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AER School Year Start Up Summer Camp - Opening Doors Day

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The AER School Year Start Up Summer Camp
Opening Doors Day


Four sessions include discussions on career readiness and transition, safe independent exploration, disclosing a visual disability and accessible technology.

Sessions included:

"I Want to Work: Integrating Career Exploration and Work Skills Training into a Student’s Daily Life"
Presented by Nancy Parkin-Bashizi

"Exploring the Link between Safe Independent Exploration and Learning in Toddlers and Preschool Learners with Congenital Visual Impairments and Blindness"
Presented by Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS

"Why, When and How to Disclose a Visual Disability"
Presented by Neva Fairchild, MS

"Opening Doors with Accessibility and Technology"
Presented by Adam Wilton and Andrea Wallace