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Smartphone Apps For Orientation and Mobility

Smartphone Apps For Orientation and Mobility

My favorite tool for O&M and independent navigation as a person with low vision isn’t my blindness cane- it’s my Android smartphone. While I love my blindness cane and all of the ways that it helps me to navigate my community on my own or…

Websites That Teach Kids About Low Vision and Assistive Technology

Websites That Teach Kids About Low Vision and Assistive Technology

Even though I was diagnosed with low vision around the age of three, I didn’t realize until I was in middle school that blindness  and vision loss was a spectrum and not a binary- up until that point, I figured that anyone who used a…

Five Questions To Ask When Buying A Blindness Cane

Five Questions To Ask When Buying A Blindness Cane

One of the common stereotypes I first believed when I was told that I should consider buying a blindness cane is that all canes are one size fits all and that it’s as easy as choosing a random cane online and checking out. However, I…

Blindness Canes and Robots: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and Robots: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

College Mailrooms and Low Vision

College Mailrooms and Low Vision

When it came to getting items for my college dorm and day-to-day life, it was easier and less time consuming to order items online and have them mailed directly to my college mailbox. However, while I was able to get packages at my front door…

Blindness Canes And Pouring Rain: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes And Pouring Rain: Navigating College Campuses

How to navigate the rain with a blindness cane

Blindness Canes and GPS Applications: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and GPS Applications: Navigating College Campuses

Learn how to navigate campus quickly and get lost less frequently

Blindness Canes and Paparazzi: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and Paparazzi: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

Blindness Canes and College Tours: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and College Tours: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

Blindness Canes And Satellite Campuses: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes And Satellite Campuses: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

Blindness Canes and Classrooms: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and Classrooms: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

Blindness Canes and Building Identification: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and Building Identification: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

Blindness Canes and Accessibility Issues: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and Accessibility Issues: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

Blindness Canes and Dining Halls: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and Dining Halls: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…

Blindness Canes and Nighttime: Navigating College Campuses

Blindness Canes and Nighttime: Navigating College Campuses

Welcome to my Navigating College Campuses series, where I talk about all of the different ways I use Orientation and Mobility (O&M) techniques and my blindness cane as a student with low vision at my large public university. After spending four years living on my…