SCATP, Join us for today's Webinar: Assertiveness Skills for Safer Travel

Join us for today's Webinar: Assertiveness Skills for Safer Travel

Date & Time: Feb 27, 2026 11:00 AM  in  Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Participants must register to receive the webinar link.  REGISTER NOW

Target Audience: Anyone with vision loss or serving adults and children with vision loss.

Description: Learn the skills that increase safety, reduce risk, and strengthen independent travel. This session teaches you how to communicate your needs clearly, give effective instructions to drivers, decline unwanted assistance confidently, and respond decisively when a situation raises concern. We’ll be drawing on evidence-based personal safety practices and real community travel scenarios to learn phrases, behaviors, and actions you can rely on across rideshare, paratransit, public transit and everyday community interactions.

 

Speaker Biography: Alex Livingston has been an Orientation and Mobility Specialist for five years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from UNC Asheville and a master’s degree in special education from North Carolina Central University. She serves children and adults with vision loss throughout the state of South Carolina.

Rachell Johnson, MCD., CCC-SLP, ATP

Program Manager

SC Assistive Technology Program

Center for Disability Resources

8301 Farrow Road

Columbia, SC 29203

rachell.johnson@uscmed.sc.edu

https://sc.edu/medicine/scatp

Phone: 803-935-5301 | Fax: 803-935-5342 | ​Toll Free: 800-915-4522

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