[Iabs-talk] FW: College Resources for Visually Impaired Students

[Deborah Kent Stein]

The NFBI has been asked if we would like to link this page about resources for blind/VI students to the NFB of Illinois website. I told Lindsey Miller that I would ask our student chapter to take a look. We may be able to make suggestions that will strengthen her resource page if we decide it’s worthwhile. Let me know what you think.

 

Debbie

 


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From: Lindsey  Miller <lmiller at onlinecolleges.net <mailto:lmiller at onlinecolleges.net> >
Date: February 11, 2016 at 1:35:32 PM CST
To: Denise Avant <president at nfbofillinois.org <mailto:president at nfbofillinois.org> >
Subject: College Resources for Visually Impaired Students

Hi Denise,

Students with visual impairments face a unique set of challenges transitioning to college life, from accessing materials to finding a social scene. While Student Services offices can be a great help, we wanted to provide a central source of information and resources for visually impaired college students, completely free of charge. It's available here: http://www.onlinecolleges.net/for-students/college-accessibility-visually-impaired-students/

Our resource addresses visually impaired students' most common concerns, including:

*	School resources and legal rights as a student with a disability
*	Scholarships available only to blind and visually impaired students
*	Assistive technologies for students with visual impairments

At OnlineColleges.net <http://onlinecolleges.net> , we strive to make our site accessible to all visitors by, among other best practices, creating a clear site structure and navigation, using differentiated title and text styles and sizes, and separating stylistic elements from site copy to make the site compatible with assistive technologies.

Please help us reach as many students as possible by sharing a link to our guide on your site. I suggest this page: http://nfbofillinois.org/?page_id=18

Let me know how you plan to share this resource, or if you have any questions. We welcome all feedback.

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Lindsey Miller
Director of Outreach

lmiller at onlinecolleges.net <mailto:lmiller at onlinecolleges.net>  |  <http://www.onlinecolleges.net/> OnlineColleges.net
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