About Us

Sound Transit approached Portland State University's Orientation & Mobility (O&M) Program which is housed in the College of Education to support its long range vision for improving accessibility in its transit stations.

O&M Specialists are professionals who teach individuals with visual impairments, including those with deafblindness, how to travel safely, efficiently, and with purpose in a variety of environments. Students in the O&M program gain the professional skills and preparation to complete the international certification exam through the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP).

The O&M program is offered as an extension of PSUs long-standing Visually Impaired Learner program that has been preparing teachers of children with visual impairments (TVIs) to work with school-age children for over 50 years.

For more information about PSU's O&M Program please visit: pdx.edu/education/om

sound Transit partners

Two Caucasian women stand side by side smiling at Sound Transit train station.

Kathy Maloney

& Beth Hamby

Sound Transit Accessibility Services Specialist (Kathy, right)

Senior Program Manager-Accessible Services (Beth, left)

PSU HoSTS For Sound Transit Project

A Caucasian woman with glasses and blonde chest-length hair smiles.

Amy Parker

Portland State University, Orientation & Mobility Program Coordinator

Katja La Flamme

Portland State University, Graduate Student and Graduate Research Assistant

Honoring Donna Smith

Sound Transit ADA Coordinator

A woman with blonde shoulder-length hair and a pink cardigan smiles while in a Sound Transit Station

Donna Smith

Former Manager of Accessibility Services with Sound Transit

Learn more about Donna Smith and her work with Sound Transit by reading Sound Transit's blog article Inside Sound Transit: Accessible for all by Galen Crawford.

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