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Tips for pre-planning student access needs in programming and coding courses, and proactively addressing accessible coding barriers through pre-teaching programming languages

Free accessible apps for to-do lists that help students with visual impairments keep track of homework, plus tips for staying organized in school from a visually impaired student

How to eliminate access barriers and create a bridge by converting course websites to shared folders for online classes, suitable for students with disabilities

One of the major components of my visual impairment is monocular double vision, which means that I see two of everything, even with glasses. This can make taking math tests and statistics tests challenging as individual symbols or characters can be hard to identify if…

In math and statistics classes, instructors often provide students with a formula sheet that contains equations, tables, and other helpful definitions that students can refer to during assignments and exams. As a student with low vision that primarily accesses information visually, a lot of these…

I have an eye and brain condition affected by flashing lights. Here’s how I work with instructors to modify assignments and course content as needed

As a student with low vision and dysgraphia, I love using my iPad along with an Apple Pencil to help with writing tasks, drawing, and completing assignments for my classes, especially since my handwriting is neater on an iPad compared to paper. Because the white…

When I first started buying digital textbooks (eTextbooks) during my first year of college, I assumed that all textbook publishers and platforms offered similar accessibility features and that I would be able to access any book as long as it was in a digital format.…

How to write alt text and image descriptions for classroom materials for students with visual impairment

Here are specific ways that I find media descriptions and tools like image descriptions and audio description helpful as someone with low vision.

Simple strategies I use to read project task list spreadsheets in Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel with low vision and large print text

When I was working on adapting a math worksheet for one of my classes, I noticed that it was challenging to keep track of scratch work and problems written in a vertical layout with double vision. I was looking for a way to draw lines…