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Accommodations for Low Vision
Common Accommodations for Low Vision include:
- Seating near the front of the class
- Large print handouts, lab signs, and equipment labels
- Monitor connected to the microscope or other lab equipment to enlarge images
- Class assignments made available in an accessible electronic format (PDF)
- Screen magnification software
- Screen reader software
- Reader for exams
Accommodations for Blindness
Common Accommodations for Blindness include:
- Course materials in braille or an accessible electronic format
- Verbal descriptions of visual aids, charts, graphs, and other images
- Raised-line drawings and tactile models of graphic materials
- Braille equipment labels, auditory lab warning signals
- Adaptive lab equipment (e.g., talking thermometers, calculators, light probes, and tactile timers)
- Computer with optical character recognition, screen reader, braille embosser, and braille printer
- Reader for exams