Erika Fundelius
@erikatvicoms.bsky.social
TSVI, COMS, PhD, Asst Prof of VI @UBC; 🇭🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦
Interested in process of #consent when assisting ppl w/disabilities; cultural lens of #disability; #ECC #TeacherPrep #PD #SNAAP #SelfDetermination #VisualImpairment #DEIDA #EduSky #AcademicSky #a11y #HigherEd
Interested in process of #consent when assisting ppl w/disabilities; cultural lens of #disability; #ECC #TeacherPrep #PD #SNAAP #SelfDetermination #VisualImpairment #DEIDA #EduSky #AcademicSky #a11y #HigherEd
#Inclusion isn’t scary
#InclusionGrinch
Happy halloween
PD: 1. Erika wearing a Grinch onsie and a blue tshirt on top with four characters dressed in costumes with “Inclusion isn’t scary” below
2. The grinch in downward facing dog at yoga
#InclusionGrinch
Happy halloween
PD: 1. Erika wearing a Grinch onsie and a blue tshirt on top with four characters dressed in costumes with “Inclusion isn’t scary” below
2. The grinch in downward facing dog at yoga
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#Inclusion isn’t scary
#InclusionGrinch
Happy halloween
PD: 1. Erika wearing a Grinch onsie and a blue tshirt on top with four characters dressed in costumes with “Inclusion isn’t scary” below
2. The grinch in downward facing dog at yoga
#InclusionGrinch
Happy halloween
PD: 1. Erika wearing a Grinch onsie and a blue tshirt on top with four characters dressed in costumes with “Inclusion isn’t scary” below
2. The grinch in downward facing dog at yoga
Check out his cool documentary: Communication is key to quality of life
youtu.be/Nc6kuCjmpmY
#BSL #ASL #Disability #Aging #Inclusion #BBC
youtu.be/Nc6kuCjmpmY
#BSL #ASL #Disability #Aging #Inclusion #BBC
It's never too late to learn BSL | Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Check out his cool documentary: Communication is key to quality of life
youtu.be/Nc6kuCjmpmY
#BSL #ASL #Disability #Aging #Inclusion #BBC
youtu.be/Nc6kuCjmpmY
#BSL #ASL #Disability #Aging #Inclusion #BBC
Supports for children w #Disabilities are beyond threatened at this point
CEC Chad Rummel did great on national news
exceptionalchildren.org/cecs-executi...
CEC Chad Rummel did great on national news
exceptionalchildren.org/cecs-executi...
CEC's Executive Director Chad Rummel on CNN - Mass Firings Impact Special Education Services
CEC's Executive Director was interviewed on CNN on October 14, 2025, to discuss the impacts of the Department of Education's layoffs on special education programs. The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and Rehabilitative Services Administration (RSA) have been nearly eliminated in that "reduction in force" effort. It destroys the expertise, support, and resources critical to ensuring IDEA implementation in states, eroding rights for children with disabilities, and destroying the safety net for their parents. Without OSEP, IDEA is in grave jeopardy.
exceptionalchildren.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Supports for children w #Disabilities are beyond threatened at this point
CEC Chad Rummel did great on national news
exceptionalchildren.org/cecs-executi...
CEC Chad Rummel did great on national news
exceptionalchildren.org/cecs-executi...
We just got the TED @ted-cec.bsky.social Publication Award 2025. Thank you!
"This recognition honors the most outstanding publication of the year in Teacher Education and Special Education and celebrates scholarship that deepens our understanding of teacher preparation and inclusive practice."
"This recognition honors the most outstanding publication of the year in Teacher Education and Special Education and celebrates scholarship that deepens our understanding of teacher preparation and inclusive practice."
“You Are Just a Life Role Model” a Multiple Case Study of Teachers With Visual Impairment in the Field of Visual Disabilities - Saurym Quezada, Erika Fundelius, Erin Bush, Jenny Root, 2025
Teachers with disabilities serve as role models for students who share their disability identity, offering lived experience as a valuable source of knowledge an...
journals.sagepub.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We just got the TED @ted-cec.bsky.social Publication Award 2025. Thank you!
