American Association of Blind Teachers

The
American Foundation for the Blind.
publishes
Access World,,
which is one of the single best sources for current information on adaptive technology. The following articles are especially appropriate for educators and students. The publication, however, also offers a storehouse of excellent information on a wider range of technology that may be of interest. You may also want to visit our page on
Computers and Assistive Technology
to read some of these articles.

• Science Is Golden: Interviews with Four Scientists Who Are Visually Impaired (January 2005)
  
• Making the Grade: An Overview of Accessible Testing (November 2006
  
• Accessibility and Distance Learning: An Overview (March 2007)
  
• Staying On Course: Interviews with Students Who Are Blind (July 2007)
  
• Online Learning: What Works, What Doesn't (July 2008))
  
• Book Review: Assistive Technology for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment (March 2010)
  
• Back to School (July 2010)
  
• Educational Resources and Tips from AFB's Information and Referral Center (July 2010)
  
• Getting Ready to Go Back to School: Assistive Technology Considerations for K-12 Students (July 2010)
  
• Navigating Higher Education with Visual Disabilities (July 2010)
  
• Productivity on the Go: Notetakers, Netbooks, and Everything in Between (August 2010)
  
• Seeing the Possibilities: An Analysis of STEM Resources Available for People with Vision Loss (July 2011)
  
• Tackling the Research Paper: Tips and Tools for Success for People with Vision Loss (July 2011)
  
• Note-Taking 101: How Blind and Visually Impaired People Capture Information (July 2011)
  
• A Step Forward for Accessible Textbooks: A Review of the STudent E-rent Pilot Project (September 2012)
• iOS Success: Making the iPad Accessible: A Guide for Teachers and Parents (July 2013)
• The Blackboard Online Coursework and Learning Environment: Accessibility Reports from Two College Students and One Instructor (July 2015)
• College Success: More than Textbooks from Learning Ally (November 2015)
• 2016 Employment Resources for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (October 2016)

Tax Tips for the Blind
This page from TurboTax provides an excellent description of tax benefits for blind and visually impaired tax filers. It includes items that, while applicable to anyone paying Federal tax, may be more appropriate for someone who is blind as well as some items specifically intended for the legally blind.

Specialized Classroom Tools

AFB Classroom for Blind Teacher
This virtual classroom is designed to show how to accommodate teachers who have very little or no useable vision. Although not every teacher with vision loss will need or want every accommodation here, the page is helpful in describing the tools and technology a blind teacher might use. In addition, learn what successfully employed blind users of assistive technology have to say
In Their Own Words
about the devices they use on the job.