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
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
Take my hand, and we’ll make it accessible I swear, learn about accessible memes for low vision in this story about a lemon on a pear/Livin’ on a Prayer
Tips for going to restaurants with low vision, including finding accessible menus, free apps for visual impairment accessibility, and using assistive technology independently
Shortly before my second year of college, I received a few orientation and mobility lessons for learning how to navigate with low vision and a blindness cane. These lessons were helpful for learning general travel skills, but I noticed they didn’t get into specifics about…
I’m often one of the first people that people at my school meet that has low vision or that lives with a chronic illness. While there are several other students that have vision loss or that live with other invisible disabilities, I have chosen to…
Tips and strategies I have used when going to the movies and visiting movie theaters with low vision and light sensitivity (photophobia and/or photosensitivity)
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…
Attending prom with low vision, photosensitivity, and migraines
While sitting in my dorm room at George Mason University in 2016, I came across an event listing from the Center for Accessibility at DC Public Library where people could come in and have conversations about assistive technology. I had been considering starting a blog/website…
Yearbooks are a fun end-of-school-year tradition that allow students to celebrate their accomplishments and friendships that they have made during the year and provide opportunities for documenting memories. My school yearbooks are the only books I own that have a small/standard print size, and it’s…
When I was talking to a new friend about how I blog about low vision assistive technology, they asked me if I had any posts about taking selfies with vision loss or tips for taking selfies with low vision. I told them I was working…
Recently, a group of friends and I were talking about places to find free online accessible multiplayer games for people who are blind or that have low vision, and one of my friends recommended RS Games. After browsing through the documentation, my friends and I…