Alexis Read, Author at ConnectCenter

Teaching Environments for a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT) Who is Blind/ Low Vision

Posted on April 4, 2023 - 12:20 am by Alexis Read

Table with six stations for a group lesson, each with a raised cookie sheet, butter knife, and a filled paper cup. Celery and peanut butter are at the center of the table.

Editor’s note: Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Appreciation Week is observed annually over Anne Sullivan’s birthday, April 14th. Are you interested in learning more about vision rehabilitation therapy (VRT) as a possible career? Visit Get Learning – AER (aerbvi.org) to read about the roles and responsibilities and Directory of University Professional Programs in the U.S. and Canada […]

Advocating Always: A Request for the Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit

Posted on January 17, 2023 - 7:58 am by Alexis Read

Imagine that you are assigned to an unfamiliar school for your student-teaching placement. Your vocational rehabilitation counselor has purchased the Picture Maker: Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit for your use in learning routes in the school and new community because he understands the benefit of this tool. Now imagine you meet your new orientation and mobility (O&M) instructor […]

Dog Guide Peer Pressure: When Other Voices are Calling the Shots

Posted on December 20, 2022 - 2:31 am by Alexis Read

Editor’s note: After obtaining her first dog guide, Alexis realized she did so because her peers had dog guides. Alexis reminds others who are blind or low vision who are considering dog guides to think through whether a dog guide is a good fit for their current season of life. Have you ever wanted to […]

Cane Acceptance or Not, That Is the Question

Posted on October 4, 2022 - 12:32 am by Alexis Read

individual walking across a cross-walk with an extended white cane

Editor’s note: White Cane Safety Day, remembered annually on October 15th, is a day for recognizing the achievements of individuals who are blind or low vision and a day for celebrating the white cane, a tool enabling independence! Alexis Read shares her story of accepting the use of her white cane. Imagine growing up in […]

When Blindness Isn’t the Only Barrier in Dog Guide Training

Posted on September 7, 2022 - 11:39 am by Alexis Read

Woman and dog guide in harness stand in front of a sign reading, “St. Augustine Light Station 1874”

Editor’s note: Alexis Read shares her journey to finding a dog guide school that tailored training and tools to her specific abilities as a woman with low vision and additional disabilities. I was born with a visual impairment and other disabilities that affected me physically and neurologically. My visual impairment hinders both my central and […]

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