Tag: accessibility

Elementary School Classrooms And Low Vision Accessibility

Elementary School Classrooms And Low Vision Accessibility

When I was working with an elementary school student with low vision, I collaborated with their support team and classroom teacher to make their elementary school classroom more accessible to students with visual impairments so that they could navigate the space independently. Before, the student…

Middle School Classrooms And Low Vision Accessibility

Middle School Classrooms And Low Vision Accessibility

When I was working with a student preparing to transition to middle school, I worked with the student’s support team to come up with a list of ideas and strategies for setting up their future middle school classrooms with low vision accessibility in mind. Since…

School Field Trips And Low Vision

School Field Trips And Low Vision

How to include students with IEPs and 504s on class trips, with a special focus on low vision and blindness

DCMP: Free Audio Described Videos For Classrooms

DCMP: Free Audio Described Videos For Classrooms

As a student with low vision, I didn’t realize how many visual details I would miss out on when watching videos for school until I watched a video with audio description for the first time in college. After learning how helpful audio description can be,…

How To Create Secure And Easy To Remember Passwords

How To Create Secure And Easy To Remember Passwords

Balancing security and accessibility, an IT major’s guide to improving your passwords

Filling Out Medical Forms With Low Vision

Filling Out Medical Forms With Low Vision

When arriving at a doctor’s appointment or meeting with a specialist, patients are often expected to fill out several medical forms by hand in the waiting room, and are expected to finish by the time they are escorted to an exam room. Since patients can…

Emoji Accessibility and Low Vision

Emoji Accessibility and Low Vision

The topic of emoji accessibility and visual impairment comes up frequently in social media feeds on digital accessibility. When most people think of emoji accessibility, they think of how emoji are read by a screen reader or how blind people interact with emoji non-visually in…

Seven Unexpected Disability Accommodations For Virtual Learning

Seven Unexpected Disability Accommodations For Virtual Learning

When I switched to taking 100% online classes, I thought that the transition would be pretty easy because I had already had a hybrid schedule with a mix of in-person and online classes since I was in high school. What I hadn’t considered was that…

How To Create Tactile Images With Everyday Objects

How To Create Tactile Images With Everyday Objects

How to use common household objects and craft supplies to create tactile (3D) images, great for math and science classes.

Two of Everything: Living With Double Vision

Two of Everything: Living With Double Vision

My life with double vision and seeing the world with four eyes open

Requesting Extracurricular Accommodations

Requesting Extracurricular Accommodations

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

Taking Online English Classes With Low Vision

Taking Online English Classes With Low Vision

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…