Upcoming Conferences DBI 2019: 17th Deafblind International World Conference – Gold Coast, Australia, 12-16 August 2019 (**CE) Albinism Fellowship of Australia Conference 2019 – Adelaide, Australia, 23-25 August 2019 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility – Pittsburgh, USA, 28-30 October 2019 SPEVI 2020: South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment Conference – Adelaide,…
Great news about COMS! The COMS (Certified O&M Specialist) group submission we sent to the USA in November last year has been approved by the ACVREP Board. A total of 134 O&M specialists/GDMIs across Australia and NZ expressed interest in international certification, but we know there are more professionals who missed the first call who…
The Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) program is now open to Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) applicants – get your name on the list! On June 1 2018, the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP) announced that its COMS program has been reopened to international applicants, with new ANZ-friendly eligibility…
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Hi everyone, We are lucky to have Brian Bushway running some flash sonar training for us in Chatswood next Tuesday and Wednesday. As many O&M’s will be attending the training it is a great chance to do an OMAA social catch up afterwards on Tuesday 12th June. I believe Brian will also be joining us for…
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