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Last Updated on Monday, 20 February 2012 09:14
Expanding Your Horizons Camp Challenge 2012
The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ISBVI) will host its 3rd Annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Camp Challenge, July 9 - 13, 2012. The camp is designed for blind and visually impaired academic students ages 8 to 15. The five day / two night camp will be held on the ISBVI campus and the Hidden Lake Campground.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 15:30
Students Earn ISBVI Letter Jackets
Athletic Director, Jeremy Freel, presented seven ISBVI student athletes with Letter Jackets. These athletes competed and lettered in five Varsity sports. Athletes must meet 3 of the 5 criteria to earn a Varsity letter in Track and Field, Goalball, Wrestling, Cheerleading and Swimming:
1. Attendance - Athletes must be at all scheduled practices and contests.
2. Attitude - Athletes must follow all team rules/ expectations and be good ambassadors for ISBVI.
3. Ability - Athletes must show good knowledge of the sport in which they are competing.
4. Conference - Athletes on the roster must compete during a NCASB Conference.
5. Coaches/Athletic Director - If an athlete has met two criteria, a Coach or the Athletic Director
may determine whether or not an athlete will earn a letter for that particular sport.
ISBVI congratulates these athletes on a job well done. Go Rockets!
Last Updated on Thursday, 03 November 2011 12:29
Radiance Abounds on Campus
There is beauty for the eyes to behold, looking out and across the landscape from Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. This photo was taken Friday, October 28th, 2011, at 1:00pm, looking out from the tower toward downtown Indianapolis. It was the peak of this season's colors.
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Last Updated on Monday, 17 October 2011 08:18
October 15th is White Cane Safety Day!
White Cane Safety Day was originally proclaimed on October 6th, 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. On this day, we recognize the white cane, a tool and symbol of independence in the blind and visually impaired (BVI) community.
The white cane functions both figuratively and literally as an extension of one’s self, allowing a person to experience their environment through tactile feedback. There are many different types of canes (some of which are pictured here to the left), allowing persons with visual impairments to select those options which most appropriately meet their needs. These options include, but are not limited to: folding/segmented canes, long/rigid canes, telescopic canes, identification canes, pencil tips, roller tips, mushroom tips, metal tips, golf grips, hook handles, etc. To view some of these options or to design your own cane, go to http://www.ambutech.com/easy-order/.
On October 17th 2011, ISBVI is hosting its first annual White Cane Safety Day celebration. Members of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), American Council of the Blind (ACB), Bosma Rehabilitation Center, and the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Hospital, as well as the ISBVI School Board and alumni will gather at the school to celebrate the day.
How Do Blind and Visually Impaired People Learn to Use 
Their Canes?
Orientation and Mobility training (O&M) is the instruction that a blind or visually impaired person receives to become an independent travelor. This instruction starts as early as birth and continues throughout a person’s life. Among other things, O&M training is where a blind or visually impaired person learns to use a white cane. Canes are given out at an early age (as soon as a child begins to reach out into their environment) and become a life-long tool. There are many different techniques taught to use a cane as every cane user has a unique set of needs. It’s important to note that, while some people with blindness or visual impairments choose to use the services of a dog guide, most are accomplished cane-users first and continue to use their canes when their dogs are off the harness.
Decode your Braille Message!
Use the alphabet below to decode the message you found on your balloon!
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 September 2011 10:41
Highlight: DCMP / National Bullying Prevention Month
The mission of the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. Bullying is such an important issue, DCMP has created this special Web Page for parents and teachers which touts DCMP media relating to the topic: http://www.dcmp.org/bullying.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 08:30
Superintendent Honored
(Left to right: Leslie Durst, Director, Indiana Educational Resource Center (IERC); Mark Sevier, Superintendent of the Miami Correctional Facility; James R. Durst, Superintendent of the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ISBVI); and Robert Eutz, Director of the Miami Accessible Media Project, MAMP)
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