Blind and Nonvisual Access

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!

(Mostly) free assistive technology for writing and audio-based resources that incorporate dictation and read aloud for auditory access

Mostly free audio resources and history podcasts for students, great for teaching students with visual impairments and auditory learners

The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text

As part of a semester-long school project for one of my graduate classes, I researched several free braille art and tactile image libraries that could be used for educational activities relating to science, agriculture, ecology, and several other topics. Even though I don’t personally use…

When I’m traveling or visiting a new/unfamiliar place as a person with low vision, it’s tremendously helpful to use accessible maps and wayfinding tools that can help assist me with orienting myself to my surroundings and planning routes to other areas of interest. This can…

When I went to Disneyland the day before a professional conference in 2019, one of the questions I had for staff was how Disney character meet and greets are done for guests with visual impairments, or if any special considerations were taken for blind kids…

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

As a student with low vision studying Computational and Data Sciences, I was exposed to several programming languages as part of my coursework, though many of my classes revolved around the Python programming language. Since I primarily access information visually, it was important that I…

How to eliminate access barriers and create a bridge by converting course websites to shared folders for online classes, suitable for students with disabilities

I started to use my phone as assistive technology in class back in middle school when I realized that my new phone camera could be used to enlarge some hard-to-read symbols on the page I was reading. My teacher promptly took away my phone because…