"Focus" on Vision Impairment & Blindness Conference: Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Vision Loss

Join us on October 6th 2026! This day-long collaborative event provides a multi-tracked educational program reaching out to the needs of individuals, clinicians, family members, support staff at day and residential programs, nurses, eye care providers, administrators, advocates, and all concerned with the vision and vision loss needs of individuals with intellectual or developmental disability. Many resources are also shared at the Exhibit Area and through Poster Presentations.

The "Focus" Conference is organized by Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services and Massachusetts Commission for the Blind together with Perkins School for the Blind, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, New England College of Optometry, and Shriver Clinical Services Corp. Additional collaborators for Program Planning include the Carroll Center for the Blind. Funding support is generously provided by our Collaborating Partners.

Registration needed by Sept. 22nd! Lunch and available CEUS included in the registration fee?

All details including link to Register Online:
https://www.focusonvisionandvisionloss.org/conferences--workshops.html

Register Early if you can!

Fee
$55.00 by July 31st / $65.00 after July 31st/ Registration Needed by Sept. 22nd
Date
Availability
Training has a specific date or dates
Date
Location
Address line 1
Four Points by Sheraton, Norwood, Massachusetts
Address line 2
1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike (Rte. 1)
City
Norwood
State
Massachusetts
Contact
Contact name
Lisa DiBonaventura, MA, COMS
Contact E-mail
Lisa.DiBonaventura@mass.gov
Contact Phone
508-341-5675