Special Education Resources
for New Hampshire

Blindness and Vision Impairments
   

Pop-Up IEP for Blindness and Visual Impairment - National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities

American Council for the Blind - resource page

American Foundation for the Blind - website

National Federation of the Blind - website

Access to Print

American Printing House for the Blind - American Printing House for the Blind is the world's largest provider of accessible educational and daily living products. Building independence for 150 years, 1858-2008.

BookShare - Memberships for U.S. schools and qualifying U.S. students of all ages including K-12, post-secondary and adult education, are now free, thanks to special funding from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

Dancing Dots - Dancing Dots serves blind musicians and their educators through technology and training.

Free Screen Reader Access for Blind Children - Serotek is providing the ability to use a computer anytime, anywhere, with help from Keys for K-12. Keys for K-12 means a free license to carry the System Access Mobile capabilities on a U3-enabled USB thumb drive. With the System Access Mobile software, a student can plug a flash drive into any computer and have instant access--through text-to-speech and/or magnification--to all Windows-based applications that are already there.

National Braille Press - National Braille Press is a nonprofit braille printer and publisher offering braille books, magazines, textbooks, tests, and embossing services.

Project Gutenberg - Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts).

Purdue Tactile Diagrams Manual- Print diagrams are designed for visual readers and often contain features which are not easily presented to the braille reader: perspective, overlapping lines, color, print tags, etc. The tactile illustrator must carefully transcribe the diagram to preserve the original intent while providing the braille reader equal access to the subject information.

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic - Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), a national nonprofit, volunteer organization, has been the leading accessible audiobook library for students with disabilities such as visual impairment or dyslexia that make reading standard print difficult or impossible for the last 60 years.

Math and Science Resources

Project EASI Science and Math Page - Accessible Technology Through Podcasts, Webinars and Online Courses

Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students

SciTrain - Barrier Free Education - Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, SciTrain works to help high school science and mathematics teachers provide the highest quality education to students with disabilities.

Accessible Math Training for Teachers - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access

Accessible Science Training for Teachers

Strategies for Teaching Blind Students - Ed Keller

RFBD Symposium on Access to Math and Science - Cornell University

   
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