Concurrent Sessions
Disclaimer:
Please note there is no particular order to the sessions or order of presentation. The detailed program with precise timing of the sessions and presentations within the sessions will be posted June 1.
Accessibility 1
Environmental literacy
Robert Wall Emerson
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Pedestrian safety and New York City’s changing streetscape
Annalyn Courtney Barbier
Visions Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, New York, NY, United States
ACCESS – Yes we can (accessibility practice in Australia)
Richard Seidman
iAccess Ability, Rose Bay, NSW, Australia
The challenges faced by those with reduced mobility in accessing the adaptations installed at pedestrians crossings and the possibility of using smart technology to provide an equitable solution
Gavin Neate
Neatebox, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, United Kingdom
Layout of tactile walking surface indicators at the bottom of staircases: Setback that is compatible for the low-vision and the blind
Hisato Ohno1; Naoki Mizukami1; Ayako Suzuki1; Masaki Tauchi2
1Railway Technical Research Institute, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan; 2Railway Technical Research Institute, Soja, Okayama, Japan
Accessibility 2
Quiet cars, complex intersections, and the future of orientation and mobility
Robert Wall Emerson
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
RFID based support for blind and low vision persons to access public transportation and traffic lights
Dennis Cory1; Alexander Fay2; Cornelia Vogel2; Christian Ehring3; Jens Usadel4
1German Association for Blind and Low Vision Persons, Berlin, Germany; 2Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany; 3RTB GmbH & Co KG, Bad Lippspringe, Germany; 4D*ing Panung, Hamburg, Germany
Auditory perception of accelerating and decelerating sound sources
Daniel Ashmead
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
APS safety issues in Quebec : 25 years of development and research
Agathe Ratelle1; Tony Leroux1; Carole Zabihaylo2; AndréAnne Mailhot2; Laurianne Robichaud3; Valérie Martel4
1Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada; 3Centre de réadaptation de l’Estrie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; 4Institut de réadaptation physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
Accessibility 3
Shared surface streets: a serious hazard for independent travel of visually impaired people
Mª Ángeles Matey García; Mª Jesús Vicente Mosquete; Concepción Blocona Santos
The Spanish National Organization of the Blind, Madrid, Spain
Improving environmental designs meeting the needs of visually impaired individuals: Outcomes resulting from the application of a technical tool and O&M involvement
Carole Zabihaylo1; Agathe Ratelle2; Line Lemay1; Sophie Lanctot3; Isabelle Cardinal3
1Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada; 2École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada;3Société Logique, Montréal, QC, Canada
Pedestrians with reduced mobility in shared spaces and pedestrian priority environments
Jean-François Bruneau
Polytechnique Montréal, Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Accessibility 4
I have wheels and I want to travel: Advocacy in action
Christa Jakob
Vision Australia, Coorparoo, QLD, Australia
A World for Everyone
André Leclerc; Michel Trudel
Kéroul, Montréal, QC, Canada
Characteristics of the neighborhood environment associated with mobility and social participation in older adults: Results from a scoping study
Mélanie Levasseur1; Mélissa Généreux1; Jean-François Bruneau1; Alain Vanasse1; Éric Chabot2; Claude Beaulac3; Marie-Michèle Bédard1
1Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; 2Transportation consultant, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; 3Ordre des urbanistes du Québec, Montréal, QC, Canada
Difficulties and strategies of visually impaired persons in multimodal transport hubs
Caroline Pigeon1; Céline Grange Faivre2; Claude Marin-Lamellet1
1Institut Français des Sciences et Techologies des Transports et de l’Aménagement des Réseaux, Bron, France; 2Ergoptim, Bron, France
Queen Street Mall braille trail talking signs: Trial of a pedestrian activated audio-wayfinding device in Brisbane, Queensland
Bashir Ebrahim OAM
Guide Dogs Queensland, Bald Hills, Queensland, Australia
Partnering to support participation in accessible and inclusive environments using a Living Lab approach
Bonnie Swaine1; Eva Kehayia2; Delphine Labbé3; Tiiu Poldma1; Joyce Fung2; Philippe Archambault2; Dahlia Kairy1; Anouk Lamontagne2; Guylaine Le Dorze1; Helene Lefebvre1; Sara Ahmed2
1Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada
Accessibility 5
Advocating for Accessible Roundabouts
Jennifer Urosevic; Jeanette Dudley
Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Finding crosswalks and aligning to cross: A cue that increases efficiency
Alan Scott1; Billie Louise Bentzen2; Janet Barlow3
1Elon University, Elon, NC, United States; 2Accessible Design for the Blind, Berlin, MA, United States; 3Accessible Design for the Blind, Asheville, NC, United States
Short videos on Universal Accessibility: Gaining a better understanding in user’s behaviour in buildings and urban spaces
Jean Barrientos; Angélique Liard
Société Logique, Montréal, QC, Canada
Assessment
Assessment in orientation and mobility: What has it been, what is it now and what can it look like in the future?
