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Ballyland iOS apps are fully accessible iOS apps for young students with visual impairments - offered at no cost from April 1, 2020!
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Ballyland iOS Apps Free During School Closures
It's My Job! Opportunity to create career-related podcasts!
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Seeking Students (Interviewers) and Adults with VI (Interviewees)
Does your student/child need educational materials in braille or other access to educational materials during the COVID-19 school closures?
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Working Together to Support Students with Visual Impairments to Access Curriculum
Does your K12 student with visual impairments need qualified help with homework during the COVID-19 school closures?
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Homework Hotline for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
Read what the the Department of Education states about providing services!
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Q&As on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During Coronavirus Outbreak
Have you heard about these new braille displays?
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New Braille Displays at CSUN
YOUR elementary students with visual impairments can become "citizen scientists" in this exciting opportunity to explore space, stars and planets!
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Join the AstroHunters Project
This accessible coding tool was originally designed by Microsoft and is now available through APH.
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Code Jumper is now available!
The Canute 360 is available NOW!
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Canute 360: Multi-Line Braille e-Reader
Learn to be a scientist with Project POEM (Project-based Opportunities and Exploration of Mentorship)!
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Project POEM: Science Summer Program for Students with Visual Impairments
Apply now for this STEM summer camp!
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NFB's Engineering Quotient (EQ) Program
This camp is all about fun, friends, dogs and building independence!
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Leader Dog Summer Camp

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