Low Vision

I started learning about zine accessibility when one of my favorite cooking blogs released a zine filled with several different recipes that I was excited to try, which had been made available both as a print and a digital copy that I downloaded from their…

How to explain your disability accommodations and ensure they are followed in extracurricular settings

Even though I have trouble seeing information in all of my classes (and outside of my classes for that matter), my disability accommodations for math look different than the accommodations for my other classes. One of the main reasons is because math is a more…

Common stereotypes or misconceptions about students with IEPs, demystified

As a high school and college student, I have taken a total of four online English classes with low vision, including two required English classes and two writing-intensive classes that involved writing an extensive research paper. While I enjoy taking English classes in-person, I have…

Ever since ninth grade, all of the history classes I have ever taken have been online history classes because I find it easier to access information on my computer or tablet compared to larger lecture settings where it can be challenging to view information presented…

When one of my best friends and I were undergraduate students, we would go to swing dance lessons and social dances held by the swing dance club on campus, which was a fun way for us to get some exercise and get to know other…

Yearbooks are a fun end-of-school-year tradition that allow students to celebrate their accomplishments and friendships that they have made during the year and provide opportunities for documenting memories. My school yearbooks are the only books I own that have a small/standard print size, and it’s…

When my brother and I went to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (also known as The Met), I wasn’t entirely sure how much of the art I would be able to see. While it may seem odd visiting The Met…

Since I first stepped into my kindergarten classroom, I have used some form of assistive technology for dysgraphia every day of my life and in every single one of my classes and jobs, from K-12 to college to graduate school. Even though my handwriting has…

During the summer before ninth grade, I received an AlphaSmart for low vision and dysgraphia, specifically the AlphaSmart Neo digital typewriter as part of a device trial for taking notes and writing with low vision and dysgraphia in the classroom. I had asked to try…

While a lot of people associate dysgraphia with illegible or hard-to-read handwriting, dysgraphia can often extend to difficulties with typing and other types of written expression as well. Even though I type all of my notes and assignments for my online classes, my dysgraphia doesn’t…