Dawn Anderson
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Guide Dogs 1
The impact of training with a dog guide on ability to get around and difficulty with 17 specific mobility related functions for first time and repeat users
Steve La Grow1; Andy Towers1; Rod Haneline2
1Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; 2Leader Dogs for the Blind, Rochester, MI, United States
Metrics to measure client progress in dog guide mobility training
Patrick Glines
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., Boring, OR, United States
Dog attacks and interference behaviors upon guide dog teams and persons who are blind
William M. Penrod; Brian Henig
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States
Guide Dogs and other Assistance Dogs Organisations in the UK, working together to train dual purpose dogs for people with sight impairment and additional disabilities
Lee Stanway
Guide Dogs UK, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
The development of guide dog services in the 21st century
Alan Brooks1; Ian Cox2
1Specialist Guide Dog Consultant, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; 2Vision Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Guide Dogs 2
An orientation and mobility specialists guide to guide dogs; targeting, landmarking and back chaining
Micheal Goehring
Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
An o and m’s guide to guide dogs; What about roundabouts
Micheal Goehring
Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
A novel approach to the selection of dogs suitable for training as dog guides
Paul Adrian
Guide Dogs Victoria, Kew, Vic, Australia
Presentation of a new O&M manual describing specific programs and training sequences for different types of guide dog users
Hélène Guérette; Carole Zabihaylo
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
Infant/Children 1
Applying a developmental approach to orientation and mobility intervention with very young children
Bronwen Scott
Independent Options for Mobility, Carlton North, Victoria, Australia
O&M portfolios: Motivating students to learn, assess and share
Fabiana Perla; Jamie Maffit
Salus University, CER, Elkins Park, PA, United States
Moving in the body and in space: The use of yoga and dance to enhance the sensorimotor development of children with severe visual impairments
Marie-Claude Lavoie1; Audrey Jolin2
1Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
The Use of Portable Electronic Devices in O and M Teaching
Lasse Klyver; Anne Nordskov Nielsen
Synscenter Refsnaes, Kalundborg, Denmark
Play-based orientation and mobility intervention with infants and young children
Donna McNear1; Tanni Anthony2
1McNear Educational Consulting, Cambridge, MN, United States; 2Colorado Department of Education, Denver, CO, United States
Infant/Children 2
Orientation and mobility devices for infants and children to promote movement
Julie Maner
New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Skills, confidence & opportunities, in recreation and education – SCORE 4: A unique initiative for youth who are blind or partially sighted
Jessica Bowman1; Jennifer Urosevic2
1CNIB, London, ON, Canada; 2CNIB, Kitchener, ON, Canada
WHAT is the risk? Empowering children to learn through risk taking
Darren Moyle
Guide Dogs Victoria, KEW, Victoria, Australia
Baby steps: Using teleintervention with families of young children with visual impairment
Hong Phangia Dewald; Catherine A. Smyth
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, United States
Infant/Children 3
Teaching orientation and mobility skills for students with autism and visual impairment in public schools: A data-based study
Nora Griffin-Shirley1; Devender Banda2
1Texas Tech University, Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research & Education in Sensory Disabilitie, Lubbock, TX, United States;2Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Opening up the world: Early childhood orientation and mobility intervention as perceived by young children who are blind, their parents, and vision education teachers
Bronwen Scott
Independent Options for Mobility, Carlton North, Victoria, Australia
Orientation and Mobility support for the development of literacy for students with vision impairment: A qualitative study with three Queensland teachers
Katrina Blake
Education Queensland, Balgal Beach; James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Ice-skating for children with visual impairment: Group activity
Helena Olivik
Rehabilitation Dept. for Children and Youth with visual impairment, Habilitation & Assistive Technol, LUND, S, Sweden
Orientation and mobility in a South African special school
Salome Ntsoelengoe
South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Complexity of teaching a young child orientation and mobility in a South African school setting
Dackley Merafe
South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Infant/Children 4
Twenty great ways to use the handy camera for an itinerant orientation and mobility specialist working with visually impaired children
Anne Evrard
Centre de réadaptation InterVal, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada
Family support group: Sharing experience!
