Compensatory Skills

Learn about low vision and assistive technology with the help of free resources and activity ideas, curated by an assistive technology specialist with low vision

All about the Disability Services testing center and what to expect when using disability accommodations for testing in college, from a student with low vision

A low vision student’s tips for participating in science fairs, including choosing science fair projects, organizing data, creating accessible presentations, and more!

A list of free fonts for print disabilities, including the best fonts for low vision readability with serif and sans-serif options

What to know about Virginia Standards of Learning SOL test accommodations for low vision students, from a student with low vision that uses large print

Learn how to create an informal personal accessibility checklist for low vision and determine if an app or website is accessible for a specific student

Practical and positive creative prank ideas for introducing low vision assistive technology concepts with humor on April Fool’s Day and beyond

Mostly free resources and strategies for implementing Universal Design for Learning/UDL for data science and statistics lessons, curated for EDAT 524.

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

Digital doesn’t always mean accessible! Learn more about file formats for low vision and print disabilities for the classroom and beyond

Tech skills and strategies for using a laptop in high school with low vision, great for Expanded Core Curriculum lessons or learning to use technology independently

Creating audio narrated images for low vision students is great for Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) lessons! Here is a mix of paid/free apps for annotating and adding narration to images