As a student living with chronic pain, I often joke with my friends that I have to over-think several decisions, which includes choosing a backpack for bringing materials to class. Choosing a backpack with chronic pain isn’t as straightforward as just making an aesthetic choice…

My experiences taking gym classes in the general curriculum, why I was later exempt, taking adaptive PE, and taking gym/health online

I started using a teleprompter app with low vision to show scripts for school news and other video projects, as I found it much easier to read large print from the digital display compared to a paper script while filming. Since then, I have continued…

During in-person classes and lectures, I often have trouble seeing videos presented on the projector or on other screens, and find myself asking a lot of questions about what is going on or becoming disoriented due to unexpected flickering or flashing lights. I know that…

When I had to create trifold posters and present trifolds during class projects in middle and high school, I often struggled with adapting trifold posters or creating accessible trifold posters that I could see with low vision. While I could create a trifold presentation that…

To celebrate the two-year anniversary of my first public posts on Veroniiiica, I published the first version of this post with tips on how to embrace assistive technology with limited funding, including resources for finding free and low-cost assistive technology (AT) solutions for students with…

The first time I used the Brainfuse Online Tutoring website was back in 2018 or 2019 when I was confused about a physics problem while working on my homework late at night. I was grateful to get an explanation for how to solve this problem,…

As part of my asynchronous online classes, I often have to watch video lectures and presentations recorded by my instructors and take notes on key concepts. This can be challenging if I have trouble reading text in the video due to poor color contrast, small…

Here is how I explain my brain condition, Chiari Malformation, to people

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…

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. While teacher and peer feedback is a great way to improve writing skills and writing research papers in general, accessing…