Tag: blind

Visiting The Museum of Modern Art With Vision Loss

Visiting The Museum of Modern Art With Vision Loss

When my brother and I went to visit New York City in 2018, one of the things I was most excited about was visiting the Museum of Modern Art with vision loss. While it may seem odd that someone who uses a blindness cane would…

YouDescribe: Audio Description For YouTube

YouDescribe: Audio Description For YouTube

One of my all-time favorite accessibility tools for low vision and photosensitivity is audio description, which I first discovered when going to a movie with friends at the end of my freshman year in college. I immediately started wondering where this amazing technology had been…

Reading Handwriting With Assistive Technology

Reading Handwriting With Assistive Technology

Before one of my close friends moved to another country, they gave me a handwritten card that is filled with all sorts of memories and inside jokes about our friendship. Shortly after they handed me the card, my friend asked me if I can read…

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…

How To Make Virtual Museums Accessible For Visual Impairments

How To Make Virtual Museums Accessible For Visual Impairments

Free accessibility resources available to museum guests with blindness and low vision

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…

Airport Security and Low Vision

Airport Security and Low Vision

How to get plane safety information for blind and vision impaired travelers on any airline. Great for beginners or children/teenagers

How To Approach Someone with Low Vision Without Scaring Them

How To Approach Someone with Low Vision Without Scaring Them

An etiquette guide for interacting with people with low vision and blindness without scaring them

Making Clothing Stores Accessible For Low Vision

Making Clothing Stores Accessible For Low Vision

The last time I went shopping at a popular clothing retailer for college students, I tripped over multiple store displays and knocked over an entire rack of clothing. I have low vision and use a blindness cane, but that didn’t stop the store associates from…

Getting a Reduced Fare SmarTrip Card With Low Vision

Getting a Reduced Fare SmarTrip Card With Low Vision

While attending college in the Washington DC Metro area, I qualified for the reduced fare SmarTrip card since I have low vision, which gave me discounts on Metrorail services and other fares. A lot of students with vision loss at my college didn’t know about…

Classroom Technology That Benefits Low Vision Students

Classroom Technology That Benefits Low Vision Students

When designing a classroom with inclusion in mind, there are several different types of classroom technology that can help all learners, but especially learners that have low vision. I had a high school teacher that commented on how modifying assignments and classroom tech for one…

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: Televisions

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: Televisions

While many people associate assistive technology with specialized devices that are expensive or hard to find, many mainstream technology devices have started supporting accessibility features and built-in assistive technology that can make specialty tools more financially and publicly accessible for all. One of the most…