Resources

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	BBC Scotland Documentary: Not In Plain Sight By Charlotte Cushman This documentary from BBC Scotland explores cerebral visual impairment (CVI), with interviews with people affected by it, as well as an ophthalmologist and Prof. Gordon Dutton.
	Resources on Cerebral Visual Impairment By Carmen Zarate A list of links to online resources on cerebral visual impairment
	Star Coin Project: Making Astronomy Accessible By Charlotte Cushman Astronomy can be more accessible through 3D printing of constellations for students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind.
	Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy: CVI and the iPad By Charlotte Cushman In this YouTube video, Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy speaks about the power of using an iPad or other backlit device with a child or student with CVI.
	Word Bubbling Tool for Teaching Students with CVI By Tommy Szalapski This word bubbling tool helps to support and promote literacy with students with CVI (cortical visual impairment).
	Know Thyself and Others: ECC Lessons and Activities to Take You Through the Year By Karen Carl These lessons and activities for transition-aged students who are visually impaired or blind incorporate areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum, e.g. self-determination, daily living skills, writing, getting to know others with vision impairments.
	Digital Supplements to the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC By Charlotte Cushman These digital downloads from Teaching Students with Visual Impairments are designed to supplement the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC (Expanded Core Curriculum) for students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind.
	Lesson Ideas for Teaching Students to Use Seeing AI App By Denise Philipp ... Lesson Ideas for Using Seeing AI App to familiarize students who are blind or visually impaired with the app, while also practicing academic skills.
	Resources for Teaching English as a Second Language to Learners with Blindness or Visual Impairment By Scott Baltisberger These resources for teaching English as a second language (ESL) to English Language Learners (ELL) who are blind or visually impaired include general ideas, internet resources, and books.
	Salient Features Dictionary By Charlotte Cushman The Salient Features Dictionary is based on the work of Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy and can be used to help children with CVI (cortical visual impairment) to recognize distinctive information about something in order to be able to identify it.
	Animal Book for Children with CVI By Charlotte Cushman This book of Animals for Children with CVI was created by the mother of a child with cortical visual impairment using simple drawings in red, yellow or white on a black background.
	Braille Course for Adults Transitioning from Print to Braille By Charlotte Cushman Braille Course for Adults Transitioning from Print to Braille is now available through American Printing House for the Blind (APH).
	Developing an Effective IEP for Children with Deaf-Blindness: A Parent Mini-Guide By Paths to Literacy Developing an Effective IEP for Children with Deaf-Blindness: A Parent Mini-Guide is a resource that is designed to guide families through the development of an individualized education program for a child who is deafblind.
	Deafblindness: Educational Service Guidelines By Paths to Literacy These Educational Service Guidelines are designed to provide a framework from which meaningful, appropriate programming can be developed for students with deafblindness, i.e. a dual sensory impairment, or a combined vision and hearing loss.
	Weather Book for Children with CVI By rachel_g_bennett This Weather Book for Children with cortical visual impairment uses clear contrast and minimal visual clutter.
	Remove Image Background By Charlotte Cushman Free online tool to remove the image background with people in the foreground
	ICEB Newsletter By Charlotte Cushman The International Council on English Braille (ICEB) has published their first quarterly newsletter with information and stories about ICEB, Unified English Braille (UEB), braille literacy, braille usage, and braille events.
	Times Table to Emboss in Braille By Charlotte Cushman Download and emboss this multiplication table for your braille students.
	Bess and Friends Braille Scratch and Sniff Books By Charlotte Cushman These scratch and sniff books with uncontracted braille are designed to provide a multi-sensory experience for children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Free Apps Designed to Help People with Macular Degeneration Read By Charlotte Cushman These two free apps were designed to help people with low vision due to macular degeneration read the news and eBooks on a tablet (iPad or Android).