Viola Oser Luethi; Christine Hofstetter
Stiftung fuer blinde und sehbehinderte Kinder und Jugendliche Zollikofen, Zollikofen, CH, Switzerland
How can a professional guide a parent when his child wants to participate in traffic, as a cyclist?
Margreet Hoogeveen
Bartimeus Nederland, Zeist, utr, Netherlands
Orientation and Mobility through a different vision
Jeanette Dudley; Jennifer Urosevic
CNIB, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Interdisciplinary 1
Utilizing university Orientation and Mobility (O&M) interns in the Summer O&M and Adapted Living Resource (S.O.A.R. – St. Louis) program
Kevin Hollinger
Lighthouse for the Blind – St. Louis, Saint Charles, MO, United States
Hang on to my belt: An interdisciplinary team develops a technique for a blind person to ascend Mt. Kilimanjaro
Lucien Migneault; Caroline Gauthier
Centre régional de réadaptation La RessourSe, Gatineau, QC, Canada
The Montreal’s Universal Accessibility Consultative Committee: Working together to improve the public realm for all
Pierre-Étienne Gendron
Ville de Montréal, Direction des transports, Montréal, QC, Canada
Using a murder mystery event to enhance Orientation and Mobility skills
Natalie Perzylo
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
The impact of barrier free access facilities for Orientation & Mobility training in Hong Kong
Sung Ping Wallace Wu; Mei Mei Teresa Lee; Kwok Hung Simon Yu
The Hong Kong Society for the Blind, Hong Kong, HK, China
The need for a multidisciplinary approach in vision rehabilitation; Challenges to fuse various research traditions and views of the body
Inger C. Berndtsson
Department of Education and Special Education, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
Interdisciplinary 2
Do peer support programs provide valuable support and information to vision impaired people?
