A Biannual Newsletter For Families And Professionals On Visual Impairments And Deafblindness.  A collaborative effort of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Division for Blind Services.

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Publication Information
Deadlines for Submissions
Current Year Issues
Previous Issues
SeeHear 1997-2006

Recent Issues: 

• Fall/Winter 2017 Individual Articles
  • Fall/Winter 2017 Volume 10 No. 4 (PDF)
• Summer 2017 Individual Articles
  • Summer 2017 Volume 10 No.3 (PDF)
• Spring/Summer 2017 Individual Articles
  • Spring/Summer 2017 Volume 10 No. 2 (3.22 mb PDF)
• Fall/Winter 2016 Individual Articles
  • Fall/Winter 2016 Volume 10 No. 1 (3.8 mb PDF)
• Spring/Summer 2016 Individual Articles and Audio Files
  • Spring/Summer 2016 Volume 9 No. 2 Publication (1.3 mb PDF)
• Fall/Winter 2015 Individual Articles
  • Fall/Winter 2015 Volume 9 No. 1 Publication (1.6 mb PDF)
• Spring/Summer 2015 Individual Articles
  • Spring/Summer 2015 Audio Files
  • Spring/Summer 2015 Volume 8 No. 2 Publication (1.4 mb PDF)
• Fall/Winter 2014 Individual Articles
  • Fall/Winter 2014 Volume 8 No. 1 Publication (871 kb PDF)
• Spring/Summer 2014 Individual Articles
• Summer 2013 Volume 7 No. 3 Publication (647 kb PDF)
• Spring 2013 Volume 7 No. 2 Publication (900 kb PDF)
  • Spring 2013 Volume 7 No. 2 Publication  (1.7 mb DOC)
• Winter 2013 Volume 7 No. 1 Publication (1 mb PDF)
  • Winter 2013 Volume 7 No. 1 Publication (1 mb DOC)

Previous Issues

• • • Fall 2012 Volume 6 No. 4  (14 mb)
      • Fall 2012 Volume 6 No. 4  (6.5 mb)
    • Summer 2012 Volume 6 No. 3  (1.1 mb)
      • Summer 2012 Volume 6 No. 3 (4.6 mb)
    • Spring 2012 Volume 6 No. 2  (1.2 mb)
    • Winter 2012 Volume 6 No. 1  (1.4 mb)
    • Fall 2011 Volume 5 No. 4  (1.4 mb)
    • Summer 2011 Volume 5 No. 3  (1mb)
    • Spring 2011 Volume 5 No. 2  (8mb)
    • Winter 2011 Volume 5, No. 1  (940kb)
    • Fall 2010 Volume 4, No. 3  (780kb)
    • Spring/Summer 2010 Volume 4, No. 2
    • Winter 2010 Volume 4, No. 1
    • Fall 2009 Volume 3, No. 4
      • Fall 2009 regular print  (10mb)
    • Summer 2009 Volume 3, No. 3
      • Summer 2009 - regular print  (683 kb)
    • Spring 2009 Volume 3, No. 2
      • Spring 2009 - regular print  (6682k)
      • Spring 2009 - large print  (361k)
      • Spring 2009 - large print  (744k)
    • Winter 2009 Volume 3, No. 1
      • Winter 2009 - regular print  (732k)
      • Winter 2009 - large print  (395k)
      • Winter 2009 - large print  (824k)
    • Fall 2008 Volume 2, No. 4
      • Fall 2008 - regular print  (1.4 mb)
      • Fall 2008 - large print  (590k)
      • Fall 2008 - large print  (761k)
    • Spring/Summer 2008 Volume 2, No. 3
      • Spring/Summer 2008 - regular print  (7.38 mb)
      • Spring/Summer 2008 - regular print  (704k)
      • Spring/Summer 2008 - large print  (7.38 mb)
      • Spring/Summer 2008 - large print  (705k)
    • Winter 2008 Volume 2, No. 1
      • Winter 2008 in regular print  (10.1 mb)
      • Winter 2008 in regular print  (896 kb)
      • Winter 2008 in large print  (10.1 mb)
      • Winter 2008 in large print  (885 kb)
    • Fall 2007 Volume 1, No. 3
      • Fall 2007 in regular print  (1.28 mb)
      • Fall 2007 in regular print  (3.7 mb)
    • Summer 2007 Volume 1, No. 2
      • Summer 2007 in regular print  (4.28 mb)
      • Summer 2007 in large print  (399k)
      • Summer 2007 in large print  (4.25 mb)
    • Spring 2007 Volume 1, No. 1
      • Spring 2007 in regular print  (2.5 mb)
      • Spring 2007 in large print  (853K)
      • Spring 2007 in large print  (18.5 mb)

TX SenseAbilities

Published Bi-Annually: March and November Available in English, Spanish and audio on TSBVl’s website: www.tsbvi.edu 
Available in Spanish and English on this website.
Contributions to the newsletter can be mailed to TSBVI Outreach, 1100 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas 78756 or emailed to section editors.

To request an email alert when a new issue is posted on the web, or to discontinue a mailed subscription, contact Melanie Schacht at . 

Production Staff

• • • Editor-in-Chief Holly Cooper (512) 206-9217  
    • Assistant to the Editor Melanie Schacht  
    • Website Editor Stacey Rayos  

Section Editors

Items to be considered for publication should be submitted by email to the section editors at the email address listed or mailed to: TSBVI Outreach 1100 West 45th Street Austin, TX 78756

• • • Family Wisdom Editors Edgenie Bellah  Rachel Simpson  
    • Effective Practices Editors Sara Kitchen  and Renee Ellis  
    • News and Views Editor Gay Speake  

Special Thanks

The audio version of TX SenseAbilities is provided by Learning Ally, Austin, TX. 

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.  The Outreach Programs are funded in part by IDEA-B Formula, and IDEA-D Deaf-Blind Federal grants.  Federal funds are administered through the Texas Education Agency, Division of Special Education, to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.  Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.