Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Sign Language Alphabet Flash Cards

Found this on the website, Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational. Sign Language Alphabet Flash Cards.

Here's a direct link to the PDF files: Flash Cards

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

What is low vision?

Low vision means that even with regular glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, people find everyday tasks difficult to do. Reading the mail, shopping, cooking, seeing the TV, and writing can seem challenging. But, many people with low vision are taking charge.

Read more about how to live with low vision and how to help a loved one with low vision on National Eye Institute website

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Reach for the Stars - Book for Visually Impaired

Photo of book, Reach for
the Stars
Reach For the Stars is an interactive book which is available on iBook and that includes interviews in which scientists from NASA and ESA speak directly to young students. It includes graphs and visuals (e.g., the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, the electromagnetic spectrum) that kids can both look at and listen to, striking images from the Hubble Space Telescope, interactive questions, a glossary of over 100 terms, and much more. 

Students explore the fundamentals of astronomy, the latest scientific advances, the tools that make those advances possible, and careers in science. They’ll discover how the universe began, how different kinds of stars are born, and how those stars change over the course of their lives. And they’ll take a closer look at the Tarantula Nebula, the largest and most intense region of star formation in the Local Group of galaxies. Reach for the Stars is the perfect resource to expose all students—including those with visual impairments and other print disabilities—to critical STEM content. 

Special Features:
Voice-over screen reader on iPad compatibility 

Refreshable Braille display compatibility 
Sonification of data visualizations
Read-aloud functionality 
Captioning 
Tactile overlays for interactive images available from National Braille Press 

Free on iBooks: LINK