OUR TEAM

Anne Yeadon, M.A., VRT -- President & Founder

Anne is founder and President of AWARE and co-founder of the AWARE Europe Foundation (both not-for-profit organizations). She has 20 years experience as a Rehabilitation Teacher/Vision Rehabilitation Therapist and an additional 15+ years evaluating and designing innovative and/or expanded vision rehabilitation services. As a Rehabilitation Teacher, she taught daily living and communication skills to individuals of all ages with vision impairment.

She has served on the faculty of Salus University (formerly the Pennsylvania College of Optometry), Kyushu University of Health and Social Welfare in Japan, and lectured in the post-graduate Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation Mobility programs with AWARE's sister organization, the AWARE Europe Foundation, at the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education in Warsaw, Poland.

As a private consultant to US-based and overseas organizations, she has conducted extensive vision rehabilitation work in Asia, the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and South America, and also served as Helen Keller International's global Director of Rehabilitation Services.

Anne has received awards for her services in the US, including the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERBVI) Past New York State President Award; George E. Keene Award for outstanding leadership and service in Rehabilitation Teaching, and the Bruce McKenzie Award for outstanding contributions to the field of Rehabilitation Teaching. She has written numerous articles and publications including the long-standing book Toward Independence: The Use of Instructional Objectives in Teaching Daily Living Skills to the Blind published by the American Foundation for the Blind.

You can contact Anne at anne.yeadon@visionaware.org

Maureen A. Duffy, M.S., CVRT -- Editorial Director

Maureen is Editorial Director of AWARE. She is the author of Making Life More Livable: Simple Adaptations for Living at Home After Vision Loss, New Independence! Environmental Adaptations in Community Facilities for Adults with Vision Impairments (AWARE, 1997), and co-editor of New Independence! For Older Persons with Vision Loss in Long-Term Care Facilities (AWARE, 1991), in addition to numerous book chapters and articles in a variety of professional and academic publications on blindness, vision loss, and aging.

She is Past President of the Vision Rehabilitation Therapy/Rehabilitation Teaching Division of the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERBVI), was the Editor of the Division's newsletter, The RT News, and is a recipient of the prestigious Bruce McKenzie Award for lifetime achievement and outstanding contributions to Vision Rehabilitation Therapy/Rehabilitation Teaching.

Maureen is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and past Director of the Graduate Programs in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy/Rehabilitation Teaching at Salus University (formerly the Pennsylvania College of Optometry), where she received three Educator of the Year Awards. She also teaches in the post-graduate Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility programs with AWARE's sister organization, the AWARE Europe Foundation, at the Academy of Special Education in Warsaw, Poland.

She is an Associate Editor of The Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness and is on the Board of Directors of the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP).

You can contact Maureen at maureen.duffy@visionaware.org