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Homework notebook/planner/agenda/app (self.Blind)
submitted by tasareinspace
Hello everyone!
So I'm reaching out to a couple people I know as well, but I figured I might as well tap the internet. So my daughter is 12 and in middle school, and they gave the kids agenda books to write their homework in, which my daughter expressed "Doesn't work because the lines are too small!" (she's legally blind and a large print user) So blind Reddit-- do you have a notebook or app that you use for remembering your assignments? She has an iphone, and I'm basically willing to buy her anything she needs for school (within reason).
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Thank you so much!
So I'm reaching out to a couple people I know as well, but I figured I might as well tap the internet. So my daughter is 12 and in middle school, and they gave the kids agenda books to write their homework in, which my daughter expressed "Doesn't work because the lines are too small!" (she's legally blind and a large print user) So blind Reddit-- do you have a notebook or app that you use for remembering your assignments? She has an iphone, and I'm basically willing to buy her anything she needs for school (within reason).
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Thank you so much!
codeplaysleep 2 points 3y ago
I don't use it myself, but this planner might work for her: $1
bscross32 1 points 3y ago
If they gave the students these books but they aren't strictly required, you're OK to just have her use the notes app in her phone or something else that works for her. If they do require it, well you can talk to her teachers and get her TVI involved if they want to press it, stating quite validly that she can't see the lines to write on, and together, come up with a better solution.
razzretina 1 points 3y ago
If she's a big phone user, I had a lot of success with the MyHomework app. You can also just use the phone calendar and manually plug in assignments, but a paper planner may be the better option if she's just learning how to use them.
Amonwilde 1 points 3y ago
I would recommend a week view planner. What you want is for the two pages across to be a week, with "rows" for each class. She would write the assignments due on that date in the box for that day and course, which works a lot better than writing down assignments on the day you get them. This is what I had in high school and it was great for a student with low vision.
It's kind of hard to find planners laid out the way you want, you'll have to trawl Amazon or Etsy or get lucky at your local office supplies plance.
It's kind of hard to find planners laid out the way you want, you'll have to trawl Amazon or Etsy or get lucky at your local office supplies plance.
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