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While looking for public fall-themed educational activities, I came across Kids Listen, podcasts for kids. Kids Listen is unique in that all the content is...
Assistive Tech for The Win!
Up to this point, the content we’ve put out on this blog page has mostly about cooking. However, our wonderful meal kit delivery...
As a college student studying data science, I have to have a basic understanding of different subjects and topics so that I can better understand the data I am...
When I first started exploring the world of assistive technology, I found myself getting frequently overwhelmed with how many different items were available...
One of the most-used apps by far on my Android phone as a person with low vision is the Google Lens app. In the last 24 hours, I’ve used it seven times for...
Accessing the web is a critical component in today's classroom. WebAIM's goal is to help make the web more accessible to individuals with disabilities by...
When one of my friends who has no usable vision came to visit Washington DC, we decided to figure how blind people take selfies, or rather how someone with low...
Sam is a tech support agent at the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk, where he answers calls from customers who are blind or have low-vision calling through the...
Over the weekend, an image went viral of a woman holding a blindness cane and using a phone at the same time. Many people assumed that the woman was faking her...
A few semesters ago, I had to switch around a bunch of my classes. I went through my school's class database and made notes of the new classes I wanted to take...
In recent times, I have seen a new social media trend flooding my timeline called the Bird Box Challenge (#BirdBoxChallenge). The concept of the challenge is...
During my senior year of high school, I was researching assistive technology apps and found a Be My Eyes review. I was interested in the concept of having a...
Emojis are apart of our digital world. These little icons help express our emotions and provide insight into our personalities and emotions.
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Yesterday, a close friend of mine gave me a handwritten card. They were worried at first that I would have trouble reading it, as they weren't sure if there...
Today is a special day, because thousands of students from all around the world are going to be introduced to computer science for the first time with Hour of...
Many things have changed and improved in the years following the September 11th attacks, including airport security, media broadcasting, and the use of digital...
Since the start of my freshman year at my university, I have taken over a dozen online classes- read more about why and how in my post about virtual college...
I was having a conversation with one of my mentors on Friday and was telling them about all sorts of cool articles I had found while using Twitter about vision...
Whenever my Android phone gets a new software update, I like to immediately check out what’s new in accessibility settings for users with vision impairment....
Every time I turn around, I feel like I am seeing people use emoji, which have become a defining pop culture element of today's society. People of all ages are...
When I went to St Louis, I had the opportunity to attend a St Louis Cardinals MLB baseball game on one of the nights while I was there. While the weather was...
Facebook is a popular social media website first developed by Mark Zuckerberg while he was a student at Havard in 2004. Registered Facebook users create...
Many libraries have started providing eBooks for cardholders- read more about digital library resources here. While many eBook titles available are targeted at...
In recent times, I have been exploring a variety of virtual resources that libraries make available to library cardholders for free, inspired by one of my...
Virtual reality technology has been changing how many different industries present and interpret information, and education is no exception. While it may not...
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet people from the US Bureau of Engraving, which designs and produces paper money, amongst other things, for the...
I spend a lot of time on the internet browsing dozens of different websites every day. I read blogs, informative websites, government websites, websites for...
Dedicated to beagle butt, who attended over 50 therapy dog reading programs and helped dozens of children be comfortable around dogs.
This week, a news story...
If someone went on your website or profile with their eyes closed, would they still be able to find their way around? As more and more people develop vision...
I love science and technology, so it's only natural that I use a wide range of educational technology and apps in the classroom. Because I have low vision, not...
In the last few years, several news apps have been released so that users can keep up with what is going on in their town, in their country, and in their world...
One of my friends found a post online that was telling people not to include several emojis in the middle of a text message if the recipient is visually...
Over the past few years Android has evolved quite a lot. Back when Google TalkBack first came out to compete with Apple's voiceover screen reader, voiceover...
Facebook's accessibility team has been hard at work to make Facebook even better for users with visual impairments and blindness. Facebook, which began as a...
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short messages called "tweets". Tweets can include photos; do you know how...
Two great videos on how to use the new facebook reactions with and without a screen reader from Circle of Blind Mice.
