DC-MD AER Chapter Awards
Excellence in Direct Service in Education
for an active professional who provides excellent direct instruction or support to children with visual impairments ages birth to 21.
Excellence in Direct Service in Rehabilitation
for an active professional who provides excellent direct rehabilitative service or support to enhance the lives of individuals with visual impairments. Accomplishments may include facilitating independence, self-advocacy, vocational and/or life goals, etc.
Friend of the Blind and Visually Impaired Community (initiated 2017)
to recognize contributions of an individual or a group affiliated with, but not primarily involved in, the education or rehabilitation of individuals with visual impairment. Accomplishments should include providing goods or services which help foster independence and self-worth within the blind and visually-impaired community. Examples may include a supermarket assisting in teaching a group class how to effectively shop, a community group donating white canes to an agency, an airline making an effort to hire blind personnel in customer service, etc.
Excellence in the Field of Blindness and Visual Impairment
for a person or group who has made outstanding contributions to the field of blindness. Accomplishments may be in such areas as administration, advocacy, development of policy or curriculum, contributing to the body of knowledge with research or publications, lifetime contributions in education or rehabilitation, etc.
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