Darick Wright
Biography
Darick Wright is an O&M Coordinator for the Vision Studies Program, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development (SGISD). He received his master’s degree in Rehabilitation for the Blind with a specialization in Orientation and Mobility in 1987.
Area of Expertise
Orientation & Mobility, Environmental modifications for people with visual impairments, Clinical and functional assessment of vision, Brain-based vision loss.
Professional Publications & Contributions
Kran, B.K., Ross, N., Wright, D. (2020) chapter, More than Meets the Eye: An Approach to the Care and Rehabilitation of the Pediatric Patient with Visual and Other Impairments in Visual Development in Pediatrics. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Wright, D.W., “Orientation & Mobility”, Train the Trainers Curriculum (March 2017). Perkins International-Krousar Thmey Foundation. Ministry of Education, Cambodia. Project Coordinator, Ami Tango, Perkins International. This is a series of 40 interactive lessons providing basic orientation and mobility training for teachers throughout Cambodia.
Holbrook, M.C., Presley, I., Wright, D.(2017) “Specialized Assessments”, ch. 4 Foundations of Education. Holbrook, M.C. (ed). AFB Press: NY
Wright, D., Felder, M., chapter 17, Orientation and Mobility in Lueck, A.H., & Dutton, G.N.
(Eds.) Impairment of vision due to disorders of the visual brain in childhood: A practical approach. 2015. New York: AFB Press.
Yin H, Kran B, Wright D, Bent D, Deng L, Mayer D. Is Vernier Acuity more Sensitive than Grating
Acuity to Visual Impairment in Adolescents? ARVO Annual Meeting Seattle WA, May 2013
Book Review, (2011) “Visual Impairment in Children Due to Damage to the Brain: Clinics in
Developmental Medicine”. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness: AFB Press
Kong, J., Johnson, C., Kran, B., Wright, D., Mayer, L. “Assessment of Visual Fields in Deafblind
Children”, Spring 2009. Research Team Member, submitted for publication.
Kran BS, Wright DW. A Telephone Survey of Low Vision Services in U.S. Schools for the Blind.
Optometry-Journal of the American Optometric Association Optometry 2008 Jul;79(7):378-90
Chan K, Baglieri AM, Kran B, Wright D. Community Versus Specialty Eye Care for Adults with
Mental Retardation. Optometry and Vision Science Thursday December 8 Scientific Poster Session, AAO 2005; 82(12S):77
Wright, D., Lolli, D. (2007) Low Vision. Welcoming the Visually Impaired Child into the Classroom. Perkins School for the Blind: Watertown
<pKran, BS, Wright D. Low Vision Services at US School for the Blind. Optometry and Vision Science 2004; 81(12S):264.
Kran B, Wright DW, Bent D. Reliability of Teller Card II Acuity Measurements in a Multiply Impaired population. Optometry and Vision Science Wednesday October 24 Scientific Poster Session 2007;
Additional Information
Before moving to UMass-Boston in 1995, he was on faculty at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, taught at the Arkansas School for the Blind, and completed an internship at the Southeastern Blind Rehabilitation Center at the Birmingham VA Hospital.