"This recognition honors the most outstanding publication of the year in Teacher Education and Special Education and celebrates scholarship that deepens our understanding of teacher preparation and inclusive practice."
"This recognition honors the most outstanding publication of the year in Teacher Education and Special Education and celebrates scholarship that deepens our understanding of teacher preparation and inclusive practice."
Reposted by Erika Fundelius
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
give your input by Oct 15 on the restructuring of IES:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
#Research #HigherEd #Academia
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
#Research #HigherEd #Academia
Request for Information; Feedback on Redesigning the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 established the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education. IES is responsible ...
www.federalregister.gov
September 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
give your input by Oct 15 on the restructuring of IES:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
#Research #HigherEd #Academia
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
#Research #HigherEd #Academia
New Pub alert!
A project during my transition from Florida State University to The University of British Columbia, from doc student to assistant professor was spent on the project that is now finally live:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RP6TA...
#Blind #Disability #HigherEducation #Career
A project during my transition from Florida State University to The University of British Columbia, from doc student to assistant professor was spent on the project that is now finally live:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RP6TA...
#Blind #Disability #HigherEducation #Career
“You Are Just a Life Role Model” a Multiple Case Study of Teachers With Visual Impairment in the Field of Visual Disabilities - Saurym Quezada, Erika Fundelius, Erin Bush, Jenny Root, 2025
Teachers with disabilities serve as role models for students who share their disability identity, offering lived experience as a valuable source of knowledge an...
journals.sagepub.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
New Pub alert!
A project during my transition from Florida State University to The University of British Columbia, from doc student to assistant professor was spent on the project that is now finally live:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RP6TA...
#Blind #Disability #HigherEducation #Career
A project during my transition from Florida State University to The University of British Columbia, from doc student to assistant professor was spent on the project that is now finally live:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RP6TA...
#Blind #Disability #HigherEducation #Career
Autumn is my fav. It is hard to focus on gratitude when the world is imploding but today my building showed me why I need to be intentional
#StayInGratitude #FallIsMyFav
#StayInGratitude #FallIsMyFav
September 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Autumn is my fav. It is hard to focus on gratitude when the world is imploding but today my building showed me why I need to be intentional
#StayInGratitude #FallIsMyFav
#StayInGratitude #FallIsMyFav
Happening in Canada- under-funding public schools and taking supports from children with disabilities
#PublicSchools #Disability #UnitedNations #RightToEducation #Academia #Inclusion ????
#PublicSchools #Disability #UnitedNations #RightToEducation #Academia #Inclusion ????
Eliminating trustees could hurt Ontario's most vulnerable students: survey
YouTube video by CityNews
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happening in Canada- under-funding public schools and taking supports from children with disabilities
#PublicSchools #Disability #UnitedNations #RightToEducation #Academia #Inclusion ????
#PublicSchools #Disability #UnitedNations #RightToEducation #Academia #Inclusion ????
My colleagues are losing funding left and right: and its not just research it is to train specialists teachers. It was a quick Friday afternoon dump that got my field on fire, here is a mainstream article
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?
More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.
www.edweek.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My colleagues are losing funding left and right: and its not just research it is to train specialists teachers. It was a quick Friday afternoon dump that got my field on fire, here is a mainstream article
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
#Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf
1/4 An American company has made an application for 77 long term leases of Crown Land along the coast of BC, Vancouver Island, and Gulf Islands!
Comments are open until October 5th latest at comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca
#NotaState #KeepCanadianLand #Outdoors #BuyCanadian #ProtectCanadianLand
Comments are open until October 5th latest at comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca
#NotaState #KeepCanadianLand #Outdoors #BuyCanadian #ProtectCanadianLand
Applications, Comments & Reasons for Decision
Find, learn about, and comment on active Crown land applications in British Columbia.
comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca
September 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1/4 An American company has made an application for 77 long term leases of Crown Land along the coast of BC, Vancouver Island, and Gulf Islands!
