Fabian Winter has been Professor of Education in the Field of Vision Impairment at the Zurich University of Teacher Education in Special Needs, Switzerland since 2021. He graduated from the TSVI program in Heidelberg and spent several months at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver as part of his doctoral research on dual-media use (braille and print). His teaching and research focus on braille literacy, instructions and diagnostics in the context of vision impairment, and access technologies. Since 2021, he has been part of a team adapting and standardizing the Intelligence and Development Scales 2 (IDS-2) for learners with visual impairments.
Kim Barber is the Manager of Braille and Large Print Services within the NSW Department of Education. Braille and Large Print Services provides equipment and alternate format materials to students with vision impairment within the NSW government sector, inclusive of braille, large print, audio and e-text. She has over twenty-five years’ experience both internationally and within NSW as a teacher, peripatetic teacher and assistant principal vision.
Kim is an executive for the Australian Braille Authority (ABA) and is the Convenor of the Sydney Braille Forum (SBF). Kim is the Chief Examinations Officer overseeing the Trans-Tasman Certificate of Proficiency in Unified English Braille and has served as the Australian representative on the International Council on English Braille (ICEB). Kim is passionate about advocating for accessibility, so students with vision impairment can have equitable access to quality education.
Dr Jodie Torrington
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