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An International Student Experience When Blind

Posted on January 31, 2023 - 5:58 am by Bhavya Shah

Coming to the States for my higher education had been a possibility I began toying with in ninth grade. It was a nebulous thought that did not particularly mature for several years. I was quite busy negotiating the Indian education system. I was typing up my textbooks when accessible electronic material was unavailable, participating in […]

Sam of ‘The Blind Life’ Shares About His Access Technology YouTube Channel

Posted on January 24, 2023 - 10:52 am by Sam Seavey

Individual holding a white cane with one hand and a professional camera, directed toward his face, with the other

Here’s why I started a YouTube channel for people who are blind/ low vision with over 50,000 subscribers. In 2013, I was creating videos for a mobile technology channel and decided to sneak in a video about getting a larger font on your mobile device. I realized there were several comments from Visually Impaired People (VIPs) […]

Advocating Always: A Request for the Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit

Posted on January 17, 2023 - 7:58 am by Alexis Read

Imagine that you are assigned to an unfamiliar school for your student-teaching placement. Your vocational rehabilitation counselor has purchased the Picture Maker: Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit for your use in learning routes in the school and new community because he understands the benefit of this tool. Now imagine you meet your new orientation and mobility (O&M) instructor […]

Thriving With Changing Vision by Adapting Year After Year

Posted on January 11, 2023 - 8:38 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Zelda Gebhard doesn’t identify as a person with low vision because she’s so much more than that. “I’m a whole person,” she says. “Along with my career, I’m a wife, mother, and grandmother. I have a full life with interests and hobbies. I’m not that much different than a person who doesn’t have vision loss. […]

Career Conversations: One Year of Interviewing Professionals who are Blind or Low Vision

Posted on January 9, 2023 - 12:52 pm by admin

Sillouhettes of different people in different colors.

What if I told you there’s a place you can listen to individuals who are blind or low vision share about their current employment and how they prepared for it? There, you can ask your pressing questions—how did they know the career field is what they wanted to pursue; how did they navigate disclosing blindness/ […]

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