Resources

Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals. (n.d.). Scope of practice for orientation and mobility specialists. Retrieved October 25, 2005, from http://www.acvrep.org/Certified-Orientation-and-Mobility-Specialist-Scope-of-Practice.php

American Foundation for the Blind. (2002). When you have a visually impaired student in your classroom: A guide for teachers. New York: AFB Press.

Baumel, J. (2000). Individualized education program (IEP): An overview. Schwab Learning [Online]. Retrieved August 18, 2005, from http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/legal-rights/individualized-education-program-iep-goals.gs?content=709

Blasch, B., Wiener, W., & Welsch, R. (Eds.). (1997). Foundations of orientation and mobility (2nd ed.). New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

British Columbia Ministry of Education, Special Education. (2001). Students with visual impairments: Ask the parents or guardians. Sample questions. Retrieved August 18, 2005, from http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/visimpair/askpar.htm

British Columbia Ministry of Education, Special Education. (2001). Students with visual impairments: Ask the vision resource teacher. Sample questions. Retrieved August 18, 2005, from http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/visimpair/askteach.htm

British Columbia Ministry of Education, Special Education. (2001). Students with visual impairments: Student interviews. Retrieved August 18, 2005, from http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/visimpair/studint.htm

Cox, P.R., & Dykes, M.K. (2001). Effective classroom adaptations for students with visual impairments. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 33(6), 68-74. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997, P.L. 105-17.

Jacobson, W.H. (1993). The art and science of teaching orientation and mobilityto persons with visual impairments. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

Koenig, A., & Holbrook, M. (Eds.). (2000). Foundations of education (2nd ed.).New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

LaGrow, S., & Weessies, M. (1994). Orientation and mobility: Techniques forindependence. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

Levack, N. (1994). Low vision: A resource guide with adaptations for studentswith visual impairments (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Texas School for the Blind.

Lighthouse International. (n.d.). Questions and answers about optical devices.Retrieved August 18, 2005, from http://64.45.51.184/resources_devices.htmNo longer available.

Orientation & Mobility Program, San Francisco State University. (n.d.). What O&Mspecialists do. Retrieved on May 9, 2012, fromhttp://online.sfsu.edu/~mobility/om_specialist.htm

Pogrund, R., & Fazzi, D. (Eds.). (2002). Early focus: Working with young childrenwho are blind or visually impaired and their families (2nd ed.). New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

Spungin, S.J. (Ed.). (2002). When you have a visually impaired student in yourclassroom: A guide for teachers. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

American Foundation for the Blind. (2005). Using a computer with a visual impairment: A beginner’s guide to computer accessibility. Retrieved from https://www.afb.org/blindness-and-low-vision/using-technology/using-computer

This online resource from the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) offers tips and links about computer access for people who are blind or who have low vision. Visitors will find information on computer use for both beginners and more experienced users.

Arditi, A. (n.d.). Making text legible: Designing for people with partial sight. New York: Lighthouse International. Retrieved from https://www.visibilitymetrics.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Making%20Text%20Legible-Brochure.pdf

From Lighthouse International comes this helpful resource about the do’s and don’ts of effective legibility decisions in design for people with low vision. Through the use of colorful examples, the resource touches on subjects such as contrast, font families, leading, letter spacing, and much more.

Arditi, A. (n.d.). Effective color contrast: Designing for people with partial sight and color deficiencies. New York: Lighthouse International. Retrieved from https://pages.mtu.edu/~nilufer/classes/cs3611/interesting-stuff/designing-with-colors-1/color_contrast.htm

Also from Lighthouse International is this resource on designing with colors with people with low vision in mind. Examples keenly illustrate the effective use of hue, saturation, and lightness to achieve greater legibility.