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The realities of being an O&M with vision
impairment - Stories from my first year.
My Career As An O&M Specialist: The
Most Recent 40 Years
Review of current practices in teaching
spatial concepts and navigation and
advantages in using GPS devices to
improve the practical spatial knowledge
of people who have significant vision
impairment.
Orientation and Mobility Association of
Australasia (OMAA) – What is it and why
do we need it?
Neuroscience and Orientation and
Mobility - a new way to look at things.
Using Reflective Practice for Supervising
Students on placement.
A Family Centred approach to group
programs for younger clients
K94-U2C
Ability to Get About as a Global Measure
of Outcome for O&M with Older Persons
Penny Stevenson, Vision Australia, Western
Metropolitan Region, Melbourne
Alvin Emil Vopata, Certified Orientation and Mobility
Specialist, Ph.D.
Sedgwick County Area Educational Cooperative,
Goddard, Kansas USA
Ewa Borkowski, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Des Creagh, Project Officer, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Mark Battista, Guide Dogs Association of SA and NT
Roley Stuart, Orientation and Mobility Teacher at
Kilparrin Teaching and Assessment School and
Services.
Marg Harvey, Vision Australia O&M, Dandenong,
VIC
Di Seybold, Vision Australia O&M, Kooyong, VIC
Paul Hartley and Lorraine Mitchell, Vision Australia,
Wollongong
Chris Muldoon, Manager, RSB Guide Dog Service
Chris Headland, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
The Royal Society for the Blind
Steve La Grow, School of Health and Social
Services, Massey University, NZ

TBI vision therapy for Veterans of the
Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts
‘O&M Motor Program’: An innovative
O&M program for students with multiple
impairments
Orientation and Mobility holiday
experience: “An innovative program
design”
Have you got your license? O&M with
scooters & wheelchairs.
Challenges for Orientation and Mobility
training on public buses with a low-vision
client who mobilises in an electric
wheelchair.
Case studies: Wounded Veterans with
TBI and related neurological vision
deficits.
Unilateral spatial neglect - top down
approach, bottom up approach or both?
A research project investigating Prismatic
Adaptation, visual scanning training and
transference into the real world.
Assisting adults who have a vision
impairment to enhance their independent
orientation and mobility skills/ goals
throughout their life by teaching and
promoting physical fitness and good
nutrition.
A case study to outline the O&M
Programs for a mature lady who became
totally blind following a long history of
living with Low Vision.
'Best practice'in O&M: We can do better
than that.
The Challenges of Servicing Remote
Areas – The Kimberley WA Program
Health and wellness program for clients
with a vision impairment.
Consciousness at the crossroads:
attention, awareness, mindfulness, and
orientation and mobility.
‘Into the future!’: Utilising media and
technology to implement client programs
for children.
The “Kinetic Cane” - Enhancing
Independence for a Woman with Limited
Arm Use.
Gayle Clarke and Allison Hayes, NVT Systems
Rachel Morgan, Orientation & Mobility
Instructor/Team Leader, Children’s Mobility Service,
Guide Dogs Victoria
Ross Still, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Warren Hawley, Orientation and Mobility (Guide
Dog) Instructor, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Shelley Pannier & Lil Deverell, Guide Dogs Victoria.
Nathan Burford, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Gayle Clark, NVT Systems
Tracey Stuart, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Acquired Brain Injury Vision Service, Guide Dogs
Association of SA and NT
Regina Renfree, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Carole Grayson, Orientation and Mobility (Guide
Dog) Instructor, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Judy Rogers, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Lil Deverell, Guide Dogs Victoria
Jodie Bruce, Orientation and Mobility
Instructor/Social Worker, Association for the Blind/
Guide Dogs WA
Sophie Mebalds, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Guide Dogs Victoria
Nathan Burford, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Laura Hunt and Belinda Lock, Orientation and
Mobility Instructors, Children’s Mobility Service,
Guide Dogs Victoria
Beth W. Helmers, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Ross Still, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Dr. Di Hooper, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT client

“The Spring Loaded Cane”: A cane
adaptation for a client with RSI.
Improving Postural Stability in Older
Adults with Vision Impairments
Subverting blindness stereotypes:
Exploring implicit theories of intelligence,
learning and life-worlds in the context of
O&M.
Working Together – The role of Social
Role Valorisation in Community
Education.
No Cane, No Gain?? It’s not just about
Mobility.
Thoughts of a Cane user!
The Miniguide – Ten years down the
track
Dog Distraction Quantified
Testing new Talking Tactile Tablet 2
(TTT) as a tool to support teaching
spatial concepts and orientation skills to
primary school children with significant
vision loss.
Is long cane instruction enough?
Investigating the benefits of
physiotherapy assessment and
intervention in an orientation and mobility
program.
The impact of the presence of a pet dog
in a puppy rasier’s home
‘Southern Cross to Central’: The ultimate
in student led group O&M programs
A Comparison in the number of After
Care Programs provided to Labrador
Retriever and Golden Retriever Guide
Dogs in NSW/ACT.
Association between lateralization
measures and guide dog success
Scanning training for Acquired Brain
Injury: Where is the research?
Karyn Willins, Orientation and Mobility (Guide Dog)
Instructor, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Michael Gleeson, Research Student, The George
Institute, Sydney (O&M Instructor and
physiotherapist)
Lil Deverell, Guide Dogs Victoria
Jane Bryce, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Celia Vild, B.A. Dip Ed, Dip Spec Ed (Hearing),
Masters Special Ed (Sensory Disability)
Jeremy Hill, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Peter McKenzie, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Ewa Borkowski, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Jessie Jiang, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Elaine Chan, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT and orthoptist
Karen Warwick, Orientation and Mobility Instructor,
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Taylor Bradshaw, Orientation and Mobility (Guide
Dog) Instructor, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Alicia San Martin and Rachel Morgan, Orientation &
Mobility Instructors, Children’s Mobility Service,
Guide Dogs Victoria
Andrew Addison, Orientation and Mobility (Guide
Dog) Instructor, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Lisa M. Tomkins, Peter C. Thomson, and Paul D.
McGreevy
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney,
Australia
Allison Hayes, BSc (Hons), Grad Dip O & M
Rehabilitation.
Manager Research and Training, NVT Systems

Some thoughts on agencies that employ
O&M specialists
A Snapshot of Australian Childhood
Vision Impairment
How to teach your guide dog respect,
discipline and recall while sitting on the
lounge having a beer watching the footy.
Dr Mike Steer, Senior Lecturer, Sensory Disability
RIDBC Renwick Centre, Royal Institute for Deaf and
Blind Children
Sue Silveira, RIDBC Renwick Centre, Royal Institute
for Deaf and Blind Children
John Payne, Regional Manager, Guide Dogs
NSW/ACT
Orientation and Mobility in the Solomon
Islands
Grace Teka, Blind Services, Community Based
Rehabilitation Program (CBR)
Ministry of Health & Medical Services, Honiara,
Solomon Islands