Karen Stitt; Bashir Ebrahim
Guide Dogs Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Interdisciplinarity in the integration of a new optical aid in rehabilitation service for individuals with hemianopsia
Mathieu Carignan; Roger Dufour; Linda Forgues; Julie Lemay; AndréAnne Mailhot; Vincent Moore; Réal Perreault; Hélène Sauvageau; Maxine Sawyer; Sylvie Auclair; Martine Vincent
Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
Effective mobility framework: Designing O&M research which measures what matters to clients
Lil Deverell1; Shane McSweeney1; Sharon Bentley2; Lauren Ayton1; Jill Keeffe3
1Centre for Eye Research Australia, East Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 2Australian College of Optometry, Carlton, Australia; 3LV Prasad, Hyderabad, India
Bioptic driving program: An innovative way to develop compensatory skills including the use of a driving simulator
Vincent Moore
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
The ground visual field assessment: Development of a new assessment tool for adults with peripheral vision loss
Ludivine Desbordes1; Monique Véronat2; Frédéric Lafleur2; Isabelle Travade1; Grégoire Guillot3; Céline Giorgi-Chavanne4; Pascale Mercier5; Jacques Zaninetti6; Jean-Christophe Daviet7; Pierre-Yves Robert7; Mélanie Gauthier8
1Hôpital de jour Baudin, Limoges, France; 2Clinique ARAMAV, Nîmes, France; 3École de chiens-guides d’aveugles, Coubert, France;4SIAM 78, Guyancourt, France; 5IMPro Association Valentin Haüy, Chilly-Mazarin, France; 6École National Supérieure d’Ingenieurs de Limoges, Limoges, France; 7Le centre hospitalier et universitaire de Limoges, Limoges, France; 8SAAAIS 38, Grenoble, France
Low Vision 1
West Virginia Bioptic Driving Program: Progress update
Chuck Huss
West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services, Nitro, WV, United States
Visual field enhancement: The role of the O&M specialist
Jamie Maffit; Kerry Lueders
Salus University, CER, Elkins Park, PA, United States
Visual field enhancement strategies for O&M
Kerry Lueders; Jamie Maffit
Salus University, CER, Elkins Park, PA, United States
Models and Approach 1
Better living program: A multidisciplinary approach to facilitating emotional adjustment to sight loss
Jorge Lopez; Karen Stitt
Guide Dogs Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
A hybrid online and face-to-face university program to train O&M specialists
William Jacobson
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, United States
The power of groups: building skills, community and social inclusion
Suzanne Decary van den Broek; Sue Marsh-Woods
CNIB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Designing and implementing new internal referral pathways to rehabilitation service: Lessons learned through re-development of triage tools and micro-processes
Deborah Gold; Jennifer Urosevic
Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Toronto, ON, Canada
Models and Approach 2
Step-by-step: A comprehensive guide to teaching mobility techniques
Sandra Rosen
San Francisco State University, Union City, CA, United States
Orientation and Mobility in a low vision clinic for persons with combined hearing- and vision loss / deaf blindness
Elin Lundin
Syncentralen, Örebro läns landsting, Örebro, 70185, Sweden
The impact of O&M instruction on ability to get around and difficulty with 23 specific mobility related functions by program type: Preliminary results
Steve La Grow1; Bashir Ebrahim2; Towers Andy1
1Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; 2Guide Dogs Queensland, Bald Hills, Queensland, Australia
An innovative orientation and mobility program for children with visual impairments: Development and future directions
Jennifer Cmar1; Sergio Oliva2
1California State University, Los Angeles, CA, United States; 2Braille Institute of America, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, United States
Models and Approach 3
STRESS, relaxation and traveling blind
Michael Meteyer; Kathy Rooney
Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
Accelerated Orientation & Mobility training
Sarah Arch; Erica Ihrke
Leader Dogs for the Blind, Rochester Hills, MI, United States
LIFE space mapping: A research method with clinical assessment implications and orientation and mobility applications
Deborah Gold1; Debbie Laliberte-Rudman2; Biljana Zuvela1; Colleen McGrath2
1Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Multiple Impairment 1
Orientation and mobility for clients with dual sensory impairments from birth to adulthood
Loreta Martinez-Cargo
New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Optimizing cochlear implant parameters to improve Orientation and Mobility
Daniel Beaudoin1; Julie Dufour1; Marie-Claude Lavoie2; Maxime Maheu3; François Champoux3
