Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
@veron4ica.com
I live with low vision, learn with assistive technology, study how AT & #a11y can help visually impaired college students thrive, and write all about it on Veronica With Four Eyes (veroniiiica.com)
Education PhD student at GMU, views are my own 💚💛
Education PhD student at GMU, views are my own 💚💛
In 2025, my website veroniiiica.com (Veronica With Four Eyes) got a subtle makeover for improved #a11y and decreasing visual clutter. Here is a short thread of changes I made this year for the 600+ low vision and assistive technology resources on the site.
Veronica With Four Eyes
I live with low vision, learn with assistive technology, and develop free resources for visually impaired students on Veronica With Four Eyes
veroniiiica.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In 2025, my website veroniiiica.com (Veronica With Four Eyes) got a subtle makeover for improved #a11y and decreasing visual clutter. Here is a short thread of changes I made this year for the 600+ low vision and assistive technology resources on the site.
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Tired of explaining why neither “selective” nor “situational” mutism fits my experience. Here’s a term that actually does.
www.autisticasfxxk.com/blog/virtual...
www.autisticasfxxk.com/blog/virtual...
Selective mutism? Situational mutism? No. I am a virtual mute.
Tired of explaining why neither “selective” nor “situational” mutism fits my experience. Here’s a term that actually does.
www.autisticasfxxk.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Tired of explaining why neither “selective” nor “situational” mutism fits my experience. Here’s a term that actually does.
www.autisticasfxxk.com/blog/virtual...
www.autisticasfxxk.com/blog/virtual...
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Finally got around to finishing my post for the "Newsletters that regularly hit my inbox these days" trend, @janmaarten.com tagged me in September.
The preview photo is an an antique Underwood typewriter my grandfather gave me, which I hope to get working again.
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
The preview photo is an an antique Underwood typewriter my grandfather gave me, which I hope to get working again.
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
Newsletters that regularly hit my inbox these days — Anna E. Cook
A curated list of newsletters I actually read, spanning disability justice, accessibility, design, tech, and news.
annaecook.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Finally got around to finishing my post for the "Newsletters that regularly hit my inbox these days" trend, @janmaarten.com tagged me in September.
The preview photo is an an antique Underwood typewriter my grandfather gave me, which I hope to get working again.
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
The preview photo is an an antique Underwood typewriter my grandfather gave me, which I hope to get working again.
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
labour of love and revisions of 1.5 years
New Pub Alert:
Fundelius, E. (2025). Empowering Students with Visual Impairments: A Collaborative Approach to Access and the Expanded Core Curriculum. TEACHING Exceptional Children
doi.org/10.1177/0040...
#Disability #InclusionWithoutSupportIsNeglect
New Pub Alert:
Fundelius, E. (2025). Empowering Students with Visual Impairments: A Collaborative Approach to Access and the Expanded Core Curriculum. TEACHING Exceptional Children
doi.org/10.1177/0040...
#Disability #InclusionWithoutSupportIsNeglect
Empowering Students with Visual Impairments: A Collaborative Approach to Access and the Expanded Core Curriculum - Erika Fundelius, 2025
The world is highly occulocentric, in which vision in terms of access is placed above all other senses. Visual materials such as worksheets, maps, graphics, ill...
doi.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
labour of love and revisions of 1.5 years
New Pub Alert:
Fundelius, E. (2025). Empowering Students with Visual Impairments: A Collaborative Approach to Access and the Expanded Core Curriculum. TEACHING Exceptional Children
doi.org/10.1177/0040...
#Disability #InclusionWithoutSupportIsNeglect
New Pub Alert:
Fundelius, E. (2025). Empowering Students with Visual Impairments: A Collaborative Approach to Access and the Expanded Core Curriculum. TEACHING Exceptional Children
doi.org/10.1177/0040...
#Disability #InclusionWithoutSupportIsNeglect
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We made a starter pack! go.bsky.app/7uSWoWX
December 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We made a starter pack! go.bsky.app/7uSWoWX
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Celebrate World Braille Day with RNIB Connect Radio 🎉
Next Sunday, why not join Toby Davey for a 2-hour special show packed with music, braille features, interviews, and more?
Listen: 10am on the 4th of January 2026.
Next Sunday, why not join Toby Davey for a 2-hour special show packed with music, braille features, interviews, and more?
Listen: 10am on the 4th of January 2026.
December 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Celebrate World Braille Day with RNIB Connect Radio 🎉
Next Sunday, why not join Toby Davey for a 2-hour special show packed with music, braille features, interviews, and more?
