Tag: low vision

MyLab Math Accessibility and Low Vision

MyLab Math Accessibility and Low Vision

Back in 2018, I took a business calculus class that used Pearson’s MyMathLab adaptive learning platform (now called MyLab Math) for homework, assignments, quizzes, and tests. As a student with low vision that primarily accesses information visually with large print and screen magnification with a…

How I Use WebAssign With Low Vision

How I Use WebAssign With Low Vision

My experience using WebAssign with low vision while taking Calculus 1 and Calculus 2 online as a student that primarily accesses information visually/in large print

How To Modify Accessible Anatomy Graphics For Low Vision

How To Modify Accessible Anatomy Graphics For Low Vision

When I first published this post in 2019, I was researching solutions on how to modify anatomy diagrams for the visually impaired (inclusive of low vision/blind) for a friend with low vision. Since then, my friend has earned their doctorate, and I’ve learned about several…

How I Use Microsoft Immersive Reader With Low Vision

How I Use Microsoft Immersive Reader With Low Vision

I have low vision and primarily access information visually using tools like large print and magnification, so I rely on various types of low vision assistive technology to access digital text. One category of tools that I rely on heavily when accessing web content is…

Using PicsArt To Simulate Low Vision

Using PicsArt To Simulate Low Vision

When I experienced a significant vision decline in high school, one of the most common questions from my teachers, case manager, and teacher of the visually impaired (TVI/TSVI) was “so what can you see?” I was the only student identified with low vision at my…

How I Document Accessibility Preferences With Low Vision

How I Document Accessibility Preferences With Low Vision

As a student with low vision that spends a lot of time at the computer and working with different types of software, I rely on several accessibility features and the use of assistive technology to access information. While there are some tools that I use…

Common Classroom Accommodations For Low Vision

Common Classroom Accommodations For Low Vision

I frequently get questions about the most common classroom accommodations for low vision from parents, students, and support team members trying to figure out what accommodations they need for Student Assistance Plans (SAPs), 504 Plans, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), and college Disability Services files. While…

Disclosing Disability In College Applications

Disclosing Disability In College Applications

Should you mention your disability when applying to college? Here’s how I did it, and got into my top choice college

Campus Delivery Robots: College O&M

Campus Delivery Robots: College O&M

How I use Starship delivery robots on my college campus and avoid running into them with my blindness cane

Tips For Transferring Cox Email to Yahoo Email With Low Vision

Tips For Transferring Cox Email to Yahoo Email With Low Vision

When my mom’s Cox email address was transitioned to Yahoo as part of a planned migration transferring Cox email addresses to the Yahoo Mail program, she couldn’t access her email for several days from Microsoft Outlook or from the Apple Mail app, and asked me…

Helpful Ways To Bookmark Websites For Low Vision Users

Helpful Ways To Bookmark Websites For Low Vision Users

There are a few websites I visit daily or multiple times a week, such as my WordPress dashboard, school website, and digital services from my public library. Instead of having a bunch of tiny icons crammed onto my Favorites tab that are hard to see…

Choosing Device Wallpapers and Backgrounds With Low Vision

Choosing Device Wallpapers and Backgrounds With Low Vision

“Hey, when did all of the computer icons disappear? I can’t see any icons on the desktop.” This is never a fun way to start a day at work, but that’s exactly what happened when I logged into my computer and suddenly couldn’t find any…