National Association of Blind Teachers


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The following articles from our newsletter, The Blind Teacher, may be of use either for a teacher who is losing his or her vision and adjusting to sight loss or a visually impaired teacher who has been in the field for some time. Although some articles refer to technologies that have been largely superceded in recent years, the underlying concepts remain useful nonetheless.

Additional Articles

The following articles from The American Foundation for the Blind's publication, Access World, are likely to be of special interest for teachers and students:

Specialized Classroom Tools

AFB Classroom for Blind Teacher
This virtual classroom is designed to show how to accommodate teachers who have very little or no useable vision. Although not every teacher with vision loss will need or want every accommodation here, the page is helpful in describing the tools and technology a blind teacher might use. In addition, learn what successfully employed blind users of assistive technology have to say
In Their Own Words
about the devices they use on the job.

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