Scope of Practice for Orientation and Mobility Specialists
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists (COMS) provide sequential instruction to individuals with visual impairment in the use of their remaining senses to determine their position within the environment and in techniques for safe movement from one place to another.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>READ MORE

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Typical Accommodations for Workers With Visual Impairment: Transportation Options. By: Nan Hawthorne
Summary: Learn how blind and visually impaired employees "get around" and what you, as an employer, can do to make it easier and safer for them so they can get down to business -- your business!

O&M HISTORY
Historical Development of Orientation and Mobility as a Profession. Pat Kelley, Ed. D.
Richard Hoover, Father of the Lightweight Long Cane Technique.

Orientation and Mobility Training: The Way to Go. By Carolina Martinez, O & M Specialist, TSBVI with help from Kate Moss, Family Support Specialist, TSBVI, Texas Deafblind Outreach

Orientation and Mobility University and College Personnel Preparation Programs
Fall, 2001. Published annually as introduction to a booklet by the AER Orientation and Mobility Division until 2001.

CODE OF ETHICS FOR ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SPECIALISTS

Basic Orientation and Mobility Skills for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities: Texas Tech

Orientation and Mobility Training: The Way to Go By Carolina Martinez, O & M Specialist, TSBVI with help from Kate Moss, Family Support Specialist, TSBVI, Texas Deafblind Outreach

Mobility and Independence for the Visually Handicapped: Psychological Dynamics of the Teaching Process. Paul J. Schulz, M.A.
Consulting Psychologist and Counselor Braille Institute of America, Inc. Los Angeles, California.

New Vision Blindness Resources. (Many Links!!)

O&M Specialists are COOL! by Dona Sauerburger, COMS July 1999 Newsletter Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association.

Association for Travel Instruction Formed! by Dona Sauerburger, COMS

Teaching the Use of Hearing by Dona Sauerburger, COMS. March, 1999 newsletter. Metropolitan Washington Orientation and Mobility Association (WOMA)

Teaching O&M from a Wheelchair
by Dona Sauerburger, COMS.

Point-Counterpoint – Persons with Disabilities Can Teach Orientation and Mobility: A Convert’s Perspective By Dona Sauerburger, COMS. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, January-February 1996.

Fitness for Individuals who are Visually Impaired, Blind and Deafblind. By Lauren J. Lieberman Ph.D. Importance of Fitness for Individuals who are Visually Impaired

Rural Travel : American Rehabilitation > Autumn-Winter, 1997 > Article : Beyond city sidewalks: the blind traveler in a rural environment - Orientation and Mobility for Blind People

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