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Cooking Without Looking: Tips and Tools for Cooking with Low or No Vision

Updated as of September 16, 2024. Check out some of our helpful nonvisual cooking tips below. You can build your skills and make some yummy food at the same time! General Cooking Tips Tips for Using Measuring Cups and Spoons With just a few nonvisual tips, you can measure properly with no trouble at all […]

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Organizing/Labeling Your Clothing

Updated as of September 7, 2024. Why It Matters Our clothing serves many purposes. It can be functional (swimsuits, hiking boots) or it can be related to a place or role (business attire, prom dress or tuxedo). Regardless of the purpose of the clothing, it is important to feel confident in what we wear wherever […]

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Accessible Assistive Technology

Updated as of September 14, 2024. What is Assistive Technology? In the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the federal law that created Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), “assistive technology devices” (AT devices) have a broad definition and, essentially, anything that helps a student with a disability do something is an AT device (see the legal […]

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SETT Framework

Updated as of September 7, 2024. Before deciding on what accessible AT device you need, you will want to determine how it will be useful to prove why you need it. A great tool to use in this determination is the SETT Framework (developed by the late educator Joy Zambala). SETT stands for Student, Environment, […]