@VIProgramSFSU

We prepare Teachers of Blind and Low Vision Students (#TVIs) for leadership as #accessibility facilitators. Justice in education for all! 💪🏼

 San Francisco, CA
viprogram.sfsu.edu
Joined September 2016
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Introducing our Fall 2022 student teachers on final seminar day, marking the newest cohort to join other #TechieTVI colleagues in the field! No better place to celebrate our community than at the @lighthouse_sf 🥳 – at San Francisco, CA
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So exciting to resume our in-person Lab Weekend! The fall “eye class” meets @CSB94536 and @ucberkeleyoptometry for 2 days of learning about functional vision assessments and the role of #LowVision clinics in supporting our VI students. – at Fremont, CA
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ALT A banner with text California School for the Blind stretches over a theater stage. Tables in front of the stage are full of low vision testing materials.

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Come work in SF, the birthplace of the disability rights movement! Our grads are pros in multimedia #A11Y and teach with a social justice oriented lens. The search is now open for an Assistant Professor in our VI Program: careers.pageuppeople.com/873… #HigherEd
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Don’t miss this FREE event this weekend @LongmoreInst! Poster with text: Superfest Disability Film Festival. Celebrating 35 years. Get your virtual tickets at superfestfilm.com. October 15, 16, 17. ASL, captioning, and audio description provided. Free tickets available. – at Emeryville, CA
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TechTalk #10: 3D Printing for Nonvisual Geometry Instruction - register now to join Mon., 10/4, 7pm PT! Free to all and will be recorded. bit.ly/techtalk-3dgeometry See what @JoanHorvath and @SKERI_RERC have been developing! – at San Francisco, CA
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Register now for our upcoming #ComicsA11Y Symposium 8/12, 9a-4:15p PT on Zoom! Check out the full agenda here, with links to register and the event audio flyer: bit.ly/comicsA11Y-2021-agend… @Nsousanis @LongmoreInst @TVI_ting
Event flyer: SFSU Program in Visual Impairments, Comic Studies, Longmore Institute on Disability present: Adapting Comics for Blind & Low Vision Readers. 1 day virtual symposium! Aug. 12, 9am-4pm PT. 4 panels with experts in access, blindness, & comics explore creative/technological approaches to open this historically visual medium to blind & low vision readers. How can a visual medium be made accessible? (drawing of an eye). Audio description (drawing of an ear with soundwaves), tactile approaches (drawing of a hand exploring tactile media), emerging technologies (drawing of a finger activating a touch screen and person wearing a headset), & depictions of blindness in comics (drawing of daredevil against a background of concentric circles). What new possibilities might emerge! AD/ASL/CART provided. For other requests: beitiks@sfsu.edu. Registration: https://tinyurl.com/AdaptingComics. Supported by the College of Liberal & Creative Arts. Presenting sponsor: Amazon

ALT Event flyer: SFSU Program in Visual Impairments, Comic Studies, Longmore Institute on Disability present: Adapting Comics for Blind & Low Vision Readers. 1 day virtual symposium! Aug. 12, 9am-4pm PT. 4 panels with experts in access, blindness, & comics explore creative/technological approaches to open this historically visual medium to blind & low vision readers. How can a visual medium be made accessible? (drawing of an eye). Audio description (drawing of an ear with soundwaves), tactile approaches (drawing of a hand exploring tactile media), emerging technologies (drawing of a finger activating a touch screen and person wearing a headset), & depictions of blindness in comics (drawing of daredevil against a background of concentric circles). What new possibilities might emerge! AD/ASL/CART provided. For other requests: [email protected]. Registration: https://tinyurl.com/AdaptingComics. Supported by the College of Liberal & Creative Arts. Presenting sponsor: Amazon

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Meet @tvimonique, newest member of our adjunct faculty @SFSU @GCOESFSU! Check out her work at the intersection of #visualimpairment #braille #literacy #race and #class . . . #facultyofeducation #facultyinthewild #specialeducation
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How does @neal_at make his awesome audio flyers? Here’s a handy tutorial: youtu.be/lgPvHz_kB3c While you’re at it, register for the upcoming #ComicsA11Y symposium 8/12, 9a-4p PT: tinyurl.com/AdaptingComics @Nsousanis @LongmoreInst @TVI_ting
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1st #ComicsA11Y Symposium 8/12, 9a-4p PT! Expert panels will discuss accessible design with audio/tactile/haptics, & best practices when depicting blindness in media. Register: tinyurl.com/adaptingcomics Audio flyer: bit.ly/comicsA11Y-2021 @Nsousanis @LongmoreInst @VIProgramSFSU
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Come celebrate with our 2021 graduating class TMRW 5/22 10am PDT at VIProgramSFSU.NewGraduation.… !
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The recording is up! Adapting Comics for Blind and Low Vision Readers: A Roundtable Discussion youtu.be/R-ByjpXbK5s. Stay tuned for a kick-off Symposium later this summer... @Nsousanis @LongmoreInst @ChanceyFleet @BerkeleyBlink @scottmccloud @darren_defrain @TVI_ting

Adapting Comics for Blind and Low Vision Readers: A Roundtable Discussion

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