Veronica With Four Eyes

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How I Use Microsoft Lens With Low Vision

How I Use Microsoft Lens With Low Vision

Take notes and create accessible materials in about 90 seconds with Microsoft Office Lens

20+ Visual Impairment Project Ideas For DonorsChoose

20+ Visual Impairment Project Ideas For DonorsChoose

I’ve worked with DonorsChoose in a variety of different ways over the years, including helping teachers create their own classroom projects, researching tools that can be used by students with disabilities in the classroom, and donating to DonorsChoose projects as an individual or through a…

How To Create Helpful Visual Descriptions For Visually Impaired Audiences

How To Create Helpful Visual Descriptions For Visually Impaired Audiences

At many of the recent events I have attended, I’ve noticed that the speakers have been including visual descriptions of themselves when introducing themselves, to be more inclusive of visually impaired audiences. While I know some people don’t believe visual descriptions are necessary, I personally…

Reporting Academic Ableism For Someone Else

Reporting Academic Ableism For Someone Else

Last year, one of my best friends, who I will call Jane, experienced a great deal of academic ableism from a professor in their major. While I wasn’t there to witness what happened in the classroom, I watched Jane suffer from a mental and emotional…

Tips For Handling Academic Ableism In The Classroom

Tips For Handling Academic Ableism In The Classroom

When I was in middle school, I began to experience academic ableism in the classroom, primarily from my teachers. While I was fortunate to have many wonderful teachers who helped me to develop a love of learning and a sense of belonging in the classroom,…

Disability and Classroom Accommodations For POTS

Disability and Classroom Accommodations For POTS

I was diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) after dealing with symptoms for many years and experiencing a serious fall on campus that required hospitalization. After I was discharged from the hospital, my neurologist told me that I had to re-evaluate how I would…

Creating Accessible Bulletin Boards For College Dorms

Creating Accessible Bulletin Boards For College Dorms

One of my friends is a resident advisor/community assistant (RA/CA) for their college dorm, and mentioned that they were working on creating accessible bulletin boards to display information for residents about events, college policies, and self-care tips. I thought this was awesome, because I often…

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 To Create Dorm Door Signs and Decorations For Low Vision

How To Create Dorm Door Signs and Decorations For Low Vision

When I lived in college dorm/on-campus housing, the resident advisors for my floor would create dorm door signs and dorm door decorations for students that included their name and a fun design. There are a lot of creative dorm door decorations, and I received an…

Supporting Classroom Volunteers With Low Vision

Supporting Classroom Volunteers With Low Vision

I’ve had many opportunities to be a classroom volunteer and classroom visitor in a variety of different classrooms in my community and across the country, my favorite experience being when I was part of a high school mentorship program in an elementary school technology classroom.…

What If I Have To Report Disability Accommodation Violations?

What If I Have To Report Disability Accommodation Violations?

A few years ago, one of my best friends called me late at night feeling extremely distressed, because they were trying to figure out if they should report disability accommodation violations. Their professor hadn’t been following the accommodations listed in their Disability Services file, and…

My Talk At I’m Determined Summit: Crash Course In Immersive Reader

My Talk At I’m Determined Summit: Crash Course In Immersive Reader

As part of my work as the Microsoft Content Specialist for AIM-VA and as a Microsoft Certified Educator, I had the opportunity to present a short talk as part of the AT Lab at the I’m Determined Summit, a virtual conference for students with disabilities…

How Students Can Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day

How Students Can Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Every year, people from all around the world gather to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and this year is no exception. I’ve noticed that many of the events are targetted at professionals who want to learn more about accessibility and people who are already involved…

Ways To Use Visual Assistance Apps For Virtual Classes

Ways To Use Visual Assistance Apps For Virtual Classes

Recently, I was talking to another college student about different options for using visual assistance apps for virtual classes and how they could use different apps on their iOS and Android devices to help them with accessing visual information. While I frequently use visual assistance…

Considerations For Writing Marching Band Drill For Low Vision Students

Considerations For Writing Marching Band Drill For Low Vision Students

A high school-aged clarinet player reached out to me on Pinterest a few days ago asking me if I had any tips for how to read marching band drill sheets and talking to their director about marching with low vision. The conversation made me think…