>From: "Tom Walsh" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Ted Chittenden'" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: Mobiliy Instructors
>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:04:01 -0500
>
>Hi everyone, the certifying body for mobility instructors,
>rehabilitation teachers, and low vision therapists is ACPRev. They have
>a web site, and you can get info re: certification in those three areas.
>As to the question of actual certification of blind mobility
>instructors, I don't know, since I am a rehab teacher, I never looked
>into it. I would have some reservations re: it, but then again, I am
>not a mobility instructor. Take care. Tom
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ted Chittenden
>Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 5:47 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Mobiliy Instructors
>
>Hi to all. Lynn, so far as I know, there are no laws saying that blind
>people cannot teach mobility. However, there has been a question of
>certification. AER (Association for Education and Rehabilitation if
>memory
>serves), the traditional provider of mobility certification, for a long
>time, would not allow blind people to qualify for this position. This
>upset
>some, partickularly members of the NFB (Nationnal Federation of the
>Blind)
>which has started its own competing certification body (the name of
>which
>escapes me now) that will certify blind mobility instructors. The
>organization news organ, The Braille Monitor, has had many articles on
>this
>subject, and I expect that trend to continue. Visit NFB's
>http://www.nfb.org to read more information on this subject and to view
>back
>issues of the Braille Monitor for their articles on said issue. You may
>also want to visit AER's web site (though that url escapes me now) to
>find
>out if they are now certifying blind mobility instructors.
>
>I hope this helps. Take care.
>
>Ted Chittenden
>
>
>
>
> >From: Lynn Evans <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Lynn Evans <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Mobiliy Instructors
> >Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:55:11 -0500
> >
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> >blind mobility instructors or heard of any blind mobility instructors?
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> >Lynn
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