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Accomodations in classrooms? (self.Blind)
submitted by Jabez77
Hello All - First time here, apologies for the inevitable missteps.
I am newly vision impaired, no sight in one eye, diminished but still mostly functional remaining eye. I am NOT legally blind.
I am a music teacher, working with over 600 elementary students twice a week. I lost my eye a year ago after repeated retinal detachments, and preventative repairs to my good eye after I started losing vision there.
My question is for teachers and others in a similar situation: what accommodations have you found success with? I cannot recognize faces if someone is seated more than 10-15 feet from me, which is usually about half my class. I am curious about alternate lighting in a space, larger computer monitors or other assistive technology. Thanks for any insight you can offer!
I am newly vision impaired, no sight in one eye, diminished but still mostly functional remaining eye. I am NOT legally blind.
I am a music teacher, working with over 600 elementary students twice a week. I lost my eye a year ago after repeated retinal detachments, and preventative repairs to my good eye after I started losing vision there.
My question is for teachers and others in a similar situation: what accommodations have you found success with? I cannot recognize faces if someone is seated more than 10-15 feet from me, which is usually about half my class. I am curious about alternate lighting in a space, larger computer monitors or other assistive technology. Thanks for any insight you can offer!
Nighthawk321 1 points 2y ago
First off, according to the government, you would be classified as legally blind. What if you set up a camera that could broadcast to an iPad? You could position the camera by the students so you can see they're individual faces. There's probably a specific device that will perform this same function.
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