Accessible environments for visually impaired students

• Make sure you provide clear directions to a location you're using for the first time and try to avoid last-minute room changes if you can.
• Lighting is crucial for some partially sighted students, and it may also be an issue for support workers and note takers.
• Being familiar with a room's layout can increase the student's feeling of independence.
• Students may need to use a particular seat, perhaps with a support worker, or may need somewhere for their guide dog to lie.

Some students may have very individual requirements with respect to the teaching environment and it is likely that the disability adviser or a specialist staff member who provides support for them will have recommended these to you.

1. Inclusive teaching
2. Universal Design for Learning
3. Preparing to teach inclusively
   1. Developing an appropriate and inclusive teaching strategy
   2. Making appropriate reasonable adjustments
   3. Providing an accessible and safe learning environment
      1. Accessible environments for visually impaired students
      2. Accessible environments for deaf students
      3. Accessible environments for students with specific learning difficulties
      4. Accessible environments for students with mental health difficulties
      5. Accessible environment - mobility and dexterity
4. Sustaining self-esteem and motivation
5. Barriers to learning
6. Specialist support staff
7. Assistive technologies
8. Learning environments
9. Learning materials
10. Academic assessment