American Association of Blind Teachers

Below are some representative articles on successful blind and visually impaired teachers. As you will see, these brief profiles indicate the variety of ways in which visually impaired teachers may be successful, whether in grade school, middle school, high school, or college.

Elementary School Teaching

• The Challenges of Teaching Young Children in Special Education
• Sharon Ballantyne, the first blind minister in the United Church of Canada, doesn't know how to give up

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• Teaching Third Grade in Canada
• Gym Coach
• Kindergarten Teaching
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• Blind Teacher's Gift in the Classroom
• Transitioning into Teaching after Vision Loss
• Teaching Gifted Elementary Students

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• Video of Yvonne Robinson and Her Classes
• Legally Blind Art Teacher Opens Students' Minds
• Creativity and Teaching Classical Guitar
• Suddenly Blind Teacher Back at School
• Elementary School Teaching [Video]
• Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Blind Computer Teacher
• Blind Substitute Teacher Touches The Lives of Many Young Tri-City Students
• AP Instructor and Union President
• Blind Teacher, Mike Jones, Retires after 37 Years
• Devils Lake Woman's Legacy Continues to Grow

Middle and High-School Teaching

• A Day in the Life of a Biology Teacher
• Foreign Language Teaching
• Never Be Afraid
• Teaching English as a Second Language
• From Harvard to Teaching 7th Grade
• Teaching Math as a Substitute Teacher
• Itinerant Teaching
• A Vision of Success: Blind teacher challenges Wahlert students to become their best
• Blind Substitute Teacher Connects with Kids
• Educational Inspiration: One Teacher's Unique Perspective
• New York blind high school teacher sees students like no other Educator

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• Blind Teacher Fueled by 'Can'ts'
• Blind Teacher Has Vision for Students
• Student Teaching: A Real Learning Experience
• Teaching the Music Business
• Teaching English in a Texas High School
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• Blind Teacher Gives Students Lasting Insight
• At 71, Vivian Stancil hasn’t let blindness stop her from becoming a swimming champion
• Overcoming Vision Loss to Teach High School
• Technology Aids Music Teacher Who Is Blind

College Teaching and Research

• Law Professor
• Teaching College Math
• Teaching Ancient History in College
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• When in Rome: Winners of the President's Book Awards Announced
• Teaching As a Blind Doctor
• Traveling in Russia and Teaching Russian History
• Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry
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• Biochemist Adapts Lab Materials for Students with Visual Impairment
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• Blind Purdue Grad Works to Make Science Accessible
• Stanford Professor and The Psychology of Adjusting to Vision Loss
• Sea Shells Inspire Career of Lauded Evolutionary Geologist
• Blind Oceanographer

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• Presentation by Blind Oceanographer
• Moravian Professor Christie Gilson Named to Fulbright Scholarship Board

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• Seeing the World Through New Eyes
• Studying Paleontology
• Teaching College English
• Norman Coombs Named Professor of the Year

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• Pioneer in Accessible Technology
• Entomologist, Linguist, and Code Breaker
• Teaching at West Point
• Biological Anthropologist: Seeing Fingers Decipher Bones
• Bill Muir: Boundary Waters Botanist
• Dr. Dennis Fantin, Biophysicist
• Foreign Language Teaching Assistant from Russia
• Georgina Kleege: Telling the Story of Disabilities as a University of California, Berkeley Professor
• 52 Years and Counting As Religious Studies Professor
• A teacher who cannot see leads pupils easily through labyrinth of law
• Blind Graduate Student Opens Class's Eyes to Political Science
• The Blind Optician
• Ghost Towns, Cemetaries, and Texas History

School Administrators

• Legally Blind Principal Takes School to New Heights
• School Principal
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• Teaching Pioneer Maps Out Inclusive Model in New Book

Teaching Blind Students and Disability Studies

• a Braille teacher's lesson plan for life
• The Challenges of Teaching Young Children in Special Education
• Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Itinerant Teaching
• Educational Inspiration: One Teacher's Unique Perspective
• Georgina Kleege: Telling the Story of Disabilities as a University of California, Berkeley Professor
• The Starting Point: One Woman's Journey to Independence
• Visually impaired teacher honored for work with children
• Seeing the World Through New Eyes
• Teaching Visually Impaired Students in Poland