Accession Number: 2013.22
Scope & Content: Audiocassette recording includes: Introduction of Lowenfeld by Phil Hatlen, Supt., Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Acceptance remarks by Lowenfeld. Introduction of Michael Bina. Introduction of Tuttle by Michael Bina. Acceptance remarks by Dean Tuttle. Printed on the audiocassette label: "E202-119, General Session: Second Business Meeting; Presentation of C. Warren Bledsoe Award," with "1992" handwritten in marker.
Creator: Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
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Credit Line: Gift of Marjorie Ward, 2013.22
Administrative History: The C. Warren Bledsoe Award is granted by AER (Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired) to recognize outstanding contributions to literature in the blindness field. It was first awarded in 1977 by the American Association of Workers for the Blind (before AAWB consolidated in 1984 with the Association for Education of the Visually Handicapped, creating AER) for the book "Unseen Minority," by Frances Koestler. The award is named after C. Warren Bledsoe, among whose contributions in the blindness field was the coordination of a rehabilitation and mobility program at Veterans Administration Hospital, in Hines, IL, that marked the beginning of the O&M movement. Bledsoe wrote extensively about blindness and rehabilitation and collected materials written by other authors in the field. In 1992, the award was presented to two people: Berthold Lowenfeld for lifetime achievement of outstanding contributions to literature in the blindness field; and to Dean Tuttle for his article "The Role of the Special Education Teacher-Counselor in Meeting Students' Self-Esteem Needs" that was published in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness.
Subjects: Awards Rehabilitation Education
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