EnhanceAbility

Multiple Orientation and Mobility Instructors needed to join our AIS Team. Full-time, part- time, and/or after school hours. Allied instructional services has multiple opportunities for certified o&m instructors and/or o&m interns . If you are interested in working somewhere in Virginia or pretty much anywhere throughout the southeast, we more than likely have a placement opportunity available. The shortage is real. You do not have to be certified as a TVI. For more information visit www.alliedinstructional.com or p PM me (I am a TVI/O&M myself) or Allied Instructional Gwyn Suttell.
We will have a booth at the upcoming international AER, and we are hosting SOMA (South Eastern Orientation and Mobility Association) Conference, October 2024 in Huntsville, Alabama. We hope to see you there!

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Tallahassee is continuing to recover. The tornados truly have affected so many lives.  I am saddened by the fact that the gallery that our family, employees, and artists worked so hard to create is gone. My heart goes out to all of our artists that lost their artwork, and in all those in our community that thought of the gallery as their safe Haven.

Here’s a fantastic article that features Able Artists Gallery in a long-form narrative news piece after the tornados on Friday. Please read and share!

Tallahassee's Railroad Square arts community mourns losses after devastating storms The city's beloved arts and culture district was hit especially hard after at least two tornados swept through Leon County early Friday morning.

Did you know EnhanceAbility has a nonprofit art gallery, Able Artists Gallery and Fine Art & Photography Printing located in the Railroad Art District of Tallahassee Florida!
The gallery not only showcases the works of artists with disabilities , it also offers fine art and photography giclee printing to the public. Through the gallery and its printing services services, EnhanceAbility is able to provide employment, volunteer, and internship opportunities to individuals with and without disabilities. To learn more about our unique gallery and its giclee printing services, go to

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We are honored to be 2024 recipients of the TravelBlazer award. 🥇 This recognition sponsored by the Georgia Convention & Visitors Bureau Association and Georgia Trend magazine. The TravelBlazer award recognizes projects that are creative, develop visitor destinations and demonstrate community collaboration. Through our work with the first Georgia Cane Quest, 🧑‍🦯 the idea of making the Forsyth Foxhunt 🦊 an accessible tour developed. 💛 The public private partnerships and volunteers crossed all community sectors: Visit Forsyth/Forsyth CVB, Forsyth-Monroe Chamber, 1823 artisan Guild, Allied Instructional Services, enhance ability, Cane Quest, Ability2Access, First Baptist Church, Forsyth United Methodist Church, Soundscape, Monroe County History Museum, Backlot Players/Rose Theater, and Lazarillo. 💛 We are honored to work with these amazing groups and their generous volunteers!👏👏

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Deadline to submit for SOMA is this week!!!!!

We're very excited to announce that our next conference of the Southeastern O&M Association (SOMA) will be at the beautiful Embassy Suites by Hilton in Huntsville, Alabama! October 27-29, 2024 with pre-conference in October 26. Part of the pre-conference program includes an experience at US Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp (where many of our students have gone) and a visit to the birthplace of Helen Keller and see the water pump where she learned her first word. More details are at our website

We know you have ideas and information to share -- the SOMA audience is always enthusiastic and receptive, especially for folks who've never presented before! - so put your thoughts together and send them to us in the Call for Papers. As usual, the program will emphasize hands-on experiences and practical information, like we had last year (see a list of the amazing activities here).

If you’d like to help organize the conference or join the Program Committee and meet / work with enthusiastic folks, let us know.

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Link: https://forms.gle/A1ooEKaWFCTxnsjy6
DEADLINE January 10, 2024

Can't wait to see you in Huntsville!

SOMA Team -
Karen Walker
Eileen Bischof
Dee Reckers
Dona Sauerburger

SOMA 2024 Call for Papers

VSDB students show off white cane skills and techniques The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind and other organizations came together Monday, October 16, to host the first in-person Cane Quest.