Avila, Kimberly

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Phone: (703) 993-5625
Email: kavila (@gmu.edu)

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Education, orientation and mobility, employment, and independent living for individuals with ocular blindness/low vision, neurological visual impairment, and secondary disabilities;  

Environmental and digital accessibility for blindness, low vision, vestibular disabilities, and neurological disability;

Intersectionality of blindness/low vision and concurrent disability;

Pedestrian safety for persons who are blind and visually impaired, senior citizens, and persons with various disabilities;

Policy development and implementation;

Braille literacy;

IEP advocacy.

• Special Education
• Special Education: Blindness and Visual Impairments
• Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities

• Curriculum and Assessment of Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE - 518)
• Braille Reading and Writing (EDSE - 616)

• Assistive Technology for Individuals with Sensory Impairments (EDAT 522)
• Braille Code (EDSE 412)
• Orientation and Mobility for Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 414)
• Teaching Methods for Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 417)
• Curriculum and Assessment of Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 418)
• Braille Reading and Writing (EDSE 419)
• Characteristics of Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 511)
• Braille Code (EDSE 512)
• Medical and Educational Implications of Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 513)
• Orientation and Mobility for Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 514)
• Teaching Methods for Students with Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 613)
• Internship: Blindness and Visual Impairments (EDSE 785)
• Internship in Special Education (EDSE 790)
• Independent Study for the Doctor of Philosophy in Education (EDUC 897)