[Blindmath] Strategies for Visually Impaired Students

[Sarah Clark]

I had eye surgery in the middle of my junior year of high school (in the 
middle of Algebra 2), which greatly impacted my sight for a few months 
during recovery. My sister-in-law, who is a teacher, helped me with 
completing my work during this time until my sight returned.

I used a thin black marker to write. Early on, she would copy the math 
problems onto paper for me using the black marker, and to help me see the 
lines on paper, she would use a marker to bolden the lines on standard 
notebook paper. I could not easily write small enough to fit on a single 
line, so she bolded every other line so I was able to write larger. Writing 
math homework using this method got a little cluttered at times from 
sometimes having to cross out, etc, but I was one of those kids who always 
did my math homework in pen anyway, so it wasn't too bad.

Sarah

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Clark via Blindmath" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 10:57 AM
Subject: [Blindmath] Strategies for Visually Impaired Students


> Hello,
>
>
>
> What are some strategies that a student using large print can implement to
> assist in proofreading their math work?  I have thought about increasing 
> the
> contrast by using bold-lined paper that's black and yellow; possibly 
> having
> the student using bold-lined graphing paper to ensure they keep columns,
> etc., but other suggestions would be useful.
>
>
>
> Thank You,
>
> Sharon
>
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