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Technical Session: Measure It, but Who Will Come? Measuring Equity and including Diverse Travel Populations
The Impact of COVID-19 on Transportation for Individuals who are Visually Impaired: Results of the Flatten Inaccessibility Study
About the Presenter
L Penny Rosenblum
Director of Researh
American Foundation for the Blind
Dr. Rosenblum is the Director of Research at the American Foundation for the Blind. She was the lead researcher for the "Flatten Inaccessibility" study that examined how COVID-19 impacted 1,921 individuals with visual impairments at the beginning of the pandemic. Dr. Rosenblum holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and was on the faculty there from 1999-2019. She has published extensively on topics in the field of visual impairment including how those with visual impairments manage their transportation. She is the co-author of the book "Finding Wheels" with Dr. Anne Corn (TSBVI.edu).