1Institut Raymond-Dewar, Montréal, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth-et-Louis-Braille, Montréal, QC, Canada; 3École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Early stage Orientation & Mobility in deafblind children with motor impairments
Marie-Claude Lavoie
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Montreal, QC, Canada
Multiple Impairment 2
O&M training to children with cortical visual impairment: Left, right, help, where to go
Marten van Doorn
Bartiméus Education Centre, Zeist, Utr, Netherlands
Body awareness through movement and music for students with multiple impairments including visual impairments
Vicki DePountis; Jennifer Taylor
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, United States
Using an observation grid to evaluate and improve daily activity travels of adults and elderly with visual impairments using a manual or motorized mobility aid
Carole Côté
Institut de Réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
Cochlear implants: Speech comprehension options and safety of street crossing for deafblind pedestrians
Valérie Martel1; Michel Bradette2; Daniel Beaudoin3
1Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Montréal, QC, Canada; 3Institut Raymond-Dewar, Montréal, QC, Canada
Multiple disabilities, complex needs and wheelchair mobility: Two clients on the footpath to success
Gayle McPherson1; Penny Stevenson2
1Vision Australia, Kensington, Vic, Australia; 2Vision Australia, Dandenong, Vic, Australia
O&M in My Country 1
Moving from a specialist to a collaborative model of developmental orientation and mobility for school aged learners in New Zealand
Kay Daly1; Julia Budd2
1Blind and Low Vision Education Network New Zealand, Auckland, 2102, New Zealand; 2Massey University, Private Bag 11 222 | Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
Orientation and mobility services in Turkey
Dawn Anderson
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
A tailor made O&M training programme for the visually impaired: The home based training in Hong Kong context
Kin Kei Mak; Kwok Hung Simon Yu; Mei Mei Teresa Lee
The Hong Kong Society for the Blind, Hong Kong, HK, China
Independent blind travel using recorded routes on the MyWay Classic app: A case report
Jennifer Croaker
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT Australia, Tamworth, NSW, Australia
Moodle contents for learning Shirogame-Style-Sighted-Guide-Technique
Iwao Sekita1; Takuma Murakami2; Hisako Shishido2; Mitsuhide Ishikawa3; Tomoko Sakai3; Ritsuko Endo2; Chie Mashiko4; Yasuhiko Chiba5; Noriko Yamaguchi6; Hisayuki Tatsumi1
1National University Corporation, Tsukuba University of Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; 2NPO Shirogame, Niiza, Japan; 3Tokyo Independent Living Support Center for the Visually Impaired, Tokyo, Japan; 4Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Center for the Physically and Mentally Handicapped, Tokyo, Japan; 5Miyagi Prefectural Blind School, Sendai, Japan; 6Kansai Home for the Blind Woman, Nishinomiya, Japan
O&M in My Country 2
Electric vehicles implications for visually impaired pedestrians
Concepción Blocona Santos; Mª Jesús Vicente Mosquete; Mª Angeles Matey García
The Spanish National Organization of the Blind, Madrid, Spain
Orientation and mobility: How appears the situation in the only less advanced country of the american continent?
Anderson Camille
Centre de Techniques de Planification et d’Economie Appliquee, Port-au-prine, Ouest, Haiti
A mobility study of visually impaired people in a specific urban space
Benkorichi Oualid1; Noureddine Zemmouri2
1Laboratoire de Conception et de Modélisation des Formes et des Ambiances architecturales et urbaines, Bachdjarah, Algeries, Algeria; 2Laboratoire: LaCoMoFa Laboratoire de Conception et de Modélisation des Formes et des Ambiances archi, Biskra, Biskra, Algeria
A general overview to Orientation and Mobility provisions in Turkey
Onder Islek
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Peripatology ( Orientation & Mobility ) a new “vista” for rehabilitation of the visually handicapped in India
Jabesh Dutt
Divine Fellowship Blind School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Older Population 1
Orientation and mobility for life: Strategies for the older adult with visual impairment
Laura Bozeman1; Nora Griffin-Shirley2
1University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States; 2Texas Tech University, Lubboch, TX, United States
Stepping out safe and steady: An O&M group program which facilitates information on reducing risks of falling for seniors who have vision impairment
Ying Wah Wan
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Stand up! A fall prevention program for seniors adapted for visually impaired and deafblind persons
