Tag: assistive technology

Fast Facts About Audio Description

Fast Facts About Audio Description

In 2018, I advocated to add a content warning for strobe and flashing lights in the movie Incredibles 2, after I got sick while watching the movie with my family in theaters. While talking to various media outlets about my experience, I mentioned how audio…

Common IEP Terminology For Low Vision

Common IEP Terminology For Low Vision

Ten words to know before your first IEP meeting so that you can be prepared and get the best services as early on as possible!

12 Safe Alternatives To The Bird Box Challenge

12 Safe Alternatives To The Bird Box Challenge

In 2019, there was a social media trend flooding my timeline called the Bird Box Challenge (#BirdBoxChallenge). The concept of the challenge is that a person is supposed to blindfold themselves and then complete everyday activities such as walking, doing chores, and navigating their community,…

ScanMarker Air: OCR Scanner Pen for Low Vision

ScanMarker Air: OCR Scanner Pen for Low Vision

Using the ScanMarker Air, a portable OCR scanner that takes notes 30x quicker, great for students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, or low vision

Testing Accommodations For Low Vision Students

Testing Accommodations For Low Vision Students

Print accommodations and assistive technology for taking tests and assessments in the classroom

How Do People With Visual Impairments Guide Each Other?

How Do People With Visual Impairments Guide Each Other?

Over the last few years, I have amassed a large amount of friends who are blind or that have low vision. It’s an awesome thing, because we can all relate to various aspects of each other’s lives and learn more about cool accessibility related things…

How I Use Google Assistant While Traveling

How I Use Google Assistant While Traveling

In 2018, I went on a weeklong trip to Austin, Texas where I had the opportunity to visit several different museums, speak at Texas School for the Blind, try lots of amazing delicious food, and attend other events related to low vision and assistive technology.…

Upcycling Yoga Mats Into Assistive Technology

Upcycling Yoga Mats Into Assistive Technology

A lot of people associate assistive technology with expensive specialty tools or items that are hard to find, but there are plenty of ways to transform or upcycle everyday objects and mainstream technology as assistive technology. As part of an assignment in one of my…

How To Create A Custom Android Home Screen With Microsoft Launcher

How To Create A Custom Android Home Screen With Microsoft Launcher

I’ve been designing my own custom Android home screens for over ten years now, and first started exploring the concept of making Android phones easier to use with low vision when I was a sophomore in high school. My first custom home screen design featured…

Creating Custom Flashcards With Amazon Alexa

Creating Custom Flashcards With Amazon Alexa

A couple of weeks ago, my friend was telling me how they had been getting eye strain from studying digital flashcards for one of their classes, and how they wished, in their own words, that they could have “flashcards that talked to you.” I did…

What I Want Congress Members To Know About Assistive Technology

What I Want Congress Members To Know About Assistive Technology

When I talk about how assistive technology has the power to change a life, this is what I want Congress Members to know about assistive technology and accessibility

Five Accessible Calculator Apps For Low Vision

Five Accessible Calculator Apps For Low Vision

I was first introduced to the world of calculator applications for low vision when I was in middle school and discovered that I couldnโ€™t see the graphing calculator that was used in my Algebra 1 class. The buttons on the calculator had a small font…