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How To Use High Contrast in Windows 11

How To Use High Contrast in Windows 11

How to use High Contrast mode/High contrast themes in Windows 10 and Windows 11, and how high contrast mode looks with frequently used applications. Great for users with low vision or migraines

Implementing Shared Folders For Online Classes

Implementing Shared Folders For Online Classes

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

Ten Questions to Ask When Choosing a College

Ten Questions to Ask When Choosing a College

Questions to ask yourself and others in order to find the best college for your needs

How I Take Math Tests With Double Vision

How I Take Math Tests With Double Vision

Tips and strategies I use for taking math tests and statistics tests with low vision and monocular double vision that help me access information visually

School Cafeterias and Low Vision

School Cafeterias and Low Vision

Sometime around sixth grade, I came to the conclusion that the combination of school cafeterias and low vision contributed to a great deal of frustration for me at school. Other than the school gym, the cafeteria was one of the places at school where I…

Learning To Explain Usable Vision

Learning To Explain Usable Vision

Questions to ask when developing an explanation about usable vision and accurately answering the question “so what can you see?”

Learning to Self-Advocate With Low Vision

Learning to Self-Advocate With Low Vision

Many of my IEP goals involved self-advocacy and learning to self-advocate with low vision. Here is a list of advice and strategies that helped me as a student.

How I Write Research Papers On Accessibility Topics

How I Write Research Papers On Accessibility Topics

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. Students who are interested in exploring topics related to disability may experience difficulties with finding sources in accessible formats on…

Using Digital 3D Models With Low Vision

Using Digital 3D Models With Low Vision

Digital 3D models can be easier to explore than 2D images, here are tips for using digital 3D models with low vision and magnification.

How I Use Microsoft Immersive Reader With Low Vision

How I Use Microsoft Immersive Reader With Low Vision

I have low vision and primarily access information visually using tools like large print and magnification, so I rely on various types of low vision assistive technology to access digital text. One category of tools that I rely on heavily when accessing web content is…

How To Create An Accessible Formula Sheet

How To Create An Accessible Formula Sheet

In math and statistics classes, instructors often provide students with a formula sheet that contains equations, tables, and other helpful definitions that students can refer to during assignments and exams. As a student with low vision that primarily accesses information visually, a lot of these…

Using PicsArt To Simulate Low Vision

Using PicsArt To Simulate Low Vision

When I experienced a significant vision decline in high school, one of the most common questions from my teachers, case manager, and teacher of the visually impaired (TVI/TSVI) was “so what can you see?” I was the only student identified with low vision at my…