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UTNE Reader’s 2009 Visionaries List

Daniel Kish has been included in UTNE Reader's 2009 list of 50 Visionaries that are Changing the World for his work through World Access for the Blind.

Video – Seeing with Sound

Daniel Kish appears in the video Seeing with Sound, part of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry exhibit, YOU! The Experience.

Video - Blind boy uses his ears to 'see'

The BBC website has a segment online about Lucas Murray, a seven-year-old who has learned to navigate using echolocation.  You can view the video via this link.

Events

Linden Lodge School Workshops

April 27-29, 2009: Daniel Kish delivers 3 days of workshops and student trainings at Linden Lodge School, England, which specializes in blind children with multiple involvements.

Birmingham University Perceptual Development Workshops

April 24; May 1, 2009: Daniel Kish delivers one day hands-on perceptual development workshops to mobility officer trainees at Birmingham University, England, with aim toward helping integrate perception based approaches into the training curriculum for future instructors.

Bio-acoustics and Animal Sonar Symposium Keynote

March 14-15, 2009: Daniel Kish is keynote presentor on human sonar, including auditory scene analysis and training, at a symposium on bio-acoustics and animal sonar, organized by the University of Southern Denmark in Kerteminde. This symposium included some of the top world experts and scientists on bio-acoustics in animals. Here is some local TV coverage of this event.

Copenhagen Seminar

March 13, 2009: Daniel Kish delivers a 3–hour perceptual development and self directed discovery seminar at a national conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, sponsored by Instituttet for Blinde og Svagsynede. Over 60 mobility instructors from all over Denmark attended.