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Students who are blind should not be excluded from physics courses because of inaccessible textbooks. The modules in this collection present physics concepts in a format that students with visual impairments can read using accessibility tools, such as an audio screen reader and an electronic line-by-line braille display. These modules are intended to supplement and not to replace the physics textbook.
Source: Richard BaldwinThis free downloadable podcatcher is a tool for finding, downloading, archiving, and sharing poscasts.
This interactive website is full of practical ideas for hands-on lessons, resources, materials, and more. Subscribe to the blog, ask questions, and share your ideas with an online community of practice of educators interested in making science accessible to students with visual impairments.
Source: Perkins eLearningThis section of the interactive website includes information about products and instructional materials for teaching science to students with visual impairments.
Source: Perkins School for the BlindIn this webcast, Perkins science teacher Kate Fraser outlines teaching strategies and adaptations to make science lessons and activities accessible to students who are visually impaired. Find even more resources more at the Perkins Accessible Science website.
Source: Webcast, Perkins School for the BlindThis free online resource provides information about accessibility, assistive technology, education policy, and more.
Source: American Printing House for the Blind (APH)Aimed at parents, this page provides a brief overview of the challenges facing teenagers with visual impairment who are studying geography and history.
Source: Family Connect for Parents of Children with Visual ImpairmentsMartha Majors, of the Perkins Deafblind Program, defines literacy for students with blindness, deafblindness, or additional disabilities. and explores alignment of the curriculum with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Source: In Touch, 2008, New England Consortium of Deafblind Projects"The AccessSTEM website is a space where K-12 teachers, postsecondary educators, and employers learn to make classroom and employment opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) accessible to individuals with disabilities, and share promising practices."
This free bi-monthly electronic journal reviews and critiques assistive technology products for people who are blind or visually impaired. The archives are searchable and downloadable.
Source: American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)This free bi-monthly electronic journal reviews and critiques assistive technology products for people who are blind or visually impaired. The archives are searchable and downloadable.
Source: American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)Dr. Bruce shares examples of action research studies that were conducted at Perkins School for the Blind.
Source: Perkins eLearning, Perkins School for the BlindA project developed between Penrickton Center for the Blind in Michigan, Perkins School for the Blind, and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides resources and a community of practice around the work of Dr. Lilli Nielsen and Active Learning. The site includes discussion of Active Learning principles, assessment, implementation, materials, equipment, and other events and resources. Active Learning is most effective for those with significant multiple disabilities and in the 0-48 month developmental level.
This is an excerpt from Dr. Lilli Nielsen's book, Early Learning Step by Step. It outlines her Active Learning Approach and explains the importance of the learning environment for childen with visual impairments and multiple disabilities.
Source: Future Reflections, 2004, National Federation of the Blind (NFB)Recorded video webinars on various aspects of Active Learning can be viewed here.
Source: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI)This “active learning” approach incorporates play into mobility instruction. Advice for creating adaptations appropriate to local social, cultural and economic conditions.
Source: International Council for the Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)Chapter 5, “Activities for the Young Baby.” This chapter from the Hesperian Foundation book, Helping Children Who Are Blind, focuses on helping babies to trust people and their surroundings, respond to sounds, and develop motor skills.
Source: Hesperian FoundationThese activities integrate literacy into a preschooler's play, storytime, and daily activities.
Source: American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)These activities integrate literacy into a preschooler's play, storytime, and daily activities.
Source: American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)Outlines Head Start policy and practice for accommodating and integrating children with disabilities into its programs.
Source: HeadStart