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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2021
One of the foundational principles of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) system is accessibility for students -- multi-tiered resources and strategies that ensure equitable and valid access for students to instructional and assessment content. This Guide includes 54 accessibility strategies that can be used by teachers,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education, Access to Education
Jackson, Richard M. – National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, 2014
Audio-Supported Reading (ASR) is a technology-based approach for accessing and working with text presented in either braille or enlarged (magnified) print. This approach allows a user to listen to a spoken version of text while looking at screen-displayed print or while touching braille. In ASR, both the rate of information pick up and the portion…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, Braille, Visual Aids
Schneider, Katherine – 2001
This resource paper is intended for students who are blind or visually impaired, and who wish to pursue education or vocational training beyond high school. Family members, Disability Support Services (DSS) providers, administrators, faculty, and staff will also benefit from the discussion. The paper examines the characteristics of blindness and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blindness, Braille, College Students
Beech, Marty – Florida Department of Education, 2010
This document updates "Accommodations: Assisting Students with Disabilities. A Guide for Educators," published by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) in 2003. This document is written to assist school district personnel and parents when making decisions about the use of accommodations by students with disabilities in instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Testing Accommodations, State Standards
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1992
Intended for parents of preschool children with visual or physical disabilities, this reference circular lists organizations offering materials and services at the national level as well as books available from standard commercial outlets. The first section lists 14 organizations providing special format materials (Braille, cassettes, large print,…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Books, Braille, Games

Miller, D. D. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1997
A mother of an adolescent daughter with blindness and learning disabilities focuses on how she helped her daughter improve reading and writing skills by finding a meaningful purpose for those skills in daily life. This article discusses early signs of learning problems, the learning environment, talking books, books in braille, technology,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Blindness, Braille
Horton, J. Kirk – 1988
The guide, intended to help teachers, parents, and community workers throughout the world develop educational services to visually handicapped students in ordinary schools, has been published in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. The first three chapters provide general information concerning types of educational programs for the…
Descriptors: Braille, Classroom Techniques, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Stremel, Kathleen; Bixler, Betsy; Morgan, Susanne; Layton, Kristen – 2002
This booklet contains 28 fact sheets on communication written primarily for parents and families with a child who is deaf-blind. They attempt to address fundamental but complex issues related to the communication needs of children with vision and hearing impairments. Each fact sheet targets a specific area, including: (1) communication; (2)…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Braille
Lodge, John, Ed. – 1996
This book presents an introduction to the range of technology that can be used to assist in the education of students with visual impairments, with descriptions of the main features of approximately 45 systems. After an introductory chapter, Chapter 1 identifies four key uses for technology: in communication, in the production of materials, to…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Braille, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Uses in Education
Caton, Hilda, Ed. – 1991
These guidelines address the need for valid and reliable measures to aid in making decisions on teaching of braille and/or print to students with moderate to severe vision losses. After an introductory section, section 1 presents basic principles organized into the following categories: (1) learning media, (2) students who use the learning media,…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Decision Making, Educational Environment