Auxilary Aids & Services for Students with Impaired Vision may include:

Impaired Vision

• Seating near front of class; good lighting
• Large print signs, and equipment labels
• TV monitor connected to microscope to enlarge images
• Assignments in electronic format
• Software to enlarge screen images
• Software to adjust screen colors
• Use large font for printing syllabi, handouts and tests.
• Extended time on tests.

Blindness:

• Printed materials available electronically
• Describe visual aids
• Handouts and tests in Braille
• Raised-line drawings and tactile models of graphic materials
• Braille lab signs, equipment labels; auditory lab warning signals
• Adaptive equipment (e.g., talking thermometers and calculators; tactile timers)
• Computer with optical character reader, voice output, (JAWS)
• Audio record lectures
• Electronic text books

Links:

• Family Village www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.html
• Teaching Strategies www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/sitemap.html
• Resources www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blind.html
• Technology AFB www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=4

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