JUDY
PORRO, CERTIFIED ORIENTATION & MOBILITY SPECIALIST, MIAMI
LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED -- AT UMSOA
We teach Universal Design to graduate and upper level undergraduate students at the University of Miami School of Architecture – a top 50 program out of more than 500 schools of architecture.
While much of the focus is on designing for people with mobility impairments -- we also spend a great deal of time educating future architects about design that improves lives for people with visual impairments, hearing impairments and those in the neurodiversity community.
Judy Porro
is a Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist and Certified Vision Rehab
Therapist at the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired for
nearly
She has been
a special education teacher and assistant principal in the Virginia public
schools. She has been published in Developmental Neurorehabilitation Journal.
Porro has
worked as a life care planner for clients who acquired a brain/SCI and required
life-long care. She has a brother with a disability.
