Teacher with Vision Impairment

An educator who is blind or has low vision and teaches in educational settings, often in schools for the blind where they share the lived experience of their students. TVIs are particularly prominent in the Global South, where residential schools for the blind employ significant numbers of blind and low-vision teachers. TVIs face unique challenges including reliance on manual Braille production, limited access to visual teaching materials, dependence on sighted colleagues for STEM content, and institutional barriers to technology adoption. Despite these challenges, TVIs bring irreplaceable expertise in non-visual learning strategies and serve as role models for students with vision impairments.