2021 National Coding Symposium – Resources

Resources will be updated continually up to and throughout the symposium.

Websites, Apps, and Media Outlets

Academy of Music for the Blind (AMB): www.ouramb.org
Accessibility at Verizon Media: https://www.VerizonMedia.com/accessibility
Accessibyte:
- Website: www.accessibyte.com
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/accessibyte
- Email: [email protected]
Be My Eyes: www.bemyeyes.com
Blind Intstitute of Technology (BIT): blindit.org
Coding References from Glen Gordon (JAWS):
Dancing Dots: www.DancingDots.com
Do-It: https://www.washington.edu/doit/
Eyes On Success radio show/podcast: www.EyesOnSuccess.net
Freedom Scientific: https://www.freedomscientific.com
Getting Coding Help
- Subscribe to the Blind programming email list.
- Review the archive.
Google:
- Website: google.com/accessibility
- Contact website: g.co/disabilitysupport
HumanWare:
- Website: www.humanware.com
- HWBuddy iOS application: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hw-buddy/id1503313942
- HWBuddy Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.humanware.hwbuddy&hl=en_US&gl=US
NewHaptics: www.newhaptics.com
Paths to Technology: https://www.perkinselearning.org/technology
- There are many coding-related posts and activities on Paths to Technology, including activities to introduce coding concepts and simple robots driven by arrows or coding for young students. what are your favorite coding activities? Please consider sharing on Paths to Technology!
Prime Access Consulting (PAC): www.pac.bz
Quorum Programming Language: https://quorumlanguage.com/
Robot Quick Course: https://sites.google.com/esu4.net/robot2020/home
RSGames: https://rsgames.org/
ViewPlus: https://viewplus.com
Waymap: www.waymap.org
YesAccessible!: www.yesaccessible.com

Downloads

Python
- Download: https://www.python.org/downloads/
- Beginners Guide for non-programmers: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers
- Note: Use Visual Studio Code for doing the actual coding.
- Running Python scripts from the command prompt on Windows: This is the first part of the Python Windows FAQ. Although I recommend using Visual Studio Code for writing your scripts, running them directly from the Windows command prompt will do a better job of automatically speaking the output than when running them with the Visual Studio Code terminal.
- Note: If you’re debugging a script, the VSCode terminal is best.
Visual Studio Code
- Download: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
- Accessibility Support for Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/accessibility
- Note: Since Python uses indentation to infer code structure, you need to hear the amount by which each line is indented.
- To configure this for JAWS:
  1. Open Visual Studio Code
  2. Press JAWSKey+6 on the number row to launch SettingsCenter
  3. Search for Indent.
  4. Make sure that “Say Indented Characters” is enabled.

Articles

The Blind Man Who Sees Color: https://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/28/203900/index.htm
Science Is Golden: Interviews with Four Scientists Who Are Visually Impaired (AFB): https://www.afb.org/aw/6/1/14656

Videos

Dancing Dots: www.youtube.com/DancingDotsAccess
Google: g.co/a11yvideos

Presentations

Are there prerequisites to learning how to code? – Ken Perry: https://aphconnectcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Are-there-prerequisites-to-learning-how-to-code-2.pptx
Coding in K-12 Resource Handout – Sara Larkin and Jennifer Bliss: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2ODgevWNFvRcVtuRjuvpDT3wEB7bDwHGEUp8-nU0KQ/edit?usp=sharing
Dealing with the Inaccessible – Sina Bahram: https://aphconnectcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Dealing-with-the-Inaccessible.pptx
Learning To Code Opens Up Many Career Opportunities, Not Just Programming – Greg Stilson: https://aphconnectcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Learning-To-Code-Opens-Up-Many-Career-Opportunities-Not-Just-Programming.pptx
Teaching CS to Blind and Visually Impaired Students – Gina Fugate: https://www.washington.edu/doit/webinars/?webinar=infosysbvi

Speakers Contact Information

Darryl Adams, Intel
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dadamspdx/
Jennison Asuncion, LinkedIn
- LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/jennison
- Twitter: @jennison
- Email: [email protected]
Sina Bahram, Prime Access Consulting
- Website: Prime Access Consulting (PAC): www.pac.bz
- Email: [email protected]
Jennifer Bliss, Iowa Educational Services
- Email: [email protected]
Gina Fugate, Maryland School for the Blind
- LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/gina-fugate-16baaa8b
John Gardner, ViewPlus
- Email: [email protected]
Glen Gordon, Freedom Scientific
- Feel free to email me if you have questions that you think I’m uniquely qualified to answer. Email: [email protected]
Ted Henter, Henter-Joyce (JAWS)
- Email: [email protected]
Juan Hernandez, Best Friends Animal Society
- Email: [email protected]
Vanessa Herndon, California School for the Blind
- Email: [email protected]
Richard Ladner, University of Washington
- Website: https://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/ladner
Sara Larkin, Iowa Educational Services
- Email: [email protected]
Ka Li, Fable Tech Labs
- Email: [email protected]
Heather MacKenzie, APH
- Email: [email protected]
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-kennedy-mackenzie-csm-psmii-23ba1791/
Sean Mealin, SAS Institute
- NC State CIILAB website: https://ciigar.csc.ncsu.edu/people/spmealin
Laura Milne, Macalester College
- Github website: https://milnel2.github.io/
Ken Perry, APH
- Email: [email protected]
- Work phone: (502) 899-2336
Lucas Radaelli, Google
- Website: https://www.lucasradaelli.com/en
Ed Scott, GoodMaps
- Email: [email protected]
Austin Seraphin, Self-employed
- Website: https://austinseraphin.net
Kisiah Timmons, Verizon Media
- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kisiahtimmonsmba/
Peter Torpey and Nancy Goodman, Eyes on Success
- Email: [email protected]
Peter Tucic, HumanWare
- Email: [email protected]
Leonie Watson, TetraLogical
- Email: [email protected]
- Twitter webpage: https://twitter.com/leoniewatson
- Twitter handle: @LeonieWatson
Carl Wise, Vispero
- Email: [email protected]