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

Creating audio narrated images for low vision students is great for Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) lessons! Here is a mix of paid/free apps for annotating and adding narration to images

When I went to Disneyland the day before a professional conference in 2019, one of the questions I had for staff was how Disney character meet and greets are done for guests with visual impairments, or if any special considerations were taken for blind kids…

I was introduced to streaming audio description for performing arts videos when I watched Twelfth Night with audio description through the National Theatre At Home service. Since then, I’ve discovered several other paid and free streaming services offering audio description for plays, ballet, opera, musicals,…

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

In 2018, I attended a Major League Baseball (MLB) game while visiting St. Louis, where I got to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Atlanta Braves. On that trip, I had the opportunity to learn about MLB baseball game accessibility for visually impaired spectators,…

When watching science experiments or participating in science labs, I would constantly find myself thinking or saying “what just happened?” after every step of the experiment. Since I have low vision, I often have trouble noticing subtle changes in science experiments or focusing in visually…

Many of the people I meet with visual impairments have an interest in DIY projects or crafting in some capacity. Some are more interested in fiber arts and work on projects like crocheting or knitting with low vision, embroidery, or sewing in some capacity, while…

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,…

When I visited Disney World and Disneyland as a college student, I wanted to check out the audio description devices at Disney Parks that provide visual descriptions of select attractions and an audio map for navigating the park. While there weren’t too many instances where…

When my brother and I went to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (also known as The Met), I wasn’t entirely sure how much of the art I would be able to see. While it may seem odd visiting The Met…

When I volunteered at a local aquarium in high school, I started documenting a list of tips for visiting aquariums with low vision after I noticed how there were certain exhibits I struggled with navigating as both a visitor and as a volunteer. Even though…