… available at the end of this post.] Will you have a child with a visual impairment in your classroom this year? … will find the following basic guidelines helpful in interacting with students: Consider the child as more like … only on the hands or forearms, as you might touch another person in a social situation. Reserve hugging and close …
… To check in for her physical exam, she needed to interact with an iPad. The screen reader on the iPad was not … kiosk, so the participant sought help from another patient who was waiting, having to give her name and date of birth … with sharing financial or medical details with another person while getting assistance. For example, in order to …
… city. —Congenitally VI White male, aged 65 to 74 years, with no additional disabilities The COVID-19 pandemic has … or others. (n=943, M=2.09, SD=1.11) Those participants who faced significant social barriers before the COVID- … sighted peers. For example, when using human guide, the person who is visually impaired holds the guide's arm above …
… of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education of students with visual impairments, including those with additional … to the survey while 1,028 professionals responded, of whom 710 were teachers of students with visual impairments … setting. Likewise, students should not be excluded from in-person school in the least restrictive environment if that …
… Electronics Show 2017 Highlights . As a totally blind person now living independently, I am interested in getting … each means across multiple units, having well executed apps with "read it to me" and "tell me what to do" capabilities … each one. Sighted people also experience frustration interacting with multiple databases and interfaces, but for …
AccessWorld March 2017
… For those of us who cut our technological teeth on DOS-based computers and … to an audio book. However, for people who have not grown up with the aforementioned circumstances and/or for whom vision … happen sometimes, and Randyce Wechter loves to share her personal experience in the miracle arena. In 2004, after …
AccessWorld February 2011
… AFB Leadership Conference. It was so wonderful to connect with almost 300 people in person. It was an inspiring, informative, and engaging time … thanks and congratulations to the 28 AFB Blind Leaders who joined us at the conference. You demonstrated …
… "At first, [working with IT staff] was a little difficult because they were not … for the workplace and large data systems. Then I had one IT person who took initiative to do more research on the program and …
… actions to be undertaken that will result in people with visual impairments enhancing their knowledge, skills … Creating an Action Agenda for the Development of Leaders Who Are Blind The Aging and Vision Loss Track (sessions … assistive technology users, and improve opportunities for persons with visual impairments. 9:45 AM–10:00AM—Break 10:00 …
… did not mark the debut of revolutionary products for people with visual impairments, the annual event did feature an … emerge from the side of this unit that is just cool! If a person who does not read braille needs to make a label, he or she …
AccessWorld March 2016