Recreation and Leisure

(Mostly) free art resources for visually impaired students, including podcasts, audio artwork, and ideas for accessible art lessons

Tips and tricks for painting pottery with low vision at pottery painting studios, including choosing colors and ways to make it easier to paint without mistakes

Tips for musicians participating in concert band programs with visual impairment, based on my experiences as a clarinet player with low vision

Tips and strategies for supporting students with visual impairments on stage in theater and drama programs, from a student with low vision

Strategies I use for reading music on an iPad, and how to set up iPad for reading digital sheet music for musicians with low vision

I was introduced to streaming audio description for performing arts videos when I watched Twelfth Night with audio description through the National Theatre At Home service. Since then, I’ve discovered several other paid and free streaming services offering audio description for plays, ballet, opera, musicals,…

When I look at images of flowers, I see a swirl of colors and have to zoom in on different areas to figure out what I am looking at or what kind of flower it is. Because I have low vision and double vision, these…

Shortly before my second year of college, I received a few orientation and mobility lessons for learning how to navigate with low vision and a blindness cane. These lessons were helpful for learning general travel skills, but I noticed they didn’t get into specifics about…

Many school band programs have a uniform requirement for specific ensembles, which can consist of a mix of school-owned pieces (such as a marching band jacket) and items purchased by the musician like shoes or pants in a specific color. Musicians that experience sensitivity to…

How I organized a large print music binder with over 80 songs for college pep band as a bass clarinet player with low vision

Attending theater productions and arts events with vision impairment

Including students with vision impairment in art classes and art projects. Get ready for things to be inside and outside the lines simultaneously