Listen: 10am on the 4th of January 2026.
Next Sunday, why not join Toby Davey for a 2-hour special show packed with music, braille features, interviews, and more?
Listen: 10am on the 4th of January 2026.
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Have you ever wondered what your favourite Christmas film says about your approach to accessibility? No?? Well, we’re here to change that.
And don't forget to turn on that handy alt text reminder in your settings 🎄
And don't forget to turn on that handy alt text reminder in your settings 🎄
December 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Have you ever wondered what your favourite Christmas film says about your approach to accessibility? No?? Well, we’re here to change that.
And don't forget to turn on that handy alt text reminder in your settings 🎄
And don't forget to turn on that handy alt text reminder in your settings 🎄
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
I need everyone to go read this thread, because @echodislocation.bsky.social gave a very detailed response (with linked articles!) to @pedroblack42.bsky.social orginal question, asking if bats percieved an 'image' when echolocating!
This is such a fascinating area of research!
#batsky 🦇🧪🌎
This is such a fascinating area of research!
#batsky 🦇🧪🌎
I work with humans, so am kind of a spectator to animal echolocation myself, but it must depend on how you define "generating an image." Are echoes converted to specifically *visual* imagery? Or do they produce an abstracted mental representation that is also accessible to the bat's visual system?
I remember reading about bats' echolocation and how they "see" with it. Do you think that they create a similar reality in their brains with sound as we do with light? If so, how could we know?
December 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I need everyone to go read this thread, because @echodislocation.bsky.social gave a very detailed response (with linked articles!) to @pedroblack42.bsky.social orginal question, asking if bats percieved an 'image' when echolocating!
This is such a fascinating area of research!
#batsky 🦇🧪🌎
This is such a fascinating area of research!
#batsky 🦇🧪🌎
Something that has really helped me this semester with typing research papers is using keyboard shortcuts for academic writing and APA formatting instead of trying to visually locate icons/menus in Microsoft Word. Here are some of my most-used hotkeys! veroniiiica.com/keyboard-sho... #PhDsky #EduSky
My Most-Used Keyboard Shortcuts For Academic Writing
Time saving keyboard shortcuts for academic writing and formatting papers in APA Style with Microsoft Word, a vital skill for students with visual impairments!
veroniiiica.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Something that has really helped me this semester with typing research papers is using keyboard shortcuts for academic writing and APA formatting instead of trying to visually locate icons/menus in Microsoft Word. Here are some of my most-used hotkeys! veroniiiica.com/keyboard-sho... #PhDsky #EduSky
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I always frame citational practice as relational:
Whose ideas do I want to inherit and carry forward?
Whose/which ideas am I responsible to/for?
Which thinkers have offered me intellectual, emotional, spiritual guidance?
Who are my ontoepistemological ancestors?
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
Whose ideas do I want to inherit and carry forward?
Whose/which ideas am I responsible to/for?
Which thinkers have offered me intellectual, emotional, spiritual guidance?
Who are my ontoepistemological ancestors?
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
Fascinating.
Root question is, what kind of intellectual and social practice is citation? What work does it do for us?
Root question is, what kind of intellectual and social practice is citation? What work does it do for us?
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I always frame citational practice as relational:
Whose ideas do I want to inherit and carry forward?
Whose/which ideas am I responsible to/for?
Which thinkers have offered me intellectual, emotional, spiritual guidance?
Who are my ontoepistemological ancestors?
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
Whose ideas do I want to inherit and carry forward?
Whose/which ideas am I responsible to/for?
Which thinkers have offered me intellectual, emotional, spiritual guidance?
Who are my ontoepistemological ancestors?
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
"Words matter. Terminology choices both shape attitudes & are shaped by attitudes.. both of which matter for AAC & the people who use it"
What terms should we use for AAC & the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey
by Zisk, A. H., Konyn, L., & Niemeijer, D.
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
What terms should we use for AAC & the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey
by Zisk, A. H., Konyn, L., & Niemeijer, D.
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
What terms should we use for AAC and the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey
This study aimed to elicit and analyze the views and preferences of a variety of AAC stakeholders regarding terminology related to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and the people wh...
doi.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Words matter. Terminology choices both shape attitudes & are shaped by attitudes.. both of which matter for AAC & the people who use it"
What terms should we use for AAC & the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey
by Zisk, A. H., Konyn, L., & Niemeijer, D.
