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Modifying Assignments To Remove Flashing Lights

Modifying Assignments To Remove Flashing Lights

I have an eye and brain condition affected by flashing lights. Here’s how I work with instructors to modify assignments and course content as needed

Tips for Going To Movie Theaters With Low Vision

Tips for Going To Movie Theaters With Low Vision

Tips and strategies I have used when going to the movies and visiting movie theaters with low vision and light sensitivity (photophobia and/or photosensitivity)

How To Make A Dorm Room Completely Dark

How To Make A Dorm Room Completely Dark

Products that help to make a dorm room completely dark for college students with migraines, based on my own on-campus experience

Disability Accommodations For Graduation

Disability Accommodations For Graduation

Examples of disability accommodations for graduation and other commencement events for graduates of all ages

Ten Staff Members To Meet Before Starting College

Ten Staff Members To Meet Before Starting College

Ten staff members you should meet before or at the beginning of college

Smartphone Accessibility Settings For Photosensitivity

Smartphone Accessibility Settings For Photosensitivity

Functions to check before purchasing a phone if you have sensitivity to flashing lights

Low Vision Assistive Technology For The Bathroom

Low Vision Assistive Technology For The Bathroom

Ever wonder “how does a blind person use the bathroom?” or “how does someone who is visually impaired take a shower?” I’ve had many people ask me these questions, including children, teachers, friends, and even people I shared a bathroom with in student housing. Like…

How I Talk To Professors About Photosensitivity

How I Talk To Professors About Photosensitivity

I receive disability accommodations in college for two different medical conditions- an eye condition that causes low vision and a neurological condition called Chiari Malformation. Both my eye and brain condition cause me to experience light sensitivity, sometimes referred to as photosensitivity, and my accommodations…

The Real Villain In Incredibles 2 – Strobe Lights (NO SPOILERS)

The Real Villain In Incredibles 2 – Strobe Lights (NO SPOILERS)

What you and your family need to know about strobe lights in Disney/Pixar’s new movie, Incredibles 2

How I Explain My Brain With Chiari Malformation

How I Explain My Brain With Chiari Malformation

Phrases that describe what it’s like living with Chiari Malformation

Two of Everything: Living With Double Vision

Two of Everything: Living With Double Vision

I’ve lived with diplopia for almost my entire life. Here are my favorite assistive technology tools and strategies for living with double vision

Disability Accommodations For Fluctuating Eyesight

Disability Accommodations For Fluctuating Eyesight

When I was in middle school, I noticed that it was easier to read text early in the morning compared to later in the day when my eyesight would be worse, not realizing this was due to fluctuating eyesight. As I got older and my…