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My Favorite Free Math Websites For Low Vision

My Favorite Free Math Websites For Low Vision

Five math websites accessible for students with low vision, blindness, vision impairments, and their peers.

iOS Magnifier and Low Vision Accessibility

iOS Magnifier and Low Vision Accessibility

An overview of the built-in iOS Magnifier and low vision accessibility settings. Use your iPhone or iPad as a video magnifier, with options for VoiceOver access

Using PicsArt To Simulate Low Vision

Using PicsArt To Simulate Low Vision

When I experienced a significant vision decline in high school, one of the most common questions from my teachers, case manager, and teacher of the visually impaired (TVI/TSVI) was “so what can you see?” I was the only student identified with low vision at my…

How To Create Accessible Summer Reading Lists For Print Disabilities

How To Create Accessible Summer Reading Lists For Print Disabilities

I love getting recommendations for new books to read from my university or local libraries, especially when it comes to summer reading lists with all of the new and upcoming releases. However, there are times I miss out on being able to access the reading…

Vocational Rehabilitation for College Students

Vocational Rehabilitation for College Students

I first learned about vocational rehabilitation for college students with visual impairments when I was getting ready to graduate from high school. Even though I had been registered with the state agency for visual impairment since I was fourteen years old, I hadn’t talked to…

Free Digital Bookmarking Tools For Low Vision

Free Digital Bookmarking Tools For Low Vision

I started using digital bookmarking tools and bookmarking apps to organize research sources, website links, and other multimedia content after I realized that my previous strategy of adding everything to my bookmarks or copying links into a single document wasn’t particularly effective. Learning to use…

Customize Microsoft Edge Accessibility For Low Vision

Customize Microsoft Edge Accessibility For Low Vision

An in-depth guide to customize Microsoft Edge accessibility for low vision. Make it easier to access web content with high contrast, custom fonts, and custom colors

Free Accessible Periodic Tables For Low Vision

Free Accessible Periodic Tables For Low Vision

Ten options for making the periodic table accessible for students with blindness, low vision, and vision impairment.

Create An Accessible Digital Cookbook With Microsoft Products

Create An Accessible Digital Cookbook With Microsoft Products

A few years ago, my friends and I wanted to share our favorite recipes in a digital one-page document, and I outlined this process in a post on how to create a cookbook in Microsoft Sway. When I went back to update this post, I…

Tuva Tools and Low Vision Accessibility

Tuva Tools and Low Vision Accessibility

When I first started using graphs and charts in math classes, I decided that I hated them. As a student with low vision, I often encountered charts that featured low resolution images, black and white or grayscale color schemes, blurry text, or hard-to-read keys that…

How To Describe Science Experiments For Visually Impaired Students

How To Describe Science Experiments For Visually Impaired Students

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…

Adapting Accessible Z-Tables: Math Problems and Low Vision

Adapting Accessible Z-Tables: Math Problems and Low Vision

Statistics assignments that require the use of a z-table can be challenging for students with low vision who often receive copies of z-tables that are not optimized with visual impairment access in mind. Honestly, I had so much trouble finding accessible z-tables for visual impairment…