ALT Did you know? It can be easier for students with CVI to understand 3D materials that they can touch / explore than 2D images which are flat. Sign up to learn more. Perkins School for the Blind.

ALT Headshot of Tina Laffer. Text: Engage! Early Connections Conference. April 29, 2023. Perkins.org/EarlyCC. Perkins School for the Blind.

ALT 3 visual barriers for a student in a school environment: visual clutter, movement, comparing sensory input. Sign up to learn more. Perkins School for the Blind.

ALT A headshot of Judy, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing red glasses, a blue v-neck shirt, and a gold necklace. She is smiling warmly. Photo credit: Neha Balachandran, Jeevan Portraits

ALT A black and white photo of Judy, a white woman with short brown hair using a wheelchair, at the 504 protests in the 70s. She is wearing glasses and a jacket with a pin that says “Sign 504 Now” while passionately speaking at a microphone. A quote attributed to Judy reads: “I wanna see feisty disabled people change the world.”

ALT A screenshot of an article from The New York Times dated May 27, 1970. The headline “Woman in Wheel Chair Sues to Become Teacher” runs over a photo of a young Judy chatting with her lawyer, Elias Schwarzbart. Below the screenshot, a quote attributed to Judy reads: “If you don't demand what you believe in for yourself, you're not going to get it.”

ALT A recent photo of Judy, smiling broadly and wearing a brightly colored shirt, proudly holding two of her books “Being Heumann” and “Rolling Warrior.” Below the photo, a quote attributed to Judy reads, “I simply refused to accept what I was told about who I could be. And I was willing to make a fuss about it.”

ALT Did you know? CVI-related vision problems impact up to 1 in 30 kids in mainstream classrooms. Sign up to learn more. Perkins School for the Blind