JVIB Stimulates New Research and Innovative Practices

The Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness (JVIB) remains one of AFB’s flagship publications, and we wanted to share some upcoming research and calls for proposals that continue to further innovation and research in the field of blindness and low vision.

Several issues of the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness Following the success of a two-year call for papers focused on stimulating new research and innovative practice, JVIB is excited to feature the scholarly collection in the upcoming 2024 Special Issue on Evidence-Based Interventions for CVI (cerebral visual impairment).

This issue was guest edited by Amanda Lueck, San Francisco State University, and Corinna Bauer, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School.

JVIB has recently launched another 2-year call for papers.

The focus of this latest call for papers will comprise Communication, Language, and Literacy for Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness Who Have Complex Support Needs. Guest editors for this special issue include Christopher Brum, San Diego State University, and Susan Bruce, Boston College. The deadline for research and practice submissions for this issue is February 28, 2026.

In addition to this call for papers, JVIB is still seeking submissions on Advancements and Innovations in Technology for Individuals with Visual Impairments for a 2025 special issue guest edited by Stacy Kelly, Northern Illinois University, with a February 28, 2025 deadline.

You can view all the journal’s calls for papers at www.afb.org/jvib-calls-papers.