Visually Impaired People at University

What's it like to study chemistry when you have a visual impairment? In this post, Robbie Sinclair writes about starting at uni, labs...

Hi everyone, this is Sofia writing (I'm the editor of this website). I'm really excited to tell you about a project I have been working...

Being a parent can be very challenging, sometimes even more so when a child is visually impaired. For example, parents to visually...

I’m Elin, a visually impaired blogger and Open University student. I was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition called Retinitis...

To apply to university in the UK, you have to submit an application to UCAS, which stands for Universities and College Admissions...

Hi everyone, I’m Claire and I have been visually impaired from birth. I have about 10% vision with a small visual field and can see...

Hi, My name is Belmina and I have studied behavioural sciences including sociology, psychology and pedagogy. I’m legally blind which in...

How do you tell others that you are visually impaired? I talk about my own experience and my strategies when it comes to informing others...

What does a visually impaired physicist have to think about when attending a scientific conference? This post is intended for VIPs who...

What is it like to study computer science with a visual impairment? In this post I provide a bunch of suggestions that helped me...

PhD – The way I see it Originally published at http://www.grapheel.com/2017/11/27/phd-the-way-i-see-it/. Reprinted here with Dániel's...

Greetings, I’m Daniel. When people ask if they should call me Dan, Danny, Daniel, I usually say, you can call me Bob if you like, as long...

Hey there, I’m Nathan. I have just finished my masters degree in Computer Science and I work as a full-time software engineer in...

You've just been accepted on the degree course of your dreams, congratulations! Here are eight things you might want to consider before...

Hi and welcome to this short introduction of a visually impaired lawyer and entrepreneur. My name is Dennis Ivarsson, I grew up in Sweden...

In this post, I talk about experimental physics and how a visually impaired student can get through undergraduate (and postgraduate)...

How can a visually impaired student see the board in lectures and seminars? Here I explain how I solved this problem and was able to...

How much can I see and how does it affect my everyday life? I explain the extent of my vision loss here to provide context for my other...

Hi there! My name is Sofia and this is a short entry about myself. I grew up in Sweden and later moved to England to study physics at...