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Computer Lab Accommodations For Low Vision Students

Computer Lab Accommodations For Low Vision Students

In my elementary school and both high schools, I spent a lot of time in the computer lab for technology classes and virtual classes, and often had to enable additional accessibility settings each time I used the computer. Since I didn’t have access to any…

How My Guidance Counselor Helped Me As A Low Vision Student

How My Guidance Counselor Helped Me As A Low Vision Student

I had three different guidance counselors when I was in high school, including two at my first high school and one at my second high school. Even though a lot of people don’t associate guidance counselors with special education and having an IEP, each of…

Explaining Child Study Teams Using The Scientific Method

Explaining Child Study Teams Using The Scientific Method

Explaining the process of a child study meeting using the scientific method of problem solving.

Common IEP Terminology For Low Vision

Common IEP Terminology For Low Vision

Ten words to know before your first IEP meeting so that you can be prepared and get the best services as early on as possible!

Transitioning to a 504 Plan Before College

Transitioning to a 504 Plan Before College

The best advice about disability accommodations my mom and I ever received- how and why to convert your IEP to a 504 plan before graduating.

How To Transfer To A Virtual Class Mid-Year

How To Transfer To A Virtual Class Mid-Year

How to transfer to a virtual class partially through the year or at the mid-year mark from a traditional classroom environment. Great for students with IEPs, 504 plans, or other emergency situations.

Notability and Low Vision

Notability and Low Vision

My review of the iPad app Notability, and how to integrate it into the classroom. Also includes tips for teaching students how to use it.

Dysgraphia Accommodations In The Classroom

Dysgraphia Accommodations In The Classroom

Tips for managing dysgraphia in classroom settings, from elementary school to college.

Eight Things You Need To Know About Your Disability Accommodations

Eight Things You Need To Know About Your Disability Accommodations

Eight items every student must know about their IEP so they can self-advocate.

Seven Myths About IEP Students

Seven Myths About IEP Students

Common stereotypes or misconceptions about students with IEPs, demystified

Five Things Your IEP Case Manager Won’t Tell You

Five Things Your IEP Case Manager Won’t Tell You

Five not-so-secret things your IEP case manager isn’t telling you, from a college student who had a IEP

Ten Lessons My TVI Taught Me

Ten Lessons My TVI Taught Me

What I learned from my high school teacher of the visually impaired (TVI) as a low vision student

High School Laptops and Low Vision

High School Laptops and Low Vision

All of the applications on my high school laptop, no internet connection required

I Don’t Need An IEP!

I Don’t Need An IEP!

When my first high school taught me my IEP was an inconvenience, I spent a week imagining what life would be like without one

Preferential Seating and Low Vision

Preferential Seating and Low Vision

Sometimes the best seat isn’t front row center. How to find the best seat in the classroom with preferential seating accommodations