Orientation and Mobility

Google Maps Offers Voice Guidance for Visually Impaired Users

Google Maps, a web-based service that provides detailed information about geographical regions and navigation now has voice guidance.

Sequencing Coding Concept Activities

What to do, when? Order of coding concept activities and skills.

CATIS: Assistive Technology Devices

Earn ACVREP/CATIS credits through this collection of our AT tutorials

Trick-or-Treat Orientation Activity

Here is a fun orientation lesson for October!

Ten Things to Know About Going to College with a Blindness Cane

ten things to know about going to college with a blindness cane and learning to use a cane in college.

Ten "Odd" Things I Do With Double Vision

Seeing two of everything can be overwhelming. Here are ten things that I do to help minimize the effects of my double vision, and why.

How I Learned to Navigate My Internship Building With Low Vision

How I learned to navigate my internship building with and without my blindness cane and human guides.

Seven Places I Don't Take My Blindness Cane

I'm not faking my vision impairment, here are seven places I don't use my blindness can and why.

Ballyland Code 3: Pick Up

Here is the third Ballyland Coding App - are you ready for a new challenge?

Coding Concepts: We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Teach coding concepts using familiar stories.

Fast Facts About Tactile Pavement

Google Celebrating Seiichi Miyake with a featured GIF of a cane traveler standing on truncated cones at a crosswalk.

Clew: Navigation App Review

Retrace your steps with Clew!

How I Use My Phone for Orientation and Mobility

Apps and techniques I use on my phone to travel independently with a blindness cane on my college campus and beyond.

Airaport - How I Use Aira at the Airport

How Aira helps me independently navigate the airport and TSA with vision impairment.

Working with Children with CVI from a PT/OT Perspective

During this 1 1/2 hour webinar, Karen Barrows will discuss working with children who have CVI

Ballyland Code 1: Say Hello (iOS app)

Ballyland Code is an accessible app that teaches beginning coding concepts for young children!

Bringing Freedom Indoors

A tech savvy high school student with a vision impairment is leading the way!

Cane Songs

Looking for a way to help motivate students to use great cane skills?

Orientation and Mobility Programs (Keys 9)

"O&M Programs" is made up of 3 modules, each containing video segments, readings, lectures, and assigned activities to enhance and apply your learning.

Understanding and Assessing Glare: Minimize Discomfort and Maximize Visual Resolution

This presentation analyzes the different types of glare, and strategies for formally assessing each.

BlindSquare Integration for Future Dog Guide User

O&M lesson ideas to prepare for traveling with a dog.

Adapting a Floor Plan Using You Doodle App

This annotation app enables you to ERASE unwanted items!

Mobile App Review: Compass, by Apple Inc.

Learn how to use the Compass app while running VoiceOver!

Crossing Over Boundaries: O&M

O&M resources are more than just tactile maps - check out this digital book/pdf that reinforces O&M concepts for a vocational student.

Book Creator Mobility Lesson

Learn how to create O&M books to help your student with memory issues learn his/her routes!

O&M Lesson: Teaching Distance Estimates using BlindSquare

Does your student really understand measurement terms such as feet?

Welcome to Wyatt's House: O&M lesson

Using Pictello, an iPad, the P.I.A.F. and braille to create an O&M book for a 2 year old child who is totally blind child.

Google Earth O&M lesson

Using Google Earth to explore area and build a mental map.

Understanding and Assessing Glare: Minimize Discomfort and Maximize Visual Resolution

This presentation analyzes the different types of glare, and strategies for formally assessing each.

How to Use Campus Alert Systems

Part of living on campus is being prepared for emergencies - make sure you know your campus alert system.

Lazarillo: A Free Accessible GPS App for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Lazarrio is a free navigation app similar to Blindsquare and Nearby Explorer. This article will explore the app in more detail.

How Do People with Vision Impairments . . . Navigate School Hallways?

O&M tips for students with low vision on navigating school hallways. Practice before the first day of school!

How to create a digital pushpin map

Visualize spatial relationships between places using a customized pushpin map!

My Long Cane Book

Help peers learn about a long cane used by students with visual impairments through this free children's book!

Tracing Lines with the iPhone

Here is a cool magnifier O&M activity using an iPhone!

How Tinted Glasses Help My Light Sensitivity

Using tinted glasses to manage chronic migraines and light sensitivity from Chiari Malformation.

Is This My Bus Stop?! The Reminders App

Need a simple notification to alert you to your upcoming bus stop?

Creating Simple O&M Low Vision Maps with a Little Gloss!

Creating layers on a digital map to show rooms, then adding a layer to show the routes!

iOS Native Magnifier App

Learn more about this free, built-in magnifier available on your iPhone!

TapTapSee vs. Seeing AI App

How do these apps compare?

BlindSquare app and unique rural travel environments

Traveling in an unique rural environment? Learn how BlindSquare is being used in unique rural islands in Maine.

Navigating on a Research Vessel

Accessible technology is everywhere - including aboard the Research Vessel Neil Armstrong!

Creating Low Vision Maps: SAS Gloss App

Information on how to use the annotation app, SAS Gloss to create accessible low vision maps.

Airports, BlindSquare Enabled

Planning a trip? Learn about BlindSquare Enabled Airports!

Scavenger Hunt App for O&M

Interactive scavenger hunt app for your smart phone or tablet!

Nondriving: Strategies for Preparing Children and Youth

Dr. Penny Rosenblum discusses the development of navigational and social skills for children and adults who are visually impaired and unable to drive.