Blind Rehabilitation Undergraduate Travel Instruction Welcome Welcome to the web pages of the Department of Blind Rehabilitation. Our programs address the needs of children, working-age adults, and older adults. Our graduate offerings prepare students to be orientation and mobility specialists, rehabilitation teachers, teachers of visually impaired children, and rehabilitation counselors. Our baccalaureate program in travel instruction educates students to meet the independent travel needs of people with disabilities other than blindness.
Most programs provide tuition assistance to qualified individuals.
This new program is the first baccalaureate degree program of its kind in the country. It is based on the concept that the ability to travel independently is the key to independence. That ability allows individuals to participate in educational programs, gain access to employment, become contributing members of the community, and lead productive lives. With the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act comes the right for people with disabilities to have equal access to public transportation. Along with that right comes the need for instructors who can teach orientation, independent travel, and the use of public transportation.