Orientation and Mobility History Study Set Questions
with Correct Answers
foot travel
Original name of O & M
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe
Founded Perkins School for the Blind in 1832
Dorothy Eustis & Morris Frank
Founded "The Seeing Eye, Inc." guide dog school
Sir Francis Campbell
Blind teacher at Perkins that experimented with the cane for foot travel in 1860 and then
founded the Royal Normal College in Britain
benign surreptitiousness
In order to minimize the impact of blindness on others, do nothing that will make it clear
to all that you are blind.
W. Hanks Levy
Originator of Touch Technique with "out of step" in 1876
Dr. Richard Hoover
Father of O&M with the cane,
Part of initial War Blind Program at Valley Forge Army Hospital, formalized white cane
techniques,
Originator of Touch Technique with "in step"
Dorothy Eustis
Mother of Guide Dog movement, author of "The Seeing Eye," moved school from
Switzerland to NJ
Warren Bledsoe
Son of John Bledsoe,
Part of initial War Blind Program at Valley Forge Army Hospital,
Perfected Hoover's techniques,
Used the blindfold to train
Russell Williams
Blind WWII veteran student at Valley Forge and Avon, instructor at Valley Forge, 1st
program chief at Hines VA, and developed the following techniques: guide technique,
Hines break, protective techniques, sound clues, projecting a line of direction, Touch
Technique at ALL times, and diagonal touch technique with stairs
Valley Forge Army Hospital, PA
Site of the original Blind Program that housed vets of the European Theater
Dibble Army General Hospital, CA
Served vets from the Pacific Theater?
Avon Army Hospital, CT
Best known for reliance on "facial vision" and "echolocation" rather than cane methods
Facial Vision
with Correct Answers
foot travel
Original name of O & M
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe
Founded Perkins School for the Blind in 1832
Dorothy Eustis & Morris Frank
Founded "The Seeing Eye, Inc." guide dog school
Sir Francis Campbell
Blind teacher at Perkins that experimented with the cane for foot travel in 1860 and then
founded the Royal Normal College in Britain
benign surreptitiousness
In order to minimize the impact of blindness on others, do nothing that will make it clear
to all that you are blind.
W. Hanks Levy
Originator of Touch Technique with "out of step" in 1876
Dr. Richard Hoover
Father of O&M with the cane,
Part of initial War Blind Program at Valley Forge Army Hospital, formalized white cane
techniques,
Originator of Touch Technique with "in step"
Dorothy Eustis
Mother of Guide Dog movement, author of "The Seeing Eye," moved school from
Switzerland to NJ
Warren Bledsoe
Son of John Bledsoe,
Part of initial War Blind Program at Valley Forge Army Hospital,
Perfected Hoover's techniques,
Used the blindfold to train
Russell Williams
Blind WWII veteran student at Valley Forge and Avon, instructor at Valley Forge, 1st
program chief at Hines VA, and developed the following techniques: guide technique,
Hines break, protective techniques, sound clues, projecting a line of direction, Touch
Technique at ALL times, and diagonal touch technique with stairs
Valley Forge Army Hospital, PA
Site of the original Blind Program that housed vets of the European Theater
Dibble Army General Hospital, CA
Served vets from the Pacific Theater?
Avon Army Hospital, CT
Best known for reliance on "facial vision" and "echolocation" rather than cane methods
Facial Vision
