Lee Sonnenberg with The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)

The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) is a professional membership organization dedicated to empowering vision professionals who provide services for individuals with vision loss. AER promotes and supports professionals through education, training, and advocacy and helps build a community where members can connect, collaborate, and grow.

Kaitlyn Evans with Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

The Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped provides reading materials in braille and audio for those unable to read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, physical disability or reading disability.

Teresa McDermott with Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services SBVI

Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired serves individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The primary vocational rehabilitation services are counseling and guidance with job placement. However, other services may also be provided as needed for an individual to compensate for, correct or prevent disability-based barriers to employment. 

Brent Pearce with Oklahoma School for the Blind 

Established in 1897, OSB is a fully accredited school that offers a complete educational program, tuition free, for blind and visually impaired students from pre-school through high school.  Instruction is provided in traditional academic subjects, as well as orientation and mobility, Braille, independent living skills and assistive technology.  Students at OSB participate in electives including wrestling, cheerleading, and band.

Terry Rairdon with NewView Oklahoma

NewView Oklahoma, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to empower blind and vision impaired individuals to achieve their maximum potential through rehabilitation, employment, and community outreach. NewView Oklahoma is the only private in-state provider of comprehensive services for people with significant vision loss that cannot be corrected with glasses, surgery, or medication.   We help people of all ages living with vision loss remain independent where they live, learn, work and play. Through assessment, occupational therapy, training in assistive technology, orientation and mobility, on-the-job training, and various programs, we help enhance the lives of those we serve.  Our Centers for Low Vision and Blindness in Oklahoma City and Tulsa offer possibilities and opportunities for people who are blind or visually impaired.  Patients receive a comprehensive vision assessment, followed by a variety of services that will allow them to remain independent. Our rehabilitation team then creates an appropriate treatment plan, identifying needs specific to each patient and traveling throughout the state to provide services to help them cope with their vision loss.