Education & Activities

Assessing Daily Living Skills

The Functional Skills Assessment (FSA) is a tool for evaluating daily living skills for students at all levels. FSA is...

When our project leaders begin working on a product, the goal is to address the needs of many learners. Long...

“This approach is what moved my student from reading just braille letters to reading words. He can now record events...

Our physical education website provides families, educators, and people who are blind or visually impaired with information about specialized APH...

BrailleBlaster! BrailleBlaster? Is it a video game? Is it a superhero? No, even better, it’s a free, braille transcription program...

This is part of our series on the importance of braille literacy. We asked braille readers about their introduction to...

This is part of our series on the importance of braille literacy. We asked braille readers about their introduction to...

BrailleBuzz is a fun new way to get children involved in forming early literacy skills. This instructional toy resembles a...

by Jessica Minneci Bzzz! Give your child a jump start on learning braille with BrailleBuzz! Shaped like a cartoon bumblebee,...

Preparing young people for the future is what education is all about. More than ever, there’s an emphasis on Science,...

Every child needs multi-sensory stimulation, even when some of those senses are impaired. That’s why APH now offers the Reach...

For a typically sighted child who is not yet a reader, visual illustrations offer an important bridge to “making meaning”...

by Angela Theriault I am deaf and have Usher syndrome and am currently the director of the Deafblind Service Center...

A deafblind speed skater skates as fast as he can to his dream. by Kevin Frost Like every little boy...

Sarah K. McMillen Ice Hockey I grew up in Albany, New York, and attended a mainstream school in Albany; I...