Chemistry

This section offers chemistry class teaching and learning strategies for students who are blind or visually impaired.

Blind Students Can Succeed in Chemistry Classes, Future Reflections – National Federation of the Blind
http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr8/frsf0210.htm
Cary Supalo shares his strategies for a positive experience in chemistry classes.  He describes the importance of obtaining materials in alternate formats, note-taking, creating three-dimensional models, and working closely with lab technicians, scribes, and readers.

Low-Cost Laboratory Adaptations for Precollege Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Journal of Chemical Education
http://research.chem.psu.edu/mallouk/articles/JCE2008p0243.pdf
In this five-page article, Cary A. Supalo and Thomas E. Mallouk describe inexpensive laboratory adaptations that increase accessibility to experiments and classroom exercises for students who are blind or visually impaired.

Practical Work - Modifying a Simple Investigation, Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_csscienceexp.hcsp
This article illustrates "the modification of a chemistry experiment to make it much more accessible for a pupil who is partially sighted."

Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities:  A Manual for High Schools, Colleges, and Graduate Programs, American Chemical Society Committee on Chemists with Disabilities
http://membership.acs.org/C/CWD/TeachChem4.pdf
This 75-page manual has sections on the classroom, testing and evaluation, assistive technology, accessible computing, laboratory techniques, mentoring and advocacy, and principles of universal design to create accessibility for all.

Web-based Organizations and Internet Resources

Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators (CCCE)
http://www.computationalscience.org/ccce/
This site includes a list of free and low-cost educational software and an online glossary.