Author Archives: tsusnick

As you map out your goals for this summer or winter break, don’t forget to make room for a job—valuable educational, social, and financial opportunities await! While employment may not be your first choice for fun, remember—it can also help fund those extra-special activities you may not otherwise be able to afford.  You may also […]

Editor’s note: This article was written by daughter-mother team, Kait and Meghan Stott, Cooking, making meals for loved ones and friends, is a huge tradition in our family and something I have been sharing with my daughter, Kaitlin. I know plenty of adults with visual impairments who cook and manage their own households, so I […]

We’re talking Valentine’s card preparations—but not adding signatures to your standard store-bought notes—accessible, tactile designing! While the finished product can still look creative and beautiful, our main aim is for them to be tactually interesting and enjoyable to create.  Not too long ago my daughter came home from school proudly showing me a piece of tactile art: multi-colored yarn […]

It sure is getting hot outside! The temperature isn’t the only thing rising—so is our desire to have a little summer fun. Why not gather the family to make and eat ice lollies?! If you aren’t quite sure how to safely involve your child in kitchen skills, consider asking your child’s teacher of students with visual impairments (TVI) for guidance.  So, just how can we encourage practice in the blindness-specific Expanded […]

“Legal blindness” is a definition used by the United States government to determine eligibility for vocational training, rehabilitation, schooling, disability benefits, low vision devices, and tax exemption programs. It’s not a functional low-vision definition and doesn’t tell us much about what a person can and cannot see. Having low vision means that even with regular glasses, contact lenses, medication, or surgery, you […]