Thursday, July 9
Book of abstracts
Book of abstracts (accessible e-Text version)
09:00 – 10:00 / Plenary Presentation
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Chair: Duane Geruschat, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Vision restoration in the middle of a pivotal decade: How will the blind see 2020?
Gislin Dagnelie, PhD, Ophtalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Division of Wilmer Eye Institute, Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
PL5
10:00 – 10:30 / Coffee Break
520
10:30 -12:00 / Workshop
10:30-12:00 / Workshop 9
Exploring the urban environment of Old Montréal
Registration Area
10:30 -11:50 / Concurrent Session 6.1 – Models and Approach
524
Chair: Eileen Sifferman, Orientation & Mobility Specialist Consultant, Tucson, AZ, United States
10:30 / CS6.1.1
Step-by-step: A comprehensive guide to teaching mobility techniques
Sandra Rosen
San Francisco State University, Union City, CA, United States
10:50 / CS6.1.2
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; Andy Towers1
1Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; 2Guide Dogs Queensland, Bald Hills, Queensland, Australia
11:10 / CS6.1.3
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
11:30 / CS6.1.4
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, Sweden
10:30 – 11:50 / Concurrent Session 6.2 – Infant/Children
519a
Chair: Suzanne Cloutier, MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
10:30 / CS6.2.1
Orientation and Mobility through a different vision
Jeanette Dudley; Jennifer Urosevic
Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Waterloo, ON, Canada
10:50 / CS6.2.2
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-Rivières, QC, Canada
11:10 / CS6.2.3
Family support group: Sharing experience!
Viola Oser Luethi; Christine Hofstetter
Stiftung fuer blinde und sehbehinderte Kinder und Jugendliche Zollikofen, Zollikofen, Switzerland
11:30 / CS6.2.4
How can a professional guide a parent when his child wants to participate in traffic, as a cyclist?
Margreet Hoogeveen
Bartimeus Nederland, Zeist, Netherlands
10:30 – 11:50 / Concurrent Session 6.3 – Orientation
519b
Chair: Valérie Martel, Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
10:30 / CS6.3.1
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, Victoria, Australia; 2LV Prasad, Hyderabad, India
10:50 / CS6.3.2
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
1Tactilise, Kalmthout, Antwerp, Belgium; 2Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; 3Artesis Plantijn University College, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
11:10 / CS6.3.3
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, Hong Kong
11:30 / CS6.3.4
How can smart phones be used for travelling?
Marc St-Onge; Kim Tang
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
10:30 – 11:50 / Concurrent Session 6.4 – Accessibility
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Chair: Masaki Tauchi, The University Center for Educational Research and Development, Okayama Prefectural University, Soja-shi, Okayama, Japan
10:30 / CS6.4.1
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
10:50 / CS6.4.2
Availability of accessible taxis for people with disabilities: A proposal for an universal regulation
Michel Trudel; André Leclerc; Isabelle Ducharme
Kéroul, Montréal, QC, Canada
11:10 / CS6.4.3
The impact of barrier free access facilities for Orientation and 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, China
11:30 / CS6.4.4
Best practices for the audio description of live events
Robert Pearson; David Errington
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI), Toronto, ON, Canada
12:00 – 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 / Concurrent Session 7.1 – Accessibility
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Chair: Nurit Neustadt-Noy, Consultation and Rehabilitation Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons, Netaim, Israel
13:30 / CS7.1.1
Advocating for accessible roundabouts
Jennifer Urosevic; Jeanette Dudley
Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Waterloo, ON, Canada
13:50 / CS7.1.2 *CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY CS8.3.3
Comparative study of accessible pedestrian signals installed in the north-south crossing of an intersection
AndréAnne Mailhot1; Agathe Ratelle2,4; Tony Leroux3,4; Carole Zabihaylo1,4
1Institut Nazareth et 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; 4Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR), Montréal, QC, Canada
13:50 / CS8.3.3
Improving environmental designs meeting the needs of visually impaired individuals: Outcomes resulting from the application of a technical tool and O&M involvement
Carole Zabihaylo1,4; Agathe Ratelle2,4; 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, 4Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR), Montréal, QC, Canada
14:10 / CS7.1.3
