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I have three suggestions -- one of which you probably can't do. First, if
he is like most of us, these periods of impaired vision are likely to
increase in frequency and/or duration as he gets older. Others have
found this to be the case. So while you are not a counselor, he should be
increased to avail himself of alternate techniques for those times when
he can't count on his vision. While colleges and universities may be able
to be somewhat flexible, employers can not do so easily, you can't pause
things for a day or a week.<br><br>
Other ways to get the information include 3D printing, and using a human
reader/describer.<br><br>
Dave<br><br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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A student who has a come-and-go convergence issue with his eyes is taking
Organic Chemistry during the Spring 2017 term. At times, his vision is
good. At other times, his vision is blurry. College has exacerbated the
issue and sometimes the blurriness last for days (instead of hours as it
did previously). The student has not learned many of the skills others
who are blind/low vision have. At this point, he cannot read tactile
graphics in a way that is helpful to him. I read
<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ed4005936?src=recsys">this
article</a> in <i>Chemistry Education</i> on making organic chemistry
representations tactile and more accessible to students who are blind or
low vision. For most of his life until college, he was able to manage the
symptoms without a lot of assistance. <br>
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The article also mentions “using text to speech output with Chem Draw.” –
Has anyone done this successfully? Would you be willing to share more
about the process? The article is unclear about how this actually happens
and I have not been able to find instructions for doing this online.<br>
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Any other advice you have for making Organic Chemistry materials more
accessible to students with vision impairments would also be
appreciated.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
–Channing<br>
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<b>Channing Francis</b> | Disability & Accessibility Services
(DAS)<br>
Berea College Office of Academic Services <br>
Lincoln Hall 112 | CPO 2205 | (859) 985-3835 |
<a href="mailto:channing.francis@berea.edu">channing.francis@berea.edu</a>
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