Dr. Gourgey’s Letter to Assembly Higher Education Committee Chair Deborah Glick

Dr. Gourgey a proud constituent of Assembly Member Deborah Glick, wrote, “From my heart, I ask you to allow Assembly Bill Number A3597 to move out of the Higher Education Committee and come to the Assembly for a vote.”
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Memo: Need for Licensure S.3558 (Griffo)/A.3597 (Lupardo)

Details regarding limited access to quality, necessary, IDEA mandated O&M services to preschoolers with visual impairments.

NYDBC Letter to Assembly Sponsor Donna Lupardo

Dr. Samuel Morgan, Project Director of the New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative, describes the lack of services to children with blindness, deaf-blindness, and deafness at the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) level in New York State.

John Kelly Letter to his Assembly Member Skoufis

Kelly details the difficulties he has had in providing IDEA mandated O&M Services to preschoolers.

AVRE Explains Need for VRT Licensure to Enable Preschool Access to VRT

Bob Hanye, President/CEO of AVRE letter in support of licensure to ensure access to VRT and O&M services for Preschool Children with visual impairments

Catch 22: How New York State May Be Out of Compliance with IDEA

AARP Endorses Vision Rehabilitation Licensure Bills!

Letter of Endorsement on AARP Letterhead