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 […]

If you are new to blindness or low vision, take the journey one day and one step at a time. Utilize our tips for adjusting to vision changes, living independently, caring for yourself, navigating relationships, getting around your environment, redesigning your home and fall prevention, making home and vehicle repairs, maintaining employment, and choosing where […]

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 […]