The JAWS help topics are a simple to navigate library of built-in html format tutorials to help you learn about JAWS concepts, commands, features, and specific program applications. They are one of JAWS’ most valuable resources as they are so quick and easy to access. I recommend all beginning JAWS learners spend a few minutes… Read more Accessing the JAWS Help Topics
Option 1: Insert F10 This option is a JAWS specific feature. Bring up a list of all running applications by pressing Insert F10. You will hear “Window list dialogue, running applications list box”. Focus will go to a vertical list of the running programs. Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate the list… Read more Multitasking Commands for JAWS Users
Overview A summer story of friendship filled to the brim with integrity, heart, and strength of character all set in the whimsically authentic setting of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Growing up is never easy, especially when parents let you down. But Delsie and Ronan soon realize that they have all the love they need in the… Read more Shouting at the Rain
Sclera Description The formal name for the white of the eye is the “sclera”. A millimeter thick, disorderly forest of crossing collagen fibers, it encircles the majority of the globe or eyeball like a suit of armor, with only the cornea and optic nerve remaining uncovered. The irregularity of the fibers gives it both its… Read more Understanding the Parts of the Eye
The elements within the expanded core curriculum are foundational to success in the general curriculum and in life. They are the body of knowledge and skills we each of us need to function effectively in daily life and the building blocks that allow students to gain access to general curriculum content. These nine essential areas… Read more The Expanded Core Curriculum is Just as Important as Academics
Berthold Lowenfeld, a 20th century pioneer of the field educating visually impaired students, suggested that lack of visual information during early childhood interferes with the development process for blind and severely visually impaired children in three primary ways: the range and variety of experiences, ability to move about, and control of the environment. All of… Read more Congenital Blindness Inhibits Development But ECC Instruction Can Help
More than half of children with visual impairments also have additional disabilities. That means teachers of the visually impaired and orientation and mobility instructors must go into the field prepared to encounter enormous diversity among the students on their caseloads in addition to all the typical types present in any group of school children like… Read more The Majority of Visually Impaired Students Have Additional Disabilities
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which governs and guides the entire special education process mandates that public schools must offer multiple placement settings for delivering services to students with disabilities. For those with visual impairments, there are four service delivery models employed and each offer a different level of direct services. From most direct… Read more Placement Options for Delivering Services to Visually Impaired School Children
All adolescents are enduring a time of tremendous upheaval as every area of their being undergoes tumultuous changes: their bodies, their mental processes, their feelings, and the way they interact with others and the world. The corridor between childhood and adulthood is full of twists and turns at every step. These characteristic changes can be… Read more Our Adolescent Students Need ECC Instruction To Thrive
American schools are one of the most diverse institutions in the nation. Children from all backgrounds and experiences come together to learn and develop skills in the same environment for hours every day. The visually impaired population of students is no different. Teachers working with them will encounter students from a wide variety of ethnicities,… Read more Responding to Diversity in the TVI Field