Frances Gentle

Frances Gentle

International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment, India

Dr Frances Gentle is President of the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI); Co-President of the South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment (SPEVI); and Executive Member of the World Blind Union. She is a lecturer with the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children’s Renwick Centre (Australia) and holds conjoint positions with Macquarie University and the University of Newcastle. Frances has worked as an educator and lecturer in the field of disability in Australia and internationally during the past three decades, with specialisation in blindness and low vision.