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Practitioner’s Handbook: Assistive Technology for People who are Blind or Have Low Vision - Ninth Edition Seminar
STACY M. KELLY, Ed.D., TVI, COMS, CATIS, is a professor and the coordinator of the Visual Disabilities Program at Northern Illinois University. She has published and presented extensively on the topic of assistive technology for people with visual impairments.
RACHAEL SESSLER TRINKOWSKY, Ph.D., CRC, CATIS, CPACC is the Assistive Technology Visual Impairment Program Coordinator for the Vision Studies department at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Since 2019, she has been a strand advisor for the Vision & Hearing Strand for the Assistive Tech- nology Industry Association (ATIA) and serves in various leadership roles in the field of AT for people who are blind or who have low vision.
SARAHELIZABETH BAGUHN, Ph.D., TVI, COMS, CATIS is a Researcher in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Her area of research is in the lived experiences of people who are blind, low vision, and DeafBlind, focussing on barriers to participation across community life and data-driven solutions for equal opportunities through systemic change in policies, practice, and perceptions.
SEAN TIKKUN, Dr. Sean Tikkun is an Assosciate Profession at North Carolina Central University in the Visual Impairments Training Program. He holds a Ph. D in Educational Psychology, M.S. in Education Media Design and Technology, M.S. in Special Education, and a B.A. in Mathematics. Within his profession he serves Treasurer of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERBVI). Illinois AERBVI awarded him the distinguished service award for his work in training assistive technology professionals for the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Profes- sionals (ACVREP) and developing the first automated grading tool for braille. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Governor Morehead School for the Blind. His research focuses on cognitive factors for tactile learning and emerging technology applied to visual impairments.
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