Presentations are encouraged that deal with topics related to infants and toddlers, school aged students, and adults. It is the belief of conference organizers that individuals with visual impairments have a right to respect for the use of all literacy tools.Ī range of age levels and all ability levels should be addressed.

The conference is not a 'braille literacy conference' though some have tried to define it as such - it is a conference that includes underlying respect for all forms of literacy. It is important to focus on all options for literacy including braille, print, combination of braille and print, use of technology and other literacy tools, research, and practice.

Reading impacts us in a way that no other art form - or life skill - can duplicate. It opens doors, enlarges the world and makes life richer and more meaningful. Key Beliefs of the Getting In Touch With Literacy Conference

Noted presenters from both the vision and general literacy fields through the years have included Ruby Ryles, Fred Schroeder, Carl Augusto, Sharon Sacks, Judith Dixon, David Warren, Donna McNear, Kay Ferrell, Sally Mangold, Linda Jones, Karen Wolffe, Frances Mary D'Andrea, Amanda Hall Lueck, Jamie Dote-Kwan, Jeffrey Senge, Anne Corn, Ike Presley, Cay Holbrook, Alan Koenig, Eileen Curran, Bernadette Kappan, Denis Schreiber, Barbara Paten Maurer, Reid Lyon, Barbara Miles, Brian Cambourne, Phil Hatlen, Linda Mamer, Diane Wormsley, Ann MacCuspie, Kevin Sterwart, Karen Karsh, Betty Zaborowski, Deborah Hatton, Lisa Fittipaldi, Erik Weihenmeyer, Susan Spungin, Barbara Foorman, Michael Melor, Diane Croft, Jeff Bohrman, Jag Einhorn and Paul Malloy.

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