NYVRA Gazette – Issue 1 of 1

My one and only newsletter – in memory of my mom, Moira Ambrose, who did so much for NY Vision Rehabilitation Professional licensure effort. I wish I could have done more while she was alive. She was more than just the widow of Stephen Ambrose – she was a very smart, insightful woman. I miss her so. Today is her 71st birthday.

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S.793: Department of Veterans Affairs Vision Scholars Act of 2009 – U.S. Congress – OpenCongress

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Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.793 Department of Veterans Affairs Vision Scholars Act of 2009

My focus

The purpose of this blog is to highlight what is mostly unknown in the general population – my profession: Orientation and Mobility. I administer distance learning programs at Hunter College that prepare teachers of learners who are blind or visually impaired in vision rehabilitation therapy and orientation and mobility. Hunter’s graduates work in schools and vision rehabilitation agencies teaching travel skills and daily living skills needed by children and adults who are congenitally or adventitiously visually impaired.

Two things you should know – if you are looking for a new career – there are many, many jobs available in every state in the US and country of the world in vision rehabilitation therapy and orientation and mobility. The second thing you should know is that, like Hunter College, most university programs in the US have obtained federal grants that pay students to learn these professions.