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Free activity ideas for Global Accessibility Awareness Day that teach students about disability, assistive technology, and digital accessibility

A list of accessibility strategies for accessing the news with assistive technology for individuals with visual impairments, inclusive of low vision/blind/CVI

Make school spirit accessible to all! Learn how to create audio description for college fight song and gameday cheers for low vision and blind students

Take my hand, and we’ll make it accessible I swear, learn about accessible memes for low vision in this story about a lemon on a pear/Livin’ on a Prayer

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

I was first diagnosed with photosensitivity and photophobia as a young teenager due to an intertwining visual impairment and neurological condition. At the time, there was a popular pop song that featured a refrain with a list of all of the lights I found painful…

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 user with low vision that is sensitive to strobe, flashing, and fast-moving animations, I frequently rely on others knowing how to write alt text for GIFs or how to describe GIFs so that I can engage in social interactions or posts without triggering…

When I look at images of flowers, I see a swirl of colors and have to zoom in on different areas to figure out what I am looking at or what kind of flower it is. Because I have low vision and double vision, these…

I spend a lot of time in online spaces, so I often learn to identify people based on their usernames, display names, or similar account names. As someone with low vision and a print disability that makes it challenging to read standard print, accessible usernames…

Accessibility features and considerations for designing websites that can be used by people with blindness and low vision

Here are specific ways that I find media descriptions and tools like image descriptions and audio description helpful as someone with low vision.