A New Year’s party or a holiday gathering is an excellent reason to bake a treat for loved ones. Many of us have favorite family recipes that are used to prepare holiday meals. “My go-to family recipe is for Pfeffernüsse Cookies—German gingerbread cookies that I have been baking for over 20 years,” says Jean Kalscheur,… Continue Reading News You Can Use: 15 Tips for Baking with Low Vision
Three Wisconsin residents who are visually impaired recognized a need for Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) to be installed in their communities. Penny Happli of Rib Mountain, Joseph Smet of Fond Du Lac, and Denise Jess of Madison, are celebrating the success of their APS installation requests. All three community members mobilized and took initiative to… Continue Reading Celebrating Local Success: Accessible Pedestrian Signals
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Our toolkit provides helpful hints and best practice guidelines to make information more accessible and engaging.
This booklet is a beginning guide for lifestyle adaptation to low vision.
A guide for businesses and offices to provide quality customer service for those with vision impairments.
This resource offers tips to make social media content more accessible to people using screen readers.
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