May 2021 – Diversely Blind

Summer Fun is for Everyone: The Importance of Physical and Outdoor Activity for People who are Blind and Visually Impaired

As the weather gets warmer and summer vacation starts, many people engage more in physical and outdoor activities. However, often people with different types of disabilities face barriers to these activities. People who are blind or visually impaired (BVI) spend more time engaged in sedentary activities such as computer work or traveling (e.g. car orContinue reading “Summer Fun is for Everyone: The Importance of Physical and Outdoor Activity for People who are Blind and Visually Impaired”

I Know You: Making the Unfamiliar Familiar to People who are Blind

I have been working as one of three data analysts in a department project for the last six weeks. The other data analysts are also PhD candidates from different tracks than mine. Since this was our first time working together as a team, we were trying to get to know each other’s experiences. We wouldContinue reading “I Know You: Making the Unfamiliar Familiar to People who are Blind”