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Visual Impairment Resources

Information and resources to help educate students who have visual impairments.

Adapted PE for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Great adaptations to make PE accessible to the visually impaired.

American Council of the Blind

Awesome resources to aid in understanding and meeting the needs of the blind.

Braille Through Remote Learning

Braille through Remote Learning provides three online courses to learn braille and braille transcribing.

The Helen Keller Archival Collection

Read about Helen Keller in her own words. Use her inspiring story to help students.

Instructional Strategies for Teachers

From LD Online. Great teaching strategies to help out in the classroom.

National Federation of the Blind

As their website says, "The real problem of blindness is not the lack of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information which exist. If a blind person has proper training and opportunity, blindness is only a physical nuisance."

Screen Loupe

Display anything that you point to on the computer magnified 2x, 4x or 8x. Download this shareware.

Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students

Written by Susan Osterhaus who has taught math to blind and visually impaired students for over 20 years.

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