Creating Connectedness: Strategies to Reduce Social Isolation for People with Visual Impairment

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Description

Social isolation is an issue for those with visual impairments (VI). This session will explore the challenges and provide some specific strategies and resources to help reduce social isolation for those with VI.

Session Objectives

Participants will learn about the statistics and implications of social isolation.
Participants will learn specific strategies, such as creating and sustaining activity and support groups, to help create connectedness and reduce social isolation for all age groups.
Participants will learn about specific resources available to refer clients/consumers/students to increase connectedness.

This session is presented by Sylvia Stinson-Perez, Chief Program Officer, American Foundation for the Blind.

Contributors

Sylvia Stinson-Perez

Sylvia Stinson-Perez is the Chief Programs Officer at the American Foundation for the Blind. She was previously the director of the Independent Living OIB-TAC and the Vision Specialist graduate certificate program at the National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision at MSU and a CEO of the Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind in Florida. She is a CVRT, with master’s degrees in Social Work, Visual Disabilities, and Business Administration. She has over 20 years in the field and is visually impaired.