Full Name
Lauren Lieberman
Position/Title
Distinguished Service Professor
Organization/Company
State UNiversity of New York at Brockport
Speaker Bio
Lauren Lieberman is a Distinguished Service Professor in the Kinesiology Department at The State University of New York at Brockport, (SUNY) in adapted physical education. She started her career teaching at The Perkins School for the Blind in the Deafblind program. She is co-director of The Institute on Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness (IMSVI). She is the founder and director of Camp Abilities: An educational sports camp for children with visual impairments. Camp Abilities has been replicated in 20 states and eight countries. She has published over 193 peer-reviewed articles and 23 books. She has delivered Keynote presentations and was an invited guest speaker all over the US and in over 20 countries. She won an Access Award from AFB for starting Camp Abilities and helping to start camps all over the world. In 2017 she won a Points of Light Award for her work with Camp Abilities from the US Government. Camp Abilities has been featured on CNN, HBO Real Sports, and on NBC. In the Fall of 2019, she was awarded a Global Fulbright Scholarship to promote Camp Abilities world-wide.
Lauren Lieberman