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Secret Microsoft Office Accessibility Features I Use Every Day

Secret Microsoft Office Accessibility Features I Use Every Day

When I wrote the first version of this post in 2019, I included seven accessibility features most people didn’t realize existed in Microsoft Office products, many of which I had learned about during my time as a Microsoft intern. Since then, Microsoft Office has added…

How To Write Alt Text and Image Descriptions For Flowers

How To Write Alt Text and Image Descriptions For Flowers

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…

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

Inclusion in Action: My Microsoft Feature

Inclusion in Action: My Microsoft Feature

Watch a video produced by Microsoft for the Inclusion in Action project, where I demonstrate how I use various Microsoft products in college (not sponsored)

Finding College Classrooms: College O&M

Finding College Classrooms: College O&M

Shortly before my second year of college, I received a few orientation and mobility lessons for learning how to navigate with low vision and a blindness cane. These lessons were helpful for learning general travel skills, but I noticed they didn’t get into specifics about…

Ten Templates For Emailing Professors

Ten Templates For Emailing Professors

Over the years, I have had several friends reach out to me asking for advice on how to email professors, including how to ask professors for help, how to request assignment accommodations or modifications, or how to ask professors for permission or assistance with various…

Assistive Technology and Dressing Aids For Low Vision

Assistive Technology and Dressing Aids For Low Vision

Using assistive technology to get dressed in the morning with low vision

Low Vision Accessibility Settings For Windows 10 and 11

Low Vision Accessibility Settings For Windows 10 and 11

Accessibility settings for low vision and vision impairment for Windows 10

Staying Warm With a Blindness Cane

Staying Warm With a Blindness Cane

How to dress and stay warm when you use a blindness cane

How I Learned To Use The City Bus System With Low Vision

How I Learned To Use The City Bus System With Low Vision

How to use the bus system with low vision/blindness and master college and city buses

Mainstream Educational Technology Certifications For Teachers of the Visually Impaired

Mainstream Educational Technology Certifications For Teachers of the Visually Impaired

Google, Apple, and Microsoft have partnered with educators and technology trainers to develop educational technology certification programs for educators, including K-12 teachers, college professors, IT specialists, and more. One of the most underrepresented groups of people that can benefit from these certification programs are “techie…

Using The Envision App With Low Vision

Using The Envision App With Low Vision

I’m always looking for new functions and ways to use different features in visual assistance applications, and first downloaded the Envision app a few years ago when my friend was raving about its text recognition features at a low vision accessibility event we were both…