AER Awards
Awards
Every other year AER recognizes and celebrates its outstanding members and chapters. The 2024 Awards Committee seeks nominations for this year’s awards that embody the spirit and achievements of the following giants in the field of blindness and visual impairment.
Take advantage of this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate an outstanding colleague or chapter. Click on the name of the Award to submit your nomination.
John H. McAulay Award
The John H. McAulay Award was established to honor professionals who have contributed outstanding efforts and achievements leading to the placement of people with visual impairments in productive employment. Nominate Here Past Winners For outstanding achievement...
Douglas MacFarland Award
The Douglas C. MacFarland Award was established to honor an individual who has provided leadership in the field of blindness and visual impairment and who made innovative, significant or outstanding contributions to the education or rehabilitation of people who are...
C. Warren Bledsoe Award
The Warren Bledsoe Award is given in recognition of a particularly noteworthy piece of literature in the field of blindness. Nominate Here Past Winners In recognition of significant contributions to literature in the field of blindness and visual impairment....
Mary K. Bauman Award
The Mary K. Bauman Award was established in 1982 in order to honor an individual who has made significant and outstanding contributions to the education of children and youth who are blind or visually impaired. Nominate Here Past Award Winners In recognition of...
Alfred Allen Award
The Alfred Allen Award was established by AAWB, one of AER’s two predecessor organizations, to honor professionals who have spent their careers in direct service to individuals with visual impairments. Nominate Here Past Winners In recognition of a career in providing...