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Cheesy Hot Dog Casserole

Here's another yummy recipe that is easy to prepare and serves six. Here's what you'll need: 1/2 pound low-fat or fat-free turkey hot dogs, sliced 1 (10-3/4 oz.) can Healthy Request Cheddar Cheese Soup 1 (7 oz) can whole kernel corn, drained...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 5:59 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Recipes

Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and Effective

On October 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and Effective. The Toolkit is an 11-part health literacy resource whose purpose is to help people create written material in printed...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 2:27 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Tutorials, Writing, Children's publications

Facial Recognition Glasses Allow Blind to Avoid Obnoxious Persons

In another advance for the independence of blind people, the American Printing House for the Blind has announced a prototype of a facial recognition system that will warn users of the approach of obnoxious persons. The system consists of glasses embedded...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2011 4:08 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Holiday

Can Blind Kids Play with Toys?

Donna J. Jodhan This is one of the most frequently asked questions that I get and my simple answer to this is why not? Blind kids do not have to see in order to play with toys. Blind kids play with all kinds of toys and enjoy many of the things that most...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 3:26 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Children, Toys, Interaction, Blindness, Newly blind, Child care

Historic Reports Available Online at Migel Site!

"I'm so gleeful and grateful about our annual reports online at archive.org." That was the reaction from Perkins School archivist Jan Seymour-Ford when she discovered that some of the first items digitized from the Migel Memorial Library...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 4:46 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Web sites, Blindness, Research, Blindness organizations, Special schools, History, APH spotlight

Why I love the Draftsmen Kit from APH

by Kristie Smith-Armand, M.Ed, CTVI “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible”- Jonathan Swift The other day I read about a contest that the American Printing House for the Blind is offering. Participants will demonstrate in a video their favorite...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 4:08 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Reading, Tactile aids, Mathematics, Writing

A low-maintenance tomato garden

By David Lenz I took a five-foot deck board and cut triangles every six inches to use as a planting guide. The triangle is about three inches deep. I made a little bigger triangle at every foot mark. This will allow you to plant in a straight line; you...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 5:34 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Gardening, Crafts, Carpentry

The Many Uses of Wax Paper

Our mothers probably used miles of it in their kitchens, but today, wax paper seems to have been pushed to the back of the kitchen cabinet. But when it comes to versatility, wax paper is on a roll. Here are a few ideas. To keep a bottle of pancake syrup...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 11:57 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Household hints, Adaptation, Health and beauty, Kitchen hints, Housekeeping

Keep Track of Congress with RSS, Email or Twitter

Unless you watch C-Span twenty-four hours a day it can be difficult to keep up with the many bills that Congress passes in to law. Wouldn't it be great to find a site that would logically list the bills, and tell you who voted for what? There is a...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 1:07 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Accessible media, Web sites, Homework helpers, News sources, Information services, RSS

How to Make Coffee

I'm not a coffee drinker myself, like the softdrinks too much, but have had to make some for family members who love the stuff. Thought this might be a good article for those in the same situation. How to Make Coffee from wikiHow - The How to Manual...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 10:41 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Kitchen hints, Eating, Groceries

Clocks for the Patio or Pool

I have a family of swimmers. We love being in the pool! One of the problems we have is knowing the time while we're in the water. I've done some searching for clocks that are either easy to see from a distance (for my wife) or that are accessible...

Published Wed, Apr 07 2010 6:40 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Aging, Low vision, Accessibility, Electronics, Family life, Time management

Tactile Paving - Wikipedia

Tactile paving (also called truncated domes, detectable warnings, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators, detectable warning surfaces) is a system of textured ground surface indicators found on many footpaths, stairs and train station platforms to assist blind...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 11:55 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tactile aids, Adaptation, Newly blind, Travel, Orientation and mobility, ADA

Cooking Bacon in the Oven

I know there are several blind and visually impaired people out there who don't like to cook bacon. Too much popping greace and too messy are the reasons I hear the most often. Bacon is delicious and a favorite breakfast treat, but it can be time...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 12:21 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Kitchen hints, Cooking, Recipes

Wilson Reading System

The Wilson Reading System (WRS) is a research-based reading and writing program. WRS is a complete curriculum for teaching decoding and encoding (spelling), beginning with phoneme segmentation. Unlike other programs that overwhelm the student with rules...

Published Fri, Nov 13 2009 3:51 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Braille books, Reading, Writing

Shmoop: Study Guides and Teacher Resources

Shmoop provides free, accessible online study guides for history, civics, and a variety of literature genres. For the student who is studying on the go, they can access the guides on their laptops, their iPhones, or their Kindles. Blind students can read...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 3:59 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Reading, Accessible media, Web sites, Homework helpers, Students, Eye research

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