Anne Lesley Corn is an American educator, author, researcher, and advocate for those with low vision or blindness.
Corn herself has low vision—she is legally blind—and her personal experience has informed and inspired her research and advocacy.
[1][2][3] When Corn was young she adamantly refused to use a white cane when walking, later explaining that she "felt comfortable with using combined visual and auditory methods".
While at Vanderbilt she instrumental in developing the Providing Access to the Visual Environment (PAVE) program, designed to assist children with low vision.
PAVE, run by the Vanderbilt Eye Institute and funded by the Tennessee Department of Education, is a grant program providing services to children aged 3–21.