Overview
Assistive technology for visual impairment
Paths to Technology is designed to assist educators and families in learning and staying current on ever-changing technology for students with visual impairments and blindness.
Wherever you are in your technology journey, you will find help with our library of resources designed to define and disseminate best practices, training, and support for teachers of the visually impaired, braille transcribers, other education professionals, parents, and students themselves.
Choose your path
Paths to Technology has thousands of free resources dedicated to assistive technology for visual impairment, including multimedia books, a lesson library, non-visual digital maps, tactile graphics, and guides to using a variety of technologies for blind and low vision access in the classroom and beyond.
Classroom success
Have a student that is blind or visually impaired in your class? Learn how to create accessible materials and implement classroom strategies for supporting students with visual impairments in specific subject matter courses.
Accessible digital math
A must-have for math, including how to create digital assignments, how to complete assignments with a screen reader, free accessible math lessons, and so much more for students of all ages (PK through college)
Free resource library
A library of free accessible digital classroom materials created by and for teachers! These materials are perfect for in-school instruction and remote instruction. Get started with one of our four collections: maps, books, lessons and tactile images.
Seasonal activities
Explore seasonal activities and holiday-inspired lessons developed by our experts that incorporate must-have technology and access skills and Expanded Core Curriculum concepts in a fun and engaging way.
Featured Categories
Student voices
A 3rd Grader Talks About Colorblindness and Assistive Tech
Hudson has low vision and blue cone monochromacy. In this Q&A-style interview, he talks about the tools in his tech toolbox and his experiences with low vision and colorblindness.
Professional perspectives
Creating a Safe Space for Learning Technology: Growth Mindset
With the right mindset, we can turn tech frustrations into learning opportunities that empower students.
Events and webinars
Deep dive into the math checklists
Are you a teacher looking for effective strategies to support blind and visually impaired students in math- specifically digital math? Explore tools to help TSVIs to create lessons to build these skills, part of the TEAM initiative
TEAM Initiative at Perkins
Inequalities and systems of linear inequalities
Explore systems of inequalities in Part 3! Students graph two inequalities on the same coordinate plane and identify the overlapping solution region using accessible tools like Desmos and tactile supports.
Technology curricula
Technology curricula and training resources to assist teachers of the visually impaired to teach technology skills using various devices and software and to track a student’s progress as they develop technology skills.
Start with technology
What does it take for students with a visual impairment or blindness (VIB) to succeed in a digital classroom? How should students be evaluated for a particular device? How do you get started with a new device?
Curricula and resources
Browse complete manuals, directions to complete specific tasks, video tutorials, and specific lesson plans for a variety of devices and software such as JAWS, BrailleNote, NVDA, and iPad.
Quick reference guides
The Quick Reference Guide page contains lists of commands for mainstream technologies and AT software such as JAWS, magnification, Google products, and more.
Checklists and assessments
Basic and comprehensive checklists and assessments designed to help teachers of the visually impaired to track a student’s technology skills and determine technology related IEP goals.