We Have Come a Long Way Since Helen Keller

From Laura Bridgeman and Helen Keller, through the Rubella pandemic, to present practice; how has the roll of the deafblind educator evolved.

About our Speaker:

Chris Montgomery has worked in the field of deafblind education and visual impairment over 25 years. He has been a classroom teacher working with a wide range of students who are visually impaired, blind, and deafblind, from emerging language children to those transitioning to an independent adulthood. In 2006, he began work as a Deafblind Education Consultant with the Texas Deafblind Project, at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI). Most recently, Chris served as the Director of Education for Deafblind Programs at Perkins School for the Blind, in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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