When I was shadowing an elementary school teacher, they asked me to help them design an accessible classroom library for their students with print disabilities, after we noticed that students seemed to be avoiding the library area or looking at the books in general. While…

Here are the accommodations I request for accessible print materials

When I was in middle school and high school, I didn’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…

How to use OneNote, a free note taking software that allows users to create multimedia notebooks and use accessible materials

I created my first Wakelet account several years ago after attending a virtual presentation on Wakelet accessibility features, but I didn’t really use it very often until I completed the free self-paced Wakelet Certified course and discovered how I could Wakelet not only with assistive…

When I was working with an elementary school student with low vision, I collaborated with their support team and classroom teacher to make their elementary school classroom more accessible to students with visual impairments so that they could navigate the space independently. Before, the student…

Attending prom with low vision, photosensitivity, and migraines

When I first started high school, one of the first things I noticed was how spread out all of my classes were. In middle school, my classes were all within one specific hallway, and I could get from one class to another in two minutes…

Whenever I speak about my experiences with working with a teacher of the visually impaired (TVI) while attending public school, people are often surprised by how many lessons my TVI taught me in high school, even though I did not see them very often. They…

During my senior year of high school, I went from having a few virtual classes each year to a truly hybrid online class schedule, where 50% or more of my classes were online. This continued throughout undergrad in college, before I transitioned to having all…

When I switched to taking 100% online classes, I thought that the transition would be pretty easy because I had already had a hybrid schedule with a mix of in-person and online classes since I was in high school. What I hadn’t considered was that…

Common stereotypes or misconceptions about students with IEPs, demystified