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Bad Orientation and Mobility skills video!

Grace Ambrose-Zaken Very bad cane technique is shown in this video.

this is a video showing people how to use a cane of those people who are visually impaired or blind, this is to show the fully sighted a more in depth view to what it is we learn to do with our canes.

 

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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.

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Distance Learning Master’s Degree Program

Hunter College CUNY

Programs in Blindness and Visual Impairment

Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Teaching

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