Blind and Nonvisual Access

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

Here are my favorite tips for how to make Easter egg hunts accessible for low vision kids, focusing on low cost tools and adapting existing easter egg hunt materials

26 examples of assistive technology for low vision access that are used by people with visual impairments for work, school, and everyday life.

Learn about the features of accessible voting machines like ExpressVote and how I use them to vote with low vision in local, state, and federal elections in Virginia.

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

A list of OCR scanner apps for low vision students, useful for extracting text that can be read out loud with text-to-speech or displayed in large print.

How I use alternative formats menus like YuJa Panorama and Anthology Ally with low vision for accessing content in my online and hybrid college classes

Tips and strategies for digital literacy and staying safe online with vision loss, plus online safety for visually impaired users for Safer Internet Day

A must-read for teachers of students with visual impairments, here are lessons my TVI taught me as a low vision student and resources for visually impaired students

How I use tools like Amazon Alexa, text-to-speech, and other reading applications to access course readings and listen to textbooks with low vision

Time saving keyboard shortcuts for academic writing and formatting papers in APA Style with Microsoft Word, a vital skill for students with visual impairments!