Resources

Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals. (n.d.). Scope of practice for orientation and mobility specialists. 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. AFB Press.

Baumel, J. (2000). Individualized education program (IEP): An overview. Schwab Learning [Online]. 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.). American Foundation for the Blind.

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

British Columbia Ministry of Education, Special Education. (2001). Students with visual impairments: Student interviews. 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 mobility to persons with visual impairments. American Foundation for the Blind.

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

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

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

Lighthouse International. (n.d.). Questions and answers about optical devices. http://64.45.51.184/resources_devices.htm. No longer available.

Orientation & Mobility Program, San Francisco State University. (n.d.). What O&M specialists do. http://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.). American Foundation for the Blind.

Spungin, S.J. (Ed.). (2002). When you have a visually impaired student in yourclassroom: A guide for teachers. 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.

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. Lighthouse International.

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. Lighthouse International.

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.