Accommodations

When my health status changed six weeks into the semester during undergrad, I had to move off-campus and could not attend in-person classes regularly due to ongoing medical issues. Even though I already had a hybrid schedule with a mix of in-person and virtual classes,…

High-tech dysgraphia activities and dysgraphia strategies I use to improve my handwriting as a student with low vision

When it comes to accessing university resources and services, the office I work with the most often by far is the Assistive Technology Initiative and its assistive technology specialists. While Disability Services documents my disability and accommodations that I might need as a student with…

The majority of math assignments display equations in a typeset format, which can be challenging for students with low vision who need to enlarge content or display it in a larger font size. Displaying content in a digital format can provide more flexibility for enlarging…

When I was first approved to receive extended time accommodations for low vision, I remember wondering how that would work in a middle school or high school setting where students had a single class period to take an exam or work on a timed assignment.…

How do you choose a seat in class with low vision? Here are some things I think about when using preferential seating accommodations in K-12 and college classrooms as a low vision student

How to create a disability services file in college and make sure services are set for the first day

What I’ve learned about print disabilities as a low vision student who uses large print

My experience using WebAssign with low vision while taking Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 online as a student that primarily accesses information visually/in large print

When I first published this post in 2019, I was researching solutions on how to modify anatomy diagrams for the visually impaired (inclusive of low vision/blind) for a friend with low vision. Since then, my friend has earned their doctorate, and I’ve learned about several…

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…

When I experienced a significant vision decline in high school, one of the most common questions from my teachers, case manager, and teacher of the visually impaired (TVI/TSVI) was “so what can you see?” I was the only student identified with low vision at my…