Valérie Martel1; Marie-Claude Lavoie2; Danielle Cloutier1
1Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Montréal, QC, Canada
Detection of visual impairments to prevent falls for seniors living at home
Lise Déry; Josée Hébert; Isabelle Bonneau
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
Assessment of the attentional capacities and working memory of older persons who are blind
Caroline Pigeon; Claude Marin-Lamellet
Institut Français des Sciences et Techologies des Transports et de l’Aménagement des Réseaux, Bron, France
Orientation 1
Innovation in learning through geocaching: An orientation and mobility training program for deaf-blind adolescents
Marie-Claude Lavoie; Mylène Lachance
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Montreal, QC, Canada
The effectiveness of tactile map in enhancing the independent mobility of visually impaired people
Jessica M.W. Li; Navy O.K. Hui; Margaret C.Y. Sen
The Hong Kong Society for the Blind, Hong Kong, HK, Hong Kong
Who gets lost? Testing spatial cognition for functional orientation and mobility
Lil Deverell1; Shane McSweeney1; Jill Keeffe2; Lauren Ayton1
1Centre for Eye Research Australia, East Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 2LV Prasad, Hyderabad, India
A shape is worth a thousand words: Modular 3D printed communication tool for orientation and mobility specialists
Koen Van de Zande1; Petra Cosemans2; Jeroen Doggen3
1Sandbox Low Vision, Kalmthout, Antwerp, Belgium; 2Visual Rehabilitation Center ‘de Markgrave’, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;3Artesis Plantijn University College, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Technology 1
Effects of shape and structure of various cane tips on the tracing accuracy and the generation of vibration
Takabun Nakamura; Masaki Tauchi; Jinro Takato
Okayama Prefectural University, Soja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Global positioning systems, o&m, and the development of environmental literacy for visually impaired travelers: who? what? where? when? why? and how?
Craig Phillips1; Michael May2
1Kansas State School for the Blind, Lenexa, KS, United States; 2Sendero Group, Davis, CA, United States
Blind friendly maps: Tactile maps for the blind as a part of the public map portal (mapy.cz)
Petr Červenka1; Karel Břinda2; Radek Seifert3; Ales Vitinger4
1Masaryk University in Brno, Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Brno, Czech Republic, Czech Republic; 2Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire d’Informatique Gaspard-Monge, Paris, France; 3Czech Technical University in Prague, Support Centre ELSA, Prague, Czech Republic; 4Seznam.cz, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
How does Age Related Macular Degenaration influence self-assessment of driving abilities and driving abilities measured in a simulator environment?
Marie-Chantal Wanet-Defalque1; Josée Duquette2; Walter de Abreu Cybis2; Kassandre Montisci2
1Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille and Université de Montréal, School of Optometry, Longueuil, Montréal, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, Montréal, QC, Canada
Technology 2
Impact of mobile applications on visually impaired people
Concepción Blocona Santos; Mª Jesús Vicente Mosquete; Mª Angeles Matey García
The Spanish National Organization for the Blind, Madrid, Spain
Enhancing the independent mobility of visually impaired people by wireless technology and smartphone
Navy O.K. Hui; Jessica M.W. Li; Margaret C.Y. Sen
The Hong Kong Society for the Blind, Hong Kong, HK, Hong Kong
Orientation & Mobility on the go! Two new apps aimed at specialists in Orientation and Mobility
Dorte Lund Hansen; Birgit Christensen
The Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted, Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
Creation and use of 3D plans through interventions in Orientation and Mobility
Melanie Gagné; Jamie Lachapelle
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
Mixed Topics 1
Parents trained/rehabilitated in personal autonomy
Paula Castejón Valero; Adoración Cárceles Barón; Dominga Cervigón Duque; Encarnación Esteban Mari
Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (O.N.C.E.), Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Sea kayaking: The impact of a rehabilitation project on teenagers
Marc Boulianne1; Marjorie Allaire1; Caroline Harvey2
1Centre de réadaptation Le Parcours de Jonquière, programme en déficience visuelle, Jonquière, QC, Canada; 2Centre de réadaptation Le Parcours de Jonquière, programme en déficience auditive, Jonquière, QC, Canada
Mixed Topics 2
Availability of accessible taxis for people with disabilities: A proposal for an universal regulation
Michel Trudel; André Leclerc; Isabelle Ducharme
