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Adapted Books for Student with CVI: Fruits and Vegetables
Coverof the Vegetables book with pepper, zucchini, and carrots with the text “Vegetables” and red speaker icon.
Check out these two books: Fruits and Vegetables
Cooking without Looking: Week Two
Photo: Collage of 4 meals and text, "Cooking without Looking: Week 2"
It's our second week of cooking!! But what happens when some of your ingredients are damaged, missing, or you have a kitchen fail?? We'll tell you...
A Virtual Field Trip with Erik Weihenmayer
Erik Weihenmayer on the summit of Denali with clouds and snow covered mountain ranges in the background
A story of our virtual graduation speaker, one of the most adventurous and brave blind persons to have ever lived and our virtual field trip.

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eBooks initiative available for students and special education teachers.
App logo of blue and green open book.
Open eBooks app: iOS App
App that enables blind to experience movies.
App logo: Cursive D with text "Disney Movies"on blue background.
Pixar made an app that helps the blind experience movies
North Carolina Musuem of Natural Sciences Accessible App
Logo of NC Nat Sci app .
NC NatSci: iOS app with interactive map
Information about accessible news resources.
NFB logo: red stick figure person holding a cane on dark blue background.
NFB Newsline: iOS app
Website about Android accessibility.
Image of Android robot (logo) holding a long cane and wearing dark glasses.
Inclusive Android Website
Is the Apple Watch accessible?
Apple Watch on a wrist displaying the exercise app.
Apple Watch Weekend: Initial impressions
Students who are blind or visually impaired may need help to understand some basic concepts about college life, courses, and financial aspects.
Girl with laptop
Concept Development for College Readiness
Two boys with multiple disabilities created this iBook about their O&M lessons.
Boy with cane standing outside lawn and garden section of store
Cody's O&M Adventures: iBook
This video demonstrates the Smart Form, an iPad annotation app for low vision students.
Image of a teacher annotating a blue circle on a worksheet using the Smart Form app.
Smart Forms: an Annotation App for the iPad Video
Google Accessibility survey.
Logos of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive.
Google Accessibility Survey
Review of the Color App for Chrome Books.
Color Change App: Google
Information about a screen reader extension for Google Chrome.
Book page with a yellow highlighted chapter and one word highlighted in blue.
Screen Reading Extension App: Google
A quick tip for limiting the amount of information BlindSquare puts out.
Screenshot of BlindSquare with VoiceOver focus on Filters.
BlindSquare Quick Tip: Limiting the Amount of Information BlindSquare Speaks
A transition-age youth who is blind tells about his work experience and career exploration
A youth who is blind does office work.
Career Exploration from a Student's Perspective
Tips on using interactive stories on an iPad to teach children who are blind or visually impaired to use VoiceOver and Refreshable Braille Displays
Girl swiping iPad
Interactive Stories
This M&M Activity is an iBook that contains a fun math M&M activity.
Colorful M & M candies
M&M Activity: iBook

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