News
Special Educators for Disabled and Orphans (SEDO)
Entry from 21.06.2010
A group of students from the faculties of Special education and Law in Tanzania have founded an NGO to help disadvantaged children and their families.
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Cancellation of the 13th world conference of ICEVI
Entry from 18.05.2010
It is with deep regret that the Principal Officers of ICEVI, in consultation with our Executive Committee, today announce our decision to cancel our 13th World Conference and General Assembly scheduled for Jomtien, Thailand from August 9 through 13, 2010 due to the continuing civil unrest in Thailand.
Flyer ISaR-International
Entry from 24.08.2009
ISaR is a web-based data bank and resource centre in the field of inclusive education and rehabilitation of children and young people with visual impairment.
This home page will continue the newest information in our field. We thus depend on close cooperation with you. Please send us information about your plans so that we can spread the information to everyone concerned.
The existing data base will be extended through cooperation with teachers, parents as well as students. Togetherness and networking, sharing the competences and resources are the key components in further development of the pedagogy for visual impairment.
To spread the information to your colleagues please use our flyer.
Here is the link to the flyer.
First European Congress on Visual Impairment in Spain
Entry from 13.04.2010
Themes of the meeting will include: accessibility to the environment and communication; workplace adaptations for people with visual impairment; education and rehabilitation for children at school; gerontology and visual impairment; disease causing visual impairment; the social and demographic impact of visual impairment and many more.
The first European Congress on Visual Impairment will be conducted in Valladolid, Spain, in collaboration with the University Institute of Aplicated Oftalmobiology from 22 to 24 October 2010.
Braille21 – Braille in the 21st Century
Entry from 05.03.2010
World Congress – Innovations in Braille September 26th - October 2nd 2011 in Leipzig, Germany
Proposals for content will be invited under the broad theme of "innovations in Braille", and arranged according to the following areas of focus.
1. Education and literacy
2. Vocational training, employment and lifelong learning
3. Research and development
4. Improving access to information
5. Braille as a part of Universal Design
6. The role of Braille in enabling independent living