Kéroul, Montreal, QC, Canada
Best practices for the audio description of live events
Robert Pearson; David Errington
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI), Toronto, ON, Canada
Counseling and support for older persons with acquired visual impairment: Sometimes less is better than more
Jürgen Nagel1; Werner Hecker1; Sabine Lauber – Pohle2; Bernd Wilhelm2
1Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e.V. Rehabilitation Department, Marburg, Hessen, Germany; 2Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e.V., Marburg, Hessen, Germany
Auditory localization evaluation protocol for individuals who are visually and hearing impaired-simplified version
Julie Dufour1; Agathe Ratelle2; Tony Leroux3
1Institut Raymond-Dewar, Montréal, QC, Canada; 2Université de Montréal, École d’optométrie, Montréal, QC, Canada; 3École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Comparative study of accessible pedestrian signals installed in the north-south crossing of an intersection
AndréAnne Mailhot1; Agathe Ratelle2; Tony Leroux3; Carole Zabihaylo1
1Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada; 2École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada;3École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie Université de Montréal, Institut Raymond-Dewar, Montréal, QC, Canada
Mixed Topics 3
Not all who wander are lost: Purposeful observations and supportive qualitative research based on the quest to understand communicative factors that enhance the abilities of blind travelers
Jay Taska
Scottsdale Unified School District, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
The specialist in mobility – “Back to the Future”
Bruce Blasch1; Desiree Gallimore2
1Bear Consultancy, Idaho Falls, ID, United States; 2Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Orientation and mobility program for a blind person with agoraphobia
Marta Senis
National Organization of Spanish blind people (ONCE), Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Long cane design and biomechanics: Factors that affect drop-off and obstacle detection
Dae Kim; Robert Wall Emerson
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Grace under pressure: The impact of blindness-identity in facilitating accepting and refusing unwanted assistance
Kathryn Botsford1; Victoria Elliott2; Holly Lawson3
1Vision Education Research, Portland, OR, United States; 2Guide Dogs for the Blind, Cork, Ireland; 3Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
Roles and functions of O&M instructors who attend the IMC
Duane Geruschat
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
O&M training for visually impaired clients with reduced vision in the twilight or darkness
Marten van Doom
Bartiméus Education Centre, Zeist, Utr, Netherlands
Special Session – Mira/Children
Special Session – Older Population
Orientation and mobility services aimed at older clients: The intervention plan must be personalized and centered on the person and his or her family
Fannie Guilmain
Institut Nazareth Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
Group Discussion on O&M Strategies for the Older Population
Posters
The effect of stereotyping on individuals with visual impairment while using public transport
Walter Wittich1; Kenneth Southall2
1MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre/CRIR; School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2McGill University, School of Social Work; Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatr, Montreal, QC, Canada
Mobilizing partners to improve accessibility; evaluation, engagement, results
Rebecca Henry
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
The problem of accessibility to the environment in Haiti
Anderson Tibeaud
Centre de Techniques de planification et d’economie Appliquee(CTPEA)/ Action Toward Initiatives for, Port-au-prince, Ouest, Haiti
The importance of sound: A developing research project between a municipality and manufacturer
Emma Newman
Sweco, Malmö, SE-20122, Sweden
The relationship between mobility and perceived hearing handicap in older adults with visual impairment that attend an adapted Day Centre
Walter Wittich1; Jonathan Jarry2; Daphne Mulrooney2
1MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre/CRIR; School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre/CRIR, Montreal, QC, Canada
Facilitating the personalized support for the elderly in retirement home
Monique Gerson-Thomas; Florence Henry
University Hospital Dijon, Dijon Cedex, France
Healthy aging and the efficiency of motion processing
Rémy Allard1; Judith Renaud2; Julie Guého3; Jocelyn Faubert3
1Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, IdF, France; 2École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; 3Visual Psychophysics and Perception Laboratory, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
