Accommodation Archives

Accessible Teaching Strategies for Blind College Students

Posted on May 12, 2025 - 10:12 am by Hunter Duncan

As a college professor, you may often receive notifications from your university’s disability services office that you have a student registered for accommodations. Perhaps this time, you have received a notification that you have a student with accommodations unfamiliar to you. These may include large-print materials, breaks to relieve a guide dog, lab assistants in […]

Accessible Workplaces for Blind and Low Vision Employees

Posted on May 6, 2025 - 12:04 pm by Richard Rueda

Two coworkers smile and converse at a standing desk.

Much can be said about happiness and productivity in the workplace, especially when employees and employers work together authentically and cohesively. For people who are blind or low vision, thriving at work involves open communication, collaboration, and shared respect. The following tips offer practical ways for employees to contribute their skills while managing access needs, […]

Working with Editors and Publishers to Author Great Books

Posted on February 20, 2024 - 1:23 pm by Ann Chiappetta

Whether you write for personal enjoyment or professionally, becoming a good writer requires practice, talent, education, and perseverance. The career possibilities in writing, editing, and publishing currently open to a person living with blindness or low vision are more attainable today thanks to recent improvements in electronic resources and tools designed for blind and low-vision […]

Letters to Parents: A Classroom Teacher’s Perspective

Posted on January 4, 2024 - 1:28 pm by Rachel Smith

A teacher pointing to her smart board with a list of behavior expectations.

The start of a new school can be exciting and nerve-wracking all at the same time. For parents of children who are blind or low vision, excitement often gives way to fear, anxiousness, and uncertainty…and understandably so. This past school year, I was blessed to have two students in my class who received low […]

The Dots of Braille Music Transcription

Posted on January 3, 2024 - 10:34 am by Lori Scharff

Daniel Gillen is a Library of Congress Certified Proofreader in Unified English Braille. He works as a Braille Music Specialist at The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School, FMDG, in New York City. Daniel began learning braille music from FMDG when he was five. There, he participated in their choir and learned to play the […]

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