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Playing the Gambit: How the Monarch’s Chess App Engages Students While Building Crucial Skills

Those that are blind or low vision don’t often have the opportunity to play games that are fully accessible. Monarch’s...

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Exploring the World of Adapted Physical Education: Enhancing Inclusivity for Blind and Visually Impaired Students: Accessible Technology and Adaptive Equipment

Adapted physical education (APE) teachers Maebh Barry and John Seskus at the Perkins School for the Blind, use both specialized...

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Exploring the World of Adapted Physical Education: Enhancing Inclusivity for Blind and Visually Impaired Students: Paralympic Sport Training and Inclusion

Whether they are going for the gold on a court, field, or in a pool, athletes push themselves to be...

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Learning to Braille with a Slate and Stylus: Pop-It Braille Basics

Writing braille with a slate and stylus doesn’t have to be scary. In fact, it can be a lot of...

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Adapting Materials Using the Cricut Maker and APH Products

New technology opens a world of possibilities for student learning. We spoke with Jamie Austin, a Teacher of the Visually...

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Adaptive Physical Education: Enhancing Inclusivity for Blind and Low Vision Students: Creating Inclusive P.E. Environments

In public schools, when there are a limited number of students who are blind or low vision, adapted P.E. classes...

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Celebrate Braille Literacy with Tactile Greeting Cards

January is National Braille Literacy Month, and what better way is there to celebrate than by sharing your love of...

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Holiday Traditions for All

The holidays are a great time for fun, family, and food. This time of year also includes many learning and...

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Adapted P.E. and SPORTS COURTS

We recently spoke with Amanda Dennis, Paralympic Goalball athlete and APH’s new Engagement Specialist, about the lack of adapted physical...

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Tactile Skills Matrix

Tactile literacy skills like creating and interpreting tactile graphics and recognizing braille characters and symbols can be difficult for many...

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10 STEM Products for Inclusive Classrooms

This blog was originally published in 2019 as “8 STEM Products for Inclusive Classrooms.” It has been updated to include two...

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Introducing Braille Brain!

We are excited to announce the release of Braille Brain! This is a free website-based, self-paced curriculum to help people...

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It’s Time for an Upgrade: Introducing the MATT Connect V2.1

Since 2017 the MATT Connect has been a classroom staple for students who benefit from accessing both a magnifier and...

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Sensing and Learning: An Overview

You may be familiar with our recently discontinued legacy product Sensory Learning Kit (SLK) and possibly the new research that...

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Following the Path of APH’s Intervention Continuum

APH is dedicated to helping educational professionals provide meaningful instruction to learners with visual impairments who also have significant additional...

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