When I was first learning to play clarinet and saxophone, my instructors would often tell me to look at the fingering chart printed in the back of the music book to figure out the proper hand positions for a note I was learning. This wasn’t…

When I was in high school, my instructors would provide copies of assignments and classroom materials using a shared folder system that was set up with Dropbox. With this system, I could download copies of instructional content, work on the assignment using my personal device…

When it comes to receiving physical copies of materials and text-based content, paper size plays a significant role in how I both read and write on a page. Since my vision fluctuates often due to environmental factors, I typically prefer digital materials that I can…

When it comes to low vision assistive technology, my iPad is one of my most-used devices, and I use several different applications every day for accessing information in large print and audio formats. Since I’m using so many applications, it’s essential that I have them…

A dialog box is an element of graphical user interfaces that communicates key information or requests user input for a specific task, some of which require the user to make a choice/select something before they can close the box and continue interacting with their device.…

Why I prefer to receive digital accessible materials instead of print ones

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. Research databases, search engine results pages, and even just research articles in general can be extremely overwhelming visually, making it…

Learning how to write research papers and essays can be overwhelming for students with low vision or print disabilities that impact access to standard print. While teacher and peer feedback is a great way to improve writing skills and writing research papers in general, accessing…

Including students with blindness and low vision in classroom science labs and experiments

I started reading Bookshare titles with Microsoft Word when I was working on a school project and wanted a quick way to navigate my downloaded eBooks on my computer with a software I was already familiar with. My tablet and eReader were serving as more…

All about AIM-VA and their services

When learning to identify and plot coordinates and points on a coordinate plane, students with low vision may find it challenging to orient themselves to where items are located on a page or draw coordinates on paper. Even though I would understand the steps I…