accessibility

Using Poetry to Build Braille Literacy

National Poetry Month in April is an opportunity for everyone to create and marvel at the beauty of poetry. Not...

National Poetry Month: An Interview with Susan Glass

In April 1996, the Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate poets’ role in our...

Testing Math Skills with the Abacus Bee

Created in China in 1200 C.E., the abacus is an ancient tool used by generations of mathematicians and students before...

All About the All-in-One Boards

APH’s All-in-One Boards—large and small—provide two commonplace working surfaces that can accommodate a variety of learning and recreational activities. These...

Why Make Your Social Posts Accessible?

Like options in many types of software programs, options for posting via social media platforms can raise accessibility issues for...

Making Standardized Tests Accessible

What do you think of from October to April? Is it pumpkin spice, the holidays, Cyber Monday, basketball season, and...

App Smackdown

In our virtual, technology-driven world, we use apps and programs daily to function. Let’s try a new one out to...

Dear Teachers

Who knows what you need better than you? Well, no one does, of course! It is time to start using...

How to Find the Silver Linings, Even in a Pandemic

After Meghan and Tyler Stott’s daughter, Kaitlin, was born in 2009 with albinism, she was fortunate to have the services...

Behind The Scenes: The Making of Code Jumper

Andrew Moulton is used to experiencing a lot of “firsts.” As the Director of Technical and Manufacturing Research, he spends...

Around the World with Your White Cane

The white cane is a mobility device that supports independence for people who are blind or low vision as they...

Innovation Starts Here

Something big is coming to APH. For the first time ever, we’re offering a product line for all ages, featuring...

Meet APH Large Print

Textbooks are a universal classroom staple. Teachers and students rely on their backpacks full of textbooks to contain the information...

Using Audio for Accessibility

How can your organization or business reach someone who is blind but may not be braille literate? Many Americans who...

If Not Us – Then Who?

If the future is going to belong to everyone it’s going to take teamwork. Not only do we feel good...