International Services and Global Issues Announcements International Services and Global Issues: Virtual Session When: May 10, 2018, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Central Time Dial-in number: (515) 604-9068 International Dial-in Numbers: View Numbers<http://www.mmsend2.com/link.cfm?r=z-DrZ-8ktkRZ1mM3eToiwQ~~&pe=w--hKJwkdXRsd9H69Jk53R8Sbtr_Dvper_M9xOVqQrkLGbWxqCON0v9N2Gyiv3dI-YeR0zuCRtM00BUyYqprgQ~~&t=dpA5uOs_EqL638TenzsOGg~~> Access code: 688159 * On the website, right next to international dial-in numbers, click on 'view list' for the international dial-in numbers. Session Description Join this session as we discuss the evolution of services for the blind in Nigeria which was inspired by foreign missionaries in 1916; the development of services since Nigeria attained independence from Great Britain in 1960; and the role that international professional organizations like the AER International Services and Global Issues division could play in strengthening specialized services in developing countries. Presenter Paul Ajuwon is Professor and Coordinator of the Program in Blindness and Low Vision at Missouri State University. He grew up as a blind child in Nigeria, where he completed his residential and mainstreamed education, before studying at Vanderbilt University and the University of Calgary. Previously, He was a teacher consultant in Cleveland Public Schools of Ohio, and Principal of the Idaho School for the Blind. [Title: Signature of Kevin McCormack] Kevin McCormack, COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist PhD Student in Global Inclusion and Social Development University of Massachusetts Boston [Title: COMS logo] [Title: UMass Boston logo]