salus
University
8360 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA.
19027, USA
e-mail : kathyh@salus.edu
PACIFIC
Frances Gentle
The Renwick Centre, Royal Institute for Deaf & Blind Children
Private Bag 29, Parramatta NSW 2124, AUSTRALIA.
e-mail : frances.gentle@ridbc.org.au
WEST ASIA
Bhushan Punani
Blind Peoples Association, Jagdish
Patel Chowk, Surdas Marg
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380 015, INDIA
e-mail : blinabad1@bsnl.in
FOUNDING ORGANISATIONS
American Foundation for the Blind
Maureen Matheson
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New
York, NY 10001, USA.
e-mail : cynthia@afb.net
Perkins School for the Blind
Steven M. Rothstein
175 North Beacon Street, Watertown, MA
02472, USA.
e-mail : president@perkins.org
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Lord Low of Dalston
105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE,
UNITED KINGDOM.
e-mail : colin.low@rnib.org.uk
INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Deafblind
International
Bernadette M. Kappen
999, Pelham Parkway Bronx, New York
10469, USA
e-mail: bkappen@nyise.org
World Blind Union
Maryanne Diamond
454 Glenferrie Rd, Kooyong, Vic. 3144, AUSTRALIA
e-mail : maryanne.diamond@visionaustralia.org
International Agency for the Prevention of
Blindness
Christian Garms
Wilhelmstr. 31, 64625 Bensheim, GERMANY
e-mail : chrgarms@web.de
NON-GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATIONS
Asian Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness
Grace Chan
Unit 1510, Level 15, Tower II, Grand Century Place
Mong Kok, Kowloon, HONG KONG
e-mail : grace@afbpb.org.hk
CBM
Catherine
Naughton
Nibelungenstrasse
124, 64625 Bensheim, GERMANY.
e-mail : Catherine.Naughton@cbm.org
Norwegian Association of the Blind and
Partially Sighted (NABPS)
Arnt Holte
P.O. Box
5900, Majorstua0308 Oslo, NORWAY.
e-mail
: arnt.holte@blindeforbundet.no
Organizacin
Nacional de Ciegos Espaoles
Ana Pelez
C/ Almansa,
66, 28039 Madrid, SPAIN
e-mail : apn@once.es
Perkins School for the Blind
Aburey Webson
175 North Beacon Street, Watertown, MA
02472, USA.
e-mail : Aubrey.Webson@perkins.org
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Pete Osborne
105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE,
UNITED KINGDOM.
e-mail : Pete.Osborne@rnib.org.uk
Sightsavers
Adelaide Addo-Fening
Grosvenor Hall, Bolnore Road, Haywards
Heath, West Sussex RH16 4BX,
UNITED KINGDOM.
e-mail:
aaddo-fenning@sightsavers.org
Union Francophone des Aveugles
Francoise MADRAY-LESIGNE
5, rue
Duroc, 75007, Paris, FRANCE
e-mail : international@avh.asso.fr
Vision Australia
Glenda Alexander
454 Glenferrie Rd, Kooyong, Vic. 3144, AUSTRALIA
e-mail : glenda.alexander@visionaustralia.org
RNIB LAUNCHES NEW TACTILE
ACCESSIBLE IMAGE BOOKS TO SUPPORT BLIND AND
PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN'S EDUCATION
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has
announced the launch of tactile educational image books to address the
shortfall in suitable curriculum materials needed by blind and partially
sighted children across the UK.
The number of blind and partially sighted young people
aged between 6-25 years old in UK mainstream education currently exceeds
24,000. Nevertheless, there is no national co-ordinated system of providing
suitable textbooks and learning materials for blind and partially sighted
students. With funding from Qualcomm Incorporated, the world leader in
next-generation mobile technologies, RNIB has produced 20 books of accessible
images. Each book contains tactile illustrations with braille labels and large
print colour images with large print labels, all of which support the national
curriculum.
Subjects such as geography and science can be challenging
for blind and partially sighted pupils because they contain graphically rich
materials such as photographs, maps and illustrations. The new tactile
educational image books will provide teachers and learning support staff with
the necessary resources to help give pupils the same understanding of these
topics as their sighted peers.
Each book is easily accessible through central and
promoted channels and covers a range of different subjects such as GCSE key
stage 4 biology, physics, geography, mathematics, chemistry, food technology,
information technology and physical education.
Richard, 15, a pupil at New College Worcester who is
registered blind, said: Tactile images are extremely useful, particularly in
exams where I am answering the same questions as other people. They mean that I
have exactly the same diagram as everyone else. The books are easy to read and I
can use them whenever I want.
Caroline Walker, Assistant Development Officer at RNIB,
said: We often hear from teachers and support assistants who don't have the
time needed to create accessible images from learning/curriculum materials on
demand. These books have been specifically designed with advice from education
professionals and tested by blind and partially sighted pupils to ensure they
compliment the national curriculum. They will enable young people with sight
problems to have equal and independent learning opportunities, where they are
not excluded and have access to the same information as their sighted peers.
The books of images are available from RNIBs online shop
at www.rnib.org.uk/shop at cost,
priced from 16.50.
For more information contact Stacey Kerr, Senior Media
Officer at RNIB on 020 7391 2290 or email stacey.kerr@rnib.org.uk
Global
Campaign on Education For All Children with Visual Impairment (EFA-VI)
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Regions |
Existing Focus Countries |
Proposed Focus Countries |
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Africa |
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Burkina Faso |
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Mali
Rwanda
Uganda |
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East
Asia |
China
Vietnam
Cambodia |
Laos |
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Latin
America |
Bolivia
Ecuador
El salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Paraguay
The
Dominican Republic |
Chile
Peru |
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Pacific |
Fiji |
Papua New
Guinea |
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West
Asia |
Nepal
Pakistan
Palestine |
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan |
Editor
Harry Svensson
National Agency for Special Needs Education
and Schools
Box 12161
SE- 102 26 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Associate
Editor
M.N.G. Mani
Secretary General, ICEVI
Editorial
Committee
Harry Svensson
Larry Campbell
M.N.G. Mani
Publications
Committee
Harry Svensson
Peter Rodney
Cay Holbrook
M.N.G. Mani
Our
International Partners
Asian
Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness
CBM
Union Francophone
des Aveugles
Norwegian
Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted
Organizacin
Nacional de Ciegos Espaoles
Perkins
School for the Blind
Royal
National Institute of Blind People
Sightsavers
Vision
Australia
ICEVI Secretariat
No.3, Professors Colony, S R K Vidyalaya
Post, Coimbatore 641 020
Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Phone : 91-422-2469104
Fax : 91-422-2693414
e-mail : sgicevi@vsnl.net
CONTENTS
1. Message from the President
2. Message from the Editor
3. Message from the Guest Editor
4. Profiles of Principal Officers
5. Meet our Regional Chairs
6. ICEVI EXCO Meeting - Strategic
Update
7. ICEVI Strategic Review Meeting
8. News from World Blind Union
- Maryanne Diamond
9. News from Deafblind International
- Stan Munroe
10. What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It?
- Kay Alicyn Ferrell