Full Name
Graciela Ferioli
Position/Title
Professor
Organization/Company
Universidad Catolica de Cordoba
Speaker Bio
BIOGRAPHY:
Graciela Ferioli is a former professor of special education management at the Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina.
From 1990 to the present she is a member of Deafblind International. She has been vice president of the organization and is currently a Member of the Communication Commission.
After studying at Perkins School for the Blind in the early 1980s, Graciela Ferioli became one of the first teachers from Argentina to specialize in deafblind education.
Ferioli was dedicated as Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Perkins School for the Blind from 1989 to 2017 to collaborate in improving educational programs for children and youth with multiple disabilities and deafblindness. During those years she was able to see an unprecedented development in terms of the quantity and quality of educational programs in the region.
This approach propelled her into her life mission: creating awareness and sharing knowledge and skills with parents, professionals, NGOs, universities and governments throughout Latin America.
Graciela Ferioli