Tag: print disabilities

How To Create Accessible Summer Reading Lists For Print Disabilities

How To Create Accessible Summer Reading Lists For Print Disabilities

I love getting recommendations for new books to read from my university or local libraries, especially when it comes to summer reading lists with all of the new and upcoming releases. However, there are times I miss out on being able to access the reading…

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: eReaders

Mainstream Technology and Low Vision: eReaders

Why I love eReaders and how they help students with print disabilities

How To Improve Your Blog Theme For Visually Impaired Users

How To Improve Your Blog Theme For Visually Impaired Users

Accessibility features and considerations for designing websites that can be used by people with blindness and low vision

Free Accessible Periodic Tables For Low Vision

Free Accessible Periodic Tables For Low Vision

Ten options for making the periodic table accessible for students with blindness, low vision, and vision impairment.

How To Make Music Accessible With Microsoft PowerPoint

How To Make Music Accessible With Microsoft PowerPoint

Here is how I make print and digital copies of music accessible for low vision with Microsoft PowerPoint. Also works with Microsoft Publisher and Google Slides

Unique Summer Reading Prizes For Print Disabilities

Unique Summer Reading Prizes For Print Disabilities

Many of the students I have met over the years haven’t been motivated to participate in summer reading programs because they aren’t excited about the prizes being offered. Many summer reading programs hosted at libraries offer copies of books as prizes, which are inaccessible to…

Low Vision Assistive Technology For Discussion Board Posts

Low Vision Assistive Technology For Discussion Board Posts

Discussion board posts are a key part of college experiences, especially in online classes and in graduate school programs. I love discussion boards because I often learn so much from students and instructors alike about different topics, problem solving ideas, and areas of interest, but…

Tips For Using VDWrite In The Classroom With Low Vision

Tips For Using VDWrite In The Classroom With Low Vision

Some of the students I’ve worked with find the feature-rich layouts of applications like Microsoft Word or Notability to be visually overwhelming and prefer a simpler layout for authoring and editing text. Many of them prefer the VDWrite application for iPad as it provides several…

Configuring Padlet For Low Vision Accessibility

Configuring Padlet For Low Vision Accessibility

My first introduction to Padlet accessibility features was when I was in high school and realized I couldnโ€™t see any of the text or images that my instructor had just shared for a virtual class, and they told me I had to figure out how…

Why You Should Register With Disability Services in College

Why You Should Register With Disability Services in College

A prospective student recently asked me if they really needed to get a Disability Services file for college, because they didn’t want to go through the intake process or go to a bunch of meetings when they would primarily be taking online classes and could…

Low Vision Accommodations For Print Materials From My Low Vision IEP

Low Vision Accommodations For Print Materials From My Low Vision IEP

Here are the accommodations I request for accessible print materials

Ten Spooky Inaccessible Assignments For Low Vision Students

Ten Spooky Inaccessible Assignments For Low Vision Students

When I was in middle school and high school, I didnโ€™t know very much about document accessibility or how to create or remediate accessible assignments for low vision, but I could quickly figure out if someone handed me an assignment if I could read it…