Comments are open until October 5th latest at comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca
#NotaState #KeepCanadianLand #Outdoors #BuyCanadian #ProtectCanadianLand
Comments are open until October 5th latest at comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca
#NotaState #KeepCanadianLand #Outdoors #BuyCanadian #ProtectCanadianLand
As a family of history and documentary lovers we watched Churchill’s war in the spring, and this weekend the Turning Point. I was raised in Eastern Europe most history we learned were ‘local’- so to learn more about from a US point is fascinating. 🧐
#HistoryRepeats #WhenWillWeLearn
#HistoryRepeats #WhenWillWeLearn
August 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
As a family of history and documentary lovers we watched Churchill’s war in the spring, and this weekend the Turning Point. I was raised in Eastern Europe most history we learned were ‘local’- so to learn more about from a US point is fascinating. 🧐
#HistoryRepeats #WhenWillWeLearn
#HistoryRepeats #WhenWillWeLearn
A new practitioner oriented article for training vision professionals
#Blind #LowVision #PersonnelPreparation #TSVI #COMS #TeacherPreparation #Disability #HigherEducation #Academia
#Blind #LowVision #PersonnelPreparation #TSVI #COMS #TeacherPreparation #Disability #HigherEducation #Academia
the-new-review.kglmeridian.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A new practitioner oriented article for training vision professionals
#Blind #LowVision #PersonnelPreparation #TSVI #COMS #TeacherPreparation #Disability #HigherEducation #Academia
#Blind #LowVision #PersonnelPreparation #TSVI #COMS #TeacherPreparation #Disability #HigherEducation #Academia
Another great book I learned a lot from: The Inconvenient Indian by King
Now I need to watch the documentary.
#MyPriviledge #MyResponsibility
Now I need to watch the documentary.
#MyPriviledge #MyResponsibility
August 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Another great book I learned a lot from: The Inconvenient Indian by King
Now I need to watch the documentary.
#MyPriviledge #MyResponsibility
Now I need to watch the documentary.
#MyPriviledge #MyResponsibility
Calling on people in #EarlyLiteracy #Academia
A colleague due to the recent funding shake-up in the USA is now looking for a new position. She is not on socials so I am posting for her. She is currently at Boston Uni in MA
#HigherEdSky #EduSky #PhDChat
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sen-...
A colleague due to the recent funding shake-up in the USA is now looking for a new position. She is not on socials so I am posting for her. She is currently at Boston Uni in MA
#HigherEdSky #EduSky #PhDChat
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sen-...
July 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Calling on people in #EarlyLiteracy #Academia
A colleague due to the recent funding shake-up in the USA is now looking for a new position. She is not on socials so I am posting for her. She is currently at Boston Uni in MA
#HigherEdSky #EduSky #PhDChat
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sen-...
A colleague due to the recent funding shake-up in the USA is now looking for a new position. She is not on socials so I am posting for her. She is currently at Boston Uni in MA
#HigherEdSky #EduSky #PhDChat
www.researchgate.net/profile/Sen-...
Excited to share that I was recently featured in Teaching in Focus! Happy to have recently celebrated two-years at UBC. It's the perfect way to recognize the progress.
ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/july-07...
#InclusiveEducationm#TeacherPreparation #Accessibility
ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/july-07...
#InclusiveEducationm#TeacherPreparation #Accessibility
Teaching in focus: Erika Fundelius
A longtime educator and now assistant professor in the Faculty of Education, specializing in Special Education, Erika is shaping how teachers support students who are blind or have low vision — bringi...
ubctoday.ubc.ca
July 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excited to share that I was recently featured in Teaching in Focus! Happy to have recently celebrated two-years at UBC. It's the perfect way to recognize the progress.
ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/july-07...
#InclusiveEducationm#TeacherPreparation #Accessibility
ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/july-07...
#InclusiveEducationm#TeacherPreparation #Accessibility
Some know that I have been working on research around consent. Recently -as a follow up to a 2022 TASH conference presentation- I was asked to talk about this near and dear topic.
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#Consent #ConceptDevelopment #ForcedCompliance
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#Consent #ConceptDevelopment #ForcedCompliance
May 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Some know that I have been working on research around consent. Recently -as a follow up to a 2022 TASH conference presentation- I was asked to talk about this near and dear topic.
