Category: Education

Recently, I wrote a guide for parents helping their blind teens through the process of getting disability support at university. But what if you’re a young (or older) blind person who is working through the process mostly on your own. Even if you have support, perhaps you want to take the lead on this one….

For many blind students, going to university is the first time they’ve had to take full responsibility for their own support. It’s completely understandable that parents want to help, especially when they’ve been the main advocate for their child throughout school. But university is a very different process for all students, whether they’re blind or…

It’s very quickly become apparent that I’m going to benefit from having access to hardcopy Braille when studying. This isn’t actually much of a surprise. I find having a copy of a text I’m studying really useful, and there’s something about being able to see it on paper that makes such a difference. Although I…

I went to my first day school today. At the Open University, tutorials take place online, and are generally held during the evening. However, rather than you needing to go to tutorials several evenings in a row, they’ll often run a Saturday day school where you can attend all the relevant tutorials in one day….

I recently shared a post on LinkedIn and Facebook, listing some lesser-known features that are built in to my screen reader that I find very helpful when I’m working. I thought I’d take a deeper dive into the features I feel increase my productivity and help me get the most out of my technology. Whether…

I’ve been very open about the fact that I am both blind and have ADHD, and as a result I seem to be the go to person for non-visual ADHD strategies. I’ve been thinking of putting a post together for a long time where I share these strategies but the irony of having ADHD is…