Blindness and Low Vision Studies
I Chose Salus
I grew up in a family of men and women who devoted their lives to improving their patients' vision and quality of life as well as promoting the education of future eye care professionals. Though I initially took a different path as a journalist, I decided in 2016 that I wanted to be directly involved with the eye care profession, specifically where I could have an impact on special education services available to students and young adults with visual impairments. My decision to become a Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) has been fueled by my passion to help break down the stigma on blindness and visual impairment, reduce job discrimination for visually impaired individuals and improve the transition between secondary education, higher education, and career preparation. We're living in a world where technology is defying limits that once existed in educational and vocational opportunities for the blind and visually impaired and I am eager to start playing my role in the push for inclusion, disability rights and policy reform, and accessibility in our communities.
