Blindness and Visual Impairment Resources
This page has a list of resources for current and prospective students who are blind or visually impaired. Deafblind resources are available on the page for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Click here to return to the full list of disability-specific resources.
- Tips for Blind College Students on Working with Your Professors
- Self-Advocacy in Higher Education Toolkit and a Higher Education Accessibility Online Resource Center from National Federation of the Blind
- The Student Slate , a college student division of the NFB
- Postsecondary Education for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired from Perkins School
- The Low Vision Gateway
- Some students benefit from working with Service Dogs. Some training centers include:
- The Guide Dog Foundation
- The Seeing Eye
- Guide Dogs for the Blind in California
Video from the Web version of this publication:
Perspective of a blind student: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7cP7VqtOLcs
Video of Jennifer Coulter, a blind law student at the University of Texas Austin, talking about her experiences and accommodations
Tips for navigating the internet from NVISION.
Scholarships
- American Council of the Blind scholarship programs
- National Federation of the Blind Scholarships
- Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Bind and Visually Impaired - Ferrell Scholarship for those pursuing education in service provision
Tools
- You can find many textbooks in accessible formats at Bookshare.org Once there, click on the "Get Started" tab
- Your Disability Resource Center can help you find e-texts at the AccessText Network which works directly with publishers.
- Some iOS and Android apps for Blind or Vision Impaired users