1/2
#Consent #ConceptDevelopment #ForcedCompliance
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#Consent #ConceptDevelopment #ForcedCompliance
As an european born, american educated person teaching in higher ed- this was an amazing read for many reasons. 1. Amazing history lesson that reflects many of today’s college student 2. Importance of DEI in education.
#HigherEd #Education #DEI
#HigherEd #Education #DEI
Trump's academic purge will Make America Stupid Again. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again
The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.
www.thenation.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As an european born, american educated person teaching in higher ed- this was an amazing read for many reasons. 1. Amazing history lesson that reflects many of today’s college student 2. Importance of DEI in education.
#HigherEd #Education #DEI
#HigherEd #Education #DEI
I feel worn out, but we got 16 of the 17 of the teachers of students w. visual impairments cohort to graduation- submitted all grades to make it happen. It is the the first time that I taught the same people for two years. I hope to see them all walking for graduation.
#MyFirst #Cohort13 #TSVI
#MyFirst #Cohort13 #TSVI
April 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Reposted by Erika Fundelius
"Out of sight, out of mind ..." When this practice becomes policy, #disability communities die. Watch, listen, learn, share. Honor #disabled pioneers who came before, so the Next Gen can learn from past mistakes #ChangeNotCharity 3/25 on @amexperiencepbs.bsky.social, dir by @jimlebrecht.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Out of sight, out of mind ..." When this practice becomes policy, #disability communities die. Watch, listen, learn, share. Honor #disabled pioneers who came before, so the Next Gen can learn from past mistakes #ChangeNotCharity 3/25 on @amexperiencepbs.bsky.social, dir by @jimlebrecht.bsky.social
I am a teacher & have worked with children with #disabilities for decades. There are so many #discriminatory practices I learned of in BC in just 1.5yrs of living here- and no real legal protection. If you can support this family pls. We are pre-ADA times in 🇨🇦
www.gofundme.com/f/help-james...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-james...
March 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I am a teacher & have worked with children with #disabilities for decades. There are so many #discriminatory practices I learned of in BC in just 1.5yrs of living here- and no real legal protection. If you can support this family pls. We are pre-ADA times in 🇨🇦
www.gofundme.com/f/help-james...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-james...
March 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
About 3 or so years ago, we stayed at a friends’ house while we attended a conference in SF, and I took a pic of a book: Unworthy Republic. It is my current read.
Its a must read for those who want to learn about colonialism and gaslighting.
#EDID #HumanRights #IndegenousRights
Link below
Its a must read for those who want to learn about colonialism and gaslighting.
#EDID #HumanRights #IndegenousRights
Link below
March 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
About 3 or so years ago, we stayed at a friends’ house while we attended a conference in SF, and I took a pic of a book: Unworthy Republic. It is my current read.
Its a must read for those who want to learn about colonialism and gaslighting.
#EDID #HumanRights #IndegenousRights
Link below
Its a must read for those who want to learn about colonialism and gaslighting.
#EDID #HumanRights #IndegenousRights
Link below
Check out the lyrics #RenMakesMusic #MoneyGame
“Of fear when they support the ideas that keep us separate
When the make us believe that everybody is coming to terrorise you in the streets
they say proudly through gritted teeth “Its my right to hate, thats freedom of speech”
youtu.be/0ivQwwgW4OY
“Of fear when they support the ideas that keep us separate
When the make us believe that everybody is coming to terrorise you in the streets
they say proudly through gritted teeth “Its my right to hate, thats freedom of speech”
youtu.be/0ivQwwgW4OY
Ren - Money Game (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Ren
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Check out the lyrics #RenMakesMusic #MoneyGame
“Of fear when they support the ideas that keep us separate
When the make us believe that everybody is coming to terrorise you in the streets
they say proudly through gritted teeth “Its my right to hate, thats freedom of speech”
youtu.be/0ivQwwgW4OY
“Of fear when they support the ideas that keep us separate
When the make us believe that everybody is coming to terrorise you in the streets
they say proudly through gritted teeth “Its my right to hate, thats freedom of speech”
youtu.be/0ivQwwgW4OY