“I just thought I was crazy”- The experience of living with Charles Bonnet Syndrome: A qualitative pilot study and implications for rehabilitation service providers
Deborah Gold1; Keith Gordon1; Jasmine Saleh2
1Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Management of disorders refraction in schools in South Algeria
Mohamed Tahar Nouri; Mohamed Laid Tidjani; Chafia Benzine; Asma Acheli; Mustapha Djabour
Université d’Alger, Alger, Algeria
The social academic and vocation guidance of the persons with disabilities in Cameroon and the issues related to their mobility in a country which does not apply properly the international standards of mobility for the disabled people
Ossomba Yves Marcelin; Hermann Gbaram A Aboh; Sandra Djomo Djanko
Fondation Handisport David Smetanine, Nkongsamba, Littoral, Cameroon
Working with a dog guide: Transferable skills, lifestyle, and mobility
Patrick Glines
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., Boring, OR, United States
Comparing experience & curriculum-quality between GDMI’s and their school with other GD centers, to become transparent, identify priorities, gain knowledge & improve quality by learning from others
Ann-Lore Graind’Orge; Marc Ceyssens; Alan Brooks; Stig Cederquist; Bob Proesmans
Belgian Center for Guide dogs (BCG), Tongeren, Belgium
Orientation & Mobility equipment for deaf-blind travelers
Jay Whipple
Southern Arizona Association for The Visually Impaired, Pheonix, AZ, United States
The use of portable stop signs by deafblind pedestrians to safely cross streets
Valerie Martel1; Michel Bradette2
1Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Montréal, QC, Canada
How to get a deafblind person ready for his guide dog: A curriculum for O&M specialists
Valérie Martel1; Michel Bradette2
1Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Montréal, QC, Canada
Successful integration of global positioning system devices into Orientation & Mobility lessons
Sarah Arch; Erica Ihrke
Leader Dogs for the Blind, Rochester Hills, MI, United States
Effectiveness of various tactile directional indicators used for direction taking visually impaired persons to cross intersection
Jinro Takato; Takabun Nakamura; Masaki Tauchi
Okayama Prefectural University, Soja-shi, Okayama, Japan
Sound localization under different masking levels between left and right ears
Motohiro Ohkura1; Masaki Tauchi2
1Seikei University, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan; 2Okayama Prefectural University, Okayama-shi, Japan
A local conference navigation system based on open hardware audio beacons and a web application for smart phones
Florian Grond1; Walter Wittich2; Aaron Johnson1
1Concordia University, Department of Psychology, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Montreal Association for the Blind (MAB Mackay), Montreal, QC, Canada
1Touch self-defense project: Rehabilitation through addressing insecurity
Stephen Nicholls
1Touch Project, West Burlington, IA, United States
Vision aid preference among Iranian visually impaired people
Abbas Riazi; Fatemeh Riazi
Baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
The influence of fixation stability on balance in patients with a central scotoma
Caitlin Murphy; Judy Breskott; Ross Parker; Olga Overbury
University of Montreal School of Optometry, Montreal, QC, Canada
A trained and paid guide, an effective alternative to unpaid guide and guide dogs for the mobility of the blind person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Stanis Koko
Compassion en Action pour Enfants Aveugles du Congo, Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
O&M profession in Australasia
Lil Deverell1; Bronwen Scott2
1Centre for Eye Research Australia, East Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 2Independent Options for Mobility, Carlton North, Australia
Peli prisms for hemianopia: An interdisciplinary approach to maximize successful adaptation to the device and to increase quality of life
Annie Deschênes; Terry Gallant
CRDP Le Bouclier, Saint-Jérôme, QC, Canada
An orientation & mobility client evaluation tool: Measuring client achievement
Desiree Gallimore; Frances Tinsley
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing board games is effective in enhancing social inclusion in school
Margaret C.Y. Sen; Navy O.K. Hui; Jessica M.W. Li
The Hong Kong Society for the Blind, Hong Kong, HK, Hong Kong
The O&M profession: Strengths, needs and the future of the AER O&M division
Susan Langendonk1; Kevin Hollinger2
1Orientation and Mobility Division, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Vis, Laingsburg, MI, United States;2Francis Howell School District, Saint Charles, MO, United States
