Module 1 - Originators of O&M

Question 1

Dorothy Harrison Eustis

Answer 1

Mother of the dog guide movement

Question 2

Dr. Richard Hoover

Answer 2

Father of orientation and mobility with the cane.

Valley Forge Army Hospital

Question 3

Dr. Robert Irwin

Answer 3

Champion of public school education for the blind

Question 4

Joseph Clunk

Answer 4

Architect of the national program of vocational placement of the blind.

Question 5

Avon

Answer 5

Purpose was social adjustment of the war blinded prior to discharge from service. “To develop proper attitude and will to overcome handicap.”
Started by Col. Derrick T Vail. An army operated center born out of deadlock amongst treatment hospitals and the VA.

Question 6

Father Carroll

Answer 6

“The blind priest”. Catholic Guild for the blind. The enemy of pity for the blind. Former chaplain at Avon. Wrote, Blindness, what it is, what it does.

Question 7

Russell Williams

Answer 7

Sgt blinded at Normandy. Asked to counsel other newly blinded patients bc of his good attitude. Had been coach and teacher before the war.
Developed:
Human guide
Limp arm
Upper protective technique
Use of sound clues
Projecting a line of direction
Constant use of touch technique
Shortening up on the cane
Touch technique at top of stairs 
The drop off lesson
Using a blindfold
The graduated approach
Success patterns
Orientation skills

Question 8

Mary E Switzer

Answer 8

Director of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Great at funding. There for ten years and brought in ten million dollars for research.

Question 9

Francis Campbell

Answer 9

Founder of the royal normal college and academy of music for the blind in Brittain. One of Samuel Gridley Howe’s blind teachers at Perkins. Knighted for his work as an educator of blind children.

Question 10

C. Warren Bledsoe

Answer 10

Wrote the chapter on originators of O&M training. Followed in father’s footsteps, dad made him a teacher at Maryland school for the blind. Worked with Hoover at Maryland. Transferred to valley forge. Hoover convinced him that canes were the way to go for obstacle perception.