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
13:30 – 14:30/ Concurrent Session 7.2 – Physical Activity
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Chair: Jurgen Nagel, Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e.V. Rehabilitation Department, Marburg, Hessen, Germany
13:30 / CS7.2.1
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
13:50 / CS7.2.2
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
14:10 / CS7.2.3
Ice-skating for children with visual impairment: Group activity
Helena Olivik
Rehabilitation Department for Children and Youth with Visual Impairment, Habilitation and Assistive Technology, Lund, Sweden
13:30 – 14:30 / Concurrent Session 7.3 – Technology
519b
Chair: Alan Brooks, Specialist Guide Dog Consultant, Exeter, United Kingdom
13:30 / CS7.3.1
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
13:50 / CS7.3.2
Creation and use of 3D plans through interventions in Orientation and Mobility
Dominic Beaudin; Marc-André Rémillard
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
14:10 / CS7.3.3
Impact of mobile applications on visually impaired people
Concepción Blocona Santos; Maria Jesús Vicente Mosquete; Angeles Matey García
The Spanish National Organization for the Blind, Madrid, Spain
13:30 – 14:30 / Concurrent Session 7.4 – Models and Approach
518c
Chair: Jacques Gresset, École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
13:30 / CS7.4.1
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
13:50 / CS7.4.2
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
14:10 / CS7.4.3
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
14:30 – 14:45 / Coffee Break
520
14:45 – 15:45 / Concurrent Session 8.1 – Technology
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Chair: Laura Bozeman, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States
14:45 / CS8.1.1
Orientation and 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
15:05 / CS8.1.2
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, Hong Kong
14:45 – 15:45 / Concurrent Session 8.2 – O&M in My Country
519a
Chair: Marie-Camille Blais, Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Montreal, QC, Canada
14:45 / CS8.2.1
A general overview to Orientation and Mobility provisions in Turkey
Onder Islek
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
15:05 / CS8.2.2
Peripatology (Orientation and Mobility) a new “vista” for rehabilitation of the visually handicapped in India
Jabesh Dutt
Divine Fellowship Blind School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
15:25 / CS8.2.3
A mobility study of visually impaired people in a specific urban space
Oualid Benkorichi1; Noureddine Zemmouri2
1Laboratoire de Conception et de Modélisation des Formes et des Ambiances architecturales et urbaines, Bachdjarah, Algeria; 2Laboratoire: LaCoMoFa Laboratoire de Conception et de Modélisation des Formes et des Ambiances archi, Biskra, Algeria
14:45 – 15:45 / Concurrent Session 8.3 – Accessibility
519b
Chair: Robert Wall Emerson, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
14:45 / CS8.3.1
Shared surface streets: A serious hazard for independent travel of visually impaired people
Ángeles Matey García; Maria Jesús Vicente Mosquete; Concepción Blocona Santos
The Spanish National Organization of the Blind, Madrid, Spain
15:05 / CS8.3.2
The effect of stereotyping on individuals with visual impairment while using public transport
Walter Wittich1,2,3; Kenneth Southall4,5
1School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR), Montréal, QC, Canada; 4McGill University, School of Social Work, Montreal, QC, Canada; 5Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie, Montréal, QC, Canada
15:25 / CS8.3.3
Improving environmental designs meeting the needs of visually impaired individuals: Outcomes resulting from the application of a technical tool and O&M involvement
Carole Zabihaylo1,4; Agathe Ratelle2,4; 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, 4Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR), Montréal, QC, Canada
14:45 – 15:45 / Concurrent Session 8.4 – Mixed Topics
518c
Chair: Eileen Sifferman, Orientation & Mobility Specialist Consultant, Tucson, AZ, United States
14:45 / CS8.4.1
The use of portable stop signs by deafblind pedestrians to safely cross streets
Valérie Martel1; Michel Bradette2
1Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada; 2Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, Longueuil, QC, Canada
15:05 / CS8.4.2
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
15:25 / CS8.4.3
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
15:50 – 16:30 / Closing Ceremony
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CL1.1.1
Roles and functions of O&M instructors who attend the IMC
Duane Geruschat
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Closing remarks, thanks and farewell
IMC15 Chair and IMC Executive Committee Chair
Launching IMC16
Declaration of closing
