Orientation and Mobility Posts
O&M: How to Use Uber (Checklist)
Planning an O&M lesson on how to use Uber? Here is a skills checklist!
Blindfold Bowling: iOS spatial concepts app
Looking for a fun way to teach spatial concepts to students who are blind? Try this auditory bowling game!
Nearby Explorer: GPS app
Nearby Explorer is an iOS and Android GPS app designed for users with visual impairments.
College Preparedness Series #6: How to Pick Housing
A successful college student shares her tools and tricks on how to start the semester off right - How to Pick Housing.
iBeacons: Next Gen O&M Tool
How can iBeacons, little plastic devices, help travelers who are visually impaired?
AmazonFresh Review: Grocery Delivery
College Student with low vision reviews the AmazonFresh grocery delivery service.
NAGDU App: Guide & Service Dog Advocacy & Information
The NAGDU app provides general information about state and federal laws involving the rights of service dogs users.
GoGoGrandparent: transportation option
Transportation option geared for senior citizens but available to all ages.
BlindSquare O&M Story
BlindSquare is encouraging Orientation and Mobility Instructors to share their experiences about using BlindSquare during O&M lessons.
Reading a Menu or Sign: Smart Phone Low Vision Tool
Tips on using a smart phone's built-in camera and zoom features to access menus, signs, and other distance objects.
College Preparedness Series #5: How to Navigate Campus
A successful college student shares her tools and tricks on how to start the semester off right - navigating the college campus.
Using BlindSquare to Develop a Mental Map of Environment
Familiarize new clients to our campus using BlindSquare to provide information and to build mental mapping in "look around mode".
How Do People with Low Vision . . .use Human Guides?
How to guide someone with low vision and avoid having them walk into a pole.
Using BlindSquare with students who have Traumatic Brain Injury
Teaching cognitively delayed students who struggle with locating a sidewalk intersection and teaching the clock face concept.
5 Top Apps for People with Limited Mobility
5 apps for people in a wheelchair along with O&M considerations for users who are visually impaired and use a wheelchair.
CVI Adaptation for O&M stories using Notability app on the iPad
Using the Notability app to create stories about O&M lessons -such as the Fair Barn - for students with CVI.
Community QR Code Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt O&M lesson incorporates tactile map, BlindSquare, and Money Reader to practice mental mapping, street names, social interactions, tech and more!
An Early Lesson Using BlindSquare Points of Interest
Motivating O&M lesson plan teaching Points of Interest on a school's playground.
A Cool Tool: Locating Campus Intersections
Using BlindSquare's POIs to help students focus on finding intersecting sidewalks on a large campus environment.