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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

April Fool’s Day Prank Lessons For Low Vision Assistive Technology

April Fool’s Day Prank Lessons For Low Vision Assistive Technology

Practical and positive creative prank ideas for introducing low vision assistive technology concepts with humor on April Fool’s Day and beyond

Incorporating Blindness Canes into Halloween Costumes

Incorporating Blindness Canes into Halloween Costumes

When I started using a blindness cane (white cane) in college, I felt a bit self-conscious about using my cane because I felt like I stood out wherever I went, especially since I was still learning to get around and answer questions about my vision…

Visiting Holiday Lights With Light Sensitivity

Visiting Holiday Lights With Light Sensitivity

Visiting Christmas and holiday light displays with migraines, epilepsy, and similar photosensitive conditions.

How To Describe A Christmas Tree For Visual Impairment

How To Describe A Christmas Tree For Visual Impairment

When my friend and I went to a Christmas tree gallery at a church, we were surrounded by tons of beautiful trees that came in various sizes and shapes, each with gorgeous intricate decorations and lights. It was overwhelming to see all of the details,…

Decorating A Christmas Tree With Low Vision

Decorating A Christmas Tree With Low Vision

Every year, my family sets up an artificial Christmas tree and we spend a few hours hanging up various homemade and store-bought ornaments, as well as adding other details such as lights, a tree skirt, and other accessories. My family never put a whole lot…

Choosing Greeting Cards For Visually Impaired Recipients

Choosing Greeting Cards For Visually Impaired Recipients

I love picking out greeting cards for my friends and family and receiving cards for birthdays and holidays with lovely messages inside. As my vision has declined and changed over the years, I have passed along tips and suggestions for choosing greeting cards for visually…

Tips For Watching Parades With Vision Loss

Tips For Watching Parades With Vision Loss

When my friends and I went to a 4th of July parade in a nearby town a few years ago, I realized that I didn’t know very much about watching parades with vision loss or making parades accessible to visually impaired guests. Most of my…

Decorating Easter Eggs With Low Vision

Decorating Easter Eggs With Low Vision

Decorating Easter eggs is a fun springtime activity, and the internet is filled with a ton of different tips for ways to dye Easter eggs, hacks for decorating Easter eggs, and ideas for decorating Easter eggs with a variety of materials. I’ve decorated Easter eggs…