Veronica With Four Eyes
I live with a disability and chronic illness along with multiple allergies, so being able to quickly locate and provide medical information to medical staff or first responders is very important to me when I am receiving medical care. One of my favorite tools for…
Since I frequently use my iPad in the classroom to make applications and materials accessible for my visual impairment, it’s only natural that I use my iPad on tests and exams as well. Since having unrestricted access to my iPad during exams goes against the…
Tips for managing dysgraphia in classroom settings, from elementary school to college.
Five not-so-secret things your IEP case manager isn’t telling you, from a college student who had a IEP
How to make lockers accessible, an accommodation many people don’t think of
How I answer common questions about my glasses from strangers or curious friends in a simple and positive way
Background In order to satisfy the synthesis/capstone requirement for my undergraduate degree in 2019, I took a course that focused on psychological traumatology, the study of how traumatic or stressful events affect someone’s mind. For my final paper, I chose the topic of addressing the…
Last year, one of my best friends, who I will call Jane, experienced a great deal of academic ableism from a professor in their department. While I wasn’t there to witness what happened in the classroom, I watched Jane suffer from a mental and emotional…
When I was in middle school, I began to experience academic ableism in the classroom, primarily from my teachers. While I was fortunate to have many wonderful teachers who helped me to develop a love of learning and a sense of belonging in the classroom,…
Five common assumptions about assistive technology- my 200th post!
My experiences taking 16 virtual classes across 4 platforms
Here is how I answer questions about vision loss for curious younger kids