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Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Activity Ideas for Students

Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Activity Ideas for Students

Free activity ideas for Global Accessibility Awareness Day that teach students about disability, assistive technology, and digital accessibility

Teach Kids About Low Vision and Assistive Technology: Free Resources

Teach Kids About Low Vision and Assistive Technology: Free Resources

Learn about low vision and assistive technology with the help of free resources and activity ideas, curated by an assistive technology specialist with low vision

Accessing The News With Assistive Technology

Accessing The News With Assistive Technology

A list of accessibility strategies for accessing the news with assistive technology for individuals with visual impairments, inclusive of low vision/blind/CVI

How To Make Easter Egg Hunts Accessible For Low Vision

How To Make Easter Egg Hunts Accessible For Low Vision

Here are my favorite tips for how to make Easter egg hunts accessible for low vision kids, focusing on low cost tools and adapting existing easter egg hunt materials

Creating Audio Description For College Fight Song

Creating Audio Description For College Fight Song

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

A to Z of Assistive Technology For Low Vision

A to Z of Assistive Technology For Low Vision

26 examples of assistive technology for low vision access that are used by people with visual impairments for work, school, and everyday life.

How I Use Accessible Voting Machines With Low Vision

How I Use Accessible Voting Machines With Low Vision

Learn about the features of accessible voting machines like ExpressVote and how I use them to vote with low vision in local, state, and federal elections in Virginia.

Upcycling Music Stands into Assistive Technology

Upcycling Music Stands into Assistive Technology

When I was working with a student with newly diagnosed neurological visual impairment (also known as CVI), I noticed that patterns and visual clutter played a significant role in how the student accessed information, and that they preferred items on a plain background with a…

Pre-Teaching Programming Languages To Visually Impaired Students

Pre-Teaching Programming Languages To Visually Impaired Students

Tips for pre-planning student access needs in programming and coding courses, and proactively addressing accessible coding barriers through pre-teaching programming languages

File Formats For Low Vision and Print Disabilities

File Formats For Low Vision and Print Disabilities

Digital doesnโ€™t always mean accessible! Learn more about file formats for low vision and print disabilities for the classroom and beyond

OCR Scanner Apps For Low Vision Students

OCR Scanner Apps For Low Vision Students

A list of OCR scanner apps for low vision students, useful for extracting text that can be read out loud with text-to-speech or displayed in large print.

Ten Lessons My TVI Taught Me

Ten Lessons My TVI Taught Me

A must-read for teachers of students with visual impairments, here are lessons my TVI taught me as a low vision student and resources for visually impaired students