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
What terms should we use for AAC & the people who use it? Results from a terminology survey
by Zisk, A. H., Konyn, L., & Niemeijer, D.
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Students with disabilities who attend college will likely find that they're expected to use assistive technology (AT) to complete their work (in place of human assistance). Learn why it is so much better for students if they get used to using AT before college. https://bit.ly/LDBlog138x
#EduSky
#EduSky
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Students with disabilities who attend college will likely find that they're expected to use assistive technology (AT) to complete their work (in place of human assistance). Learn why it is so much better for students if they get used to using AT before college. https://bit.ly/LDBlog138x
#EduSky
#EduSky
I updated my post on eReader apps and low vision accessibility to provide the approximate font size range for apps like Kindle, Nook, Libby, Kobo, Apple Books, and Google Play Books, along with other display customizations for low vision and print disabilities #a11y veroniiiica.com/ereader-apps...
EReader Apps And Low Vision Accessibility | Veroniiiica
A list of accessibility features for popular eReader apps and low vision users, including font sizes, display customizations, page colors, and reading tools
veroniiiica.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I updated my post on eReader apps and low vision accessibility to provide the approximate font size range for apps like Kindle, Nook, Libby, Kobo, Apple Books, and Google Play Books, along with other display customizations for low vision and print disabilities #a11y veroniiiica.com/ereader-apps...
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#AltText in museums - typically considered an accommodation for #LowVision patrons – helps everyone think more deeply about how to understand art. 🖼️ #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @apollo-magazine.com ⬇️)
(Story via @apollo-magazine.com ⬇️)
How to describe a work of art
Alt text in museums doesn’t benefit only low-vision users – it helps all of us think more deeply about how to understand an artwork
apollo-magazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#AltText in museums - typically considered an accommodation for #LowVision patrons – helps everyone think more deeply about how to understand art. 🖼️ #BlindNewWorld
(Story via @apollo-magazine.com ⬇️)
(Story via @apollo-magazine.com ⬇️)
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
The AppleVis Golden Apple Awards are back for their 14th year, celebrating the very best in accessible app development for blind, DeafBlind, and low-vision users across the Apple ecosystem.
Cast your vote here!
www.applevis.com/blog/applevi...
Cast your vote here!
www.applevis.com/blog/applevi...
AppleVis Announces Nominees for the 2025 AppleVis Golden Apple Awards; Cast Your Vote Now | AppleVis
AppleVis is pleased to announce the apps and developers which have been nominated for the 2025 Golden Apple Awards; cast your vote now and make your voice heard. Launched in 2012 and now in its fourte...
www.applevis.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The AppleVis Golden Apple Awards are back for their 14th year, celebrating the very best in accessible app development for blind, DeafBlind, and low-vision users across the Apple ecosystem.
Cast your vote here!
www.applevis.com/blog/applevi...
Cast your vote here!
www.applevis.com/blog/applevi...
For #CSEdWeek, here are tips for pre-teaching programming languages to visually impaired students and strategies that can help students spend more time learning and less time trying to figure out how to make something accessible. veroniiiica.com/pre-teaching...
Pre-Teaching Programming Languages To Visually Impaired Students
Tips for pre-planning student access needs in programming and coding courses, and proactively addressing accessible coding barriers through pre-teaching programming languages
veroniiiica.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For #CSEdWeek, here are tips for pre-teaching programming languages to visually impaired students and strategies that can help students spend more time learning and less time trying to figure out how to make something accessible. veroniiiica.com/pre-teaching...
Informative article from Maxwell Ivey featured in @consumerreports.org on assistive technology for independent living— lots of great tips for blind and nonvisual accessibility that would be great for an ECC or vision rehab lesson. www.consumerreports.org/adaptive-liv...
Clever Hacks to Maintain Independence With Vision Loss or Blindness - Consumer Reports
Blind podcaster and accessibility advocate Maxwell Ivey offers tips and hacks to make daily life go more smoothly for those with vision loss or blindness.
www.consumerreports.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Informative article from Maxwell Ivey featured in @consumerreports.org on assistive technology for independent living— lots of great tips for blind and nonvisual accessibility that would be great for an ECC or vision rehab lesson. www.consumerreports.org/adaptive-liv...
I wrote this post as an undergrad student with low vision for #CSEdWeek in 2018, and updated it to share more resources in 2025! Here’s a short list of programming resources and free accessible coding tutorials that support large print and high levels of browser zoom. veroniiiica.com/free-accessi...
