Resources

Print disabilities

What is a Print Disability? A documentary made by Sheyfali Saujani, Diana Bahirian and Yhasmina Garcia.

• What is a Print Disability? English open captions
• What is a Print Disability? Described English video
• What is a Print Disability? LSQ
• What is a Print Disability? English open caption, ASL
• What is a Print Disability? French option captions

Podcasts

• Triple Vision. Hosts David Best and Hanna Leavitt bring you the history of Canadians who are blind, deafblind, and partially sighted, one story at a time, illuminating the challenges of the past, present, and future.
• Talk Description to Me. Where the visuals of current events and the world around us get hashed out in description-rich conversations.
• Living Blind Podcast. This podcast explores the perspectives and lived experiences of people with sight loss, and delves into barriers, challenges, and real-life strategies for living life to the fullest.
• The Lens: Living Diverse Podcast. Ben, Neisha, and Vivi explore the many facets of intersectionality from a blind, partially sighted and Deafblind perspective.

Accessibility PUblishing Summit

Accessibility Publishing Summit (all playlists)

• Accessibility Publishing Summit – Accessibility Tester Demonstrations (playlist)
• Accessible Publishing Summit 2021: Accessibility Tester Demonstrations

Assistive technology

• Joshua Miele – blind adaptive technology designer
• Siu, Y., & Presley, I. (2020). Access technology for blind and low vision accessibility (Second Edition). APH Press, American Printing House for the Blind.

Images accessibility

• Talk Description to Me. Episode 50 – Satellite Imagery
• Image Description Guidelines—DIAGRAM Center
• Alt Text As Poetry

Document accessibility

• Kingsbury, D. (2019). Format your Word documents with JAWS and NVDA : a guide for students and professionals. The Carroll Center for the Blind.
• Singleton, K. J., & Neuber, K. S. (2020). Examining How Students with Visual Impairments Navigate Accessible Documents. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 114(5), 393–405.
• Browder, R. (2018). Scanning Print to PDF: Opportunities and Obstacles for Screen Reader Accessibility. Library Technology Reports, 54(4), 23-27.

Science, technology, engineering, & math accessibility

Data sonification

• Wanda Diaz Merced’s talk “How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars”
• Cosmic melody: Astronomical data can be converted to music, revealing the universe like never before
• Listen to the Universe, documentary by NASA (not described)
• Universe of Touch and Sound – Sonification

Tactile graphics

• Dimensions: Community Tools for Making Tactile Graphics & Objects, Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, New York Public Library
• Chancey Fleet, Devisualizing Data: Nonvisual approaches to representing spatial information. Chancey provides an overview of Dimensions Lab at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.
• Universe of Touch and Sound – Tactile

Math accessibility

• Accessible Math —DIAGRAM Center

Book accessibility

• Making Accessible Books. Making Accessible Books (MAB) is an introductory educational resource for accessibility in books and reading, promoting the integration of accessible publishing features into the production and distribution of print, digital, and audio books.
• DAISY Consortium

Library accessibility

• The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, New York Public Library  
• Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA)’s educators access program
• National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS)’s Library staff homepage
• Public Library Accessibility Resource Centre (PLARC)
• Six Nations Public Library 
• Ashley Shaw & Natalie Martiniello (October 16, 2023). How to navigate the academic library: empowering blind scholars on their quest for knowledge. An invited public presentation hosted by the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarian’s Digital Accessibility in Academic Libraries (DAAL) community of practice.
• Digital Accessibility in Academic Libraries (DAAL) community pf practice. Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians.
• Digital Accessibility Working Group (DAWG). Digital Library Federation
• Xie, I. et al., (2021). Digital Library Accessibility and Usability Guidelines (DLAUG) to Support Blind and Visually Impaired Users.
• York University Accessibility Summit (2019)

Web accessibility

• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). (n.d.). W3C Accessibility Standards Overview.
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | W3C. (n.d.). Essential Components of Web Accessibility. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

And many, many more footsteps, big and small, near and far, to follow.