When I receive emails from students and parents asking about free tutoring for blind and visually impaired students, one of the first things I ask them is if they have contacted the National Homework Hotline, provided by VISTAS Education Services. Founded in March 2020 as…

One of the common misconceptions I first believed when buying my first blindness cane is that all canes are one size fits all, and that the process of choosing a cane is as easy as choosing a random item online and checking out. However, I…

Recently, I was browsing Pinterest looking at different outfit possibilities for a casual dress that I’d just purchased online, and I started thinking about how to write alt text for casual outfits that I often see online. These images are frequently shared on social media…

When one of my friends introduced me to BlindAlive’s Eyes Free Fitness audio workouts a few years ago, I became more interested in learning about nonvisual exercise programs and ways to follow along with exercise and dance classes without having to rely on visual cues.…

I lived in on-campus dorm housing for four years in college, and one of my favorite parts of preparing for the new school year was thinking about how I would decorate my dorm. While a lot of the items in my dorm room remained the…

I’ve been creating accessible assignments with Microsoft Sway as both an instructor and as a student for years, and often get questions from others about how I organize various types of content. Every Sway I have ever created for undergraduate and graduate assignments has earned…

One of my favorite ways to create takeaway documents and handouts after meetings and presentations is with the Microsoft Sway web application, which makes it easy for presenters and audience members alike to access content with their favorite assistive technologies. Here are my tips for…

To celebrate White Cane Safety Day on October 15th, I had the opportunity to collaborate with WonderWord word search puzzles to create a blindness cane themed word search that introduces players to common terminology associated with white canes as well as orientation and mobility (O&M)…

How having both a laptop and desktop computer has helped me in my classes

When I think about high school and college classes that prepared me for a Microsoft PM internship, a lot of different classes come to mind outside of the requirements for my major. A program management intern should have a broad understanding of various topics related…

Confession: I had never used audio description until my first year in college, because I had believed one of the common myths about audio description and assumed that it wouldn’t be beneficial for someone with low vision like me. I was thrilled to discover that…

For my undergraduate advanced English class in college, I decided to write my final paper about audio description in theater, specifically the use of audio description in amateur/local theater, and the benefits of promoting cast involvement in audio description, and today I’m sharing the paper…