Tag: photosensitivity

Dealing With Dorm Fire Alarms: College O&M

Dealing With Dorm Fire Alarms: College O&M

Dealing with the infamous dorm fire alarms when you have a vision impairment

Ten Weird Things I Brought to College

Ten Weird Things I Brought to College

Ten non-traditional/weird things I brought to college that have really helped me

How To Create Accessible PowerPoints

How To Create Accessible PowerPoints

Ten tips for ensuring PowerPoint presentations are accessible for people with disabilities from the start.

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…

Choosing Custom Video Backgrounds For Low Vision Audiences

Choosing Custom Video Backgrounds For Low Vision Audiences

As a user with low vision, I have discovered that custom video backgrounds can be either super helpful tools for making it easier to concentrate on video calls or super distracting tools that make it harder to concentrate. Factors such as background choice, environmental lighting,…

Activity Ideas For Vision Breaks

Activity Ideas For Vision Breaks

As a student with low vision who also has photophobia/photosensitivity to bright lights, I often take vision breaks throughout the day to rest my eyes. When I’m working on visually demanding tasks such as reading, working on my computer, or taking notes in a classroom,…

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

Quiet Places At School For Students With Visual Impairments

Quiet Places At School For Students With Visual Impairments

How my support team implemented “quiet place” accommodations so I could manage visual fatigue and sensory overload at school

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