Free Accessible Coding Resources With Large Print Options
Programming resources and free accessible coding tutorials that support large print and browser zoom, curated by a student with low vision
veroniiiica.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I wrote this post as an undergrad student with low vision for #CSEdWeek in 2018, and updated it to share more resources in 2025! Here’s a short list of programming resources and free accessible coding tutorials that support large print and high levels of browser zoom. veroniiiica.com/free-accessi...
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Our friends at Tactile Times launched this year's #accessible online #ChristmasCountdown calendar with jokes, music and more, designed for folks who are #blind and #VisuallyImpaired. 🎄📅
Check it out at games.tactiletimes.org/advent.
#BlindNewWorld
Our friends at Tactile Times launched this year's #accessible online #ChristmasCountdown calendar with jokes, music and more, designed for folks who are #blind and #VisuallyImpaired. 🎄📅
Check it out at games.tactiletimes.org/advent.
#BlindNewWorld
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Our friends at Tactile Times launched this year's #accessible online #ChristmasCountdown calendar with jokes, music and more, designed for folks who are #blind and #VisuallyImpaired. 🎄📅
Check it out at games.tactiletimes.org/advent.
#BlindNewWorld
Our friends at Tactile Times launched this year's #accessible online #ChristmasCountdown calendar with jokes, music and more, designed for folks who are #blind and #VisuallyImpaired. 🎄📅
Check it out at games.tactiletimes.org/advent.
#BlindNewWorld
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
A quick reminder that the latest Through Our Eyes episode is out now on our website and all major streaming platforms. Khadija talks with Aleks and Faith about navigating university choices as a blind or partially sighted student. Catch up here: https://f.mtr.cool/cumdibpyfp
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A quick reminder that the latest Through Our Eyes episode is out now on our website and all major streaming platforms. Khadija talks with Aleks and Faith about navigating university choices as a blind or partially sighted student. Catch up here: https://f.mtr.cool/cumdibpyfp
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Apple and Kim Gehrig stage a college musical in brilliant new accessibility film adage.com/creativity/w... #a11y
Apple and Kim Gehrig stage a college musical in brilliant new accessibility film
The global spot, made in-house, shows how Apple’s built-in features support the daily routines of disabled students.
adage.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Apple and Kim Gehrig stage a college musical in brilliant new accessibility film adage.com/creativity/w... #a11y
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
From expanded Dark Theme to easier Voice Access activation with Gemini, here are 7 ways #Google is making #Android more accessible. blog.google/products/and...
7 ways we’re making Android more accessible
This December, Android is getting new accessibility updates like dark theme’s expanded option, emotion tags in Expressive Captions, easier Voice Access and more.
blog.google
December 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
From expanded Dark Theme to easier Voice Access activation with Gemini, here are 7 ways #Google is making #Android more accessible. blog.google/products/and...
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Sharing a meme on social media? Don't forget to include alt text! This resource from @veron4ica.com will help you.
veroniiiica.com/2018/11/29/h...
veroniiiica.com/2018/11/29/h...
How To Write Alt Text For Memes | Veroniiiica
My favorite tips for how to write alt text for memes, reaction images, and other types of social media comedy content, written by someone with low vision
veroniiiica.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sharing a meme on social media? Don't forget to include alt text! This resource from @veron4ica.com will help you.
veroniiiica.com/2018/11/29/h...
veroniiiica.com/2018/11/29/h...
I have low vision and use alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images if double vision or blurry vision distorts them too much. If you don't know how to write #AltText, here are several guides from my website that can show you how! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/11)
How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
veroniiiica.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I have low vision and use alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images if double vision or blurry vision distorts them too much. If you don't know how to write #AltText, here are several guides from my website that can show you how! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/11)
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Did you know TESE's 2025 manuscript of the year is in the latest TESE volume? Quezada et al. describe the journey of adults with Visual Impairments within visual disabilities education. Read to see how considering, becoming, and being impact “role modelship" +... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“You Are Just a Life Role Model” a Multiple Case Study of Teachers With Visual Impairment in the Field of Visual Disabilities - Saurym Quezada, Erika Fundelius, Erin Bush, Jenny Root, 2025
Teachers with disabilities serve as role models for students who share their disability identity, offering lived experience as a valuable source of knowledge an...
journals.sagepub.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Did you know TESE's 2025 manuscript of the year is in the latest TESE volume? Quezada et al. describe the journey of adults with Visual Impairments within visual disabilities education. Read to see how considering, becoming, and being impact “role modelship" +... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...