Resources

• Playlist on YouTube featuring some of our products
• APH Accessibility hub website featuring Accessibility and Inclusion training, document accessibility checklists, tutorials, Best Practices, videos and blog
• APH connect center free information hotline on every aspect of vision loss. Call 1-800-232-5463 or email [email protected]
• Career Connect resources to start and maintain a career
• Family Connect useful resources for parents and children with visual impairments
• Visionaware resources to maintain a more independent life
• Migel Library full of history and articles online about Helen Keller
• At Home with APH Resources page linking to blogs posts with activities that can be done at home
• Podcast called Change Makers featuring people who have created change in the field of visual impairment. Currently covering the Coronavirus and how people are coping

• Soundscape Microsoft navigation app for iPhone
• Instacart grocery shopping website and app
• Shipt grocery shopping website and app
• Money Talks money management Windows software
• Digit-Eyes bar scanner for IOS
• Fire Stick TV stick from Amazon
• Expedia trip planning website and app
• Southwest trip planning website and app
• MacBook computer from Apple
• Phillips Hue smart lights
• August smart lock
• SimplySafe home security system
• Nest programmable thermostat
• Samsung smart Television
• Neato connected robot vacuum cleaner

We value the information you are offering our employees. For this reason, and because we have a diverse workforce, we want to give you some guidelines to make your information available to everyone. More information may also be found on our APH Accessibility Hub’s Checklist for Planning APH Meetings., opens in a new window

Presentation

We have created the following template for your PowerPoint presentation. The use of this template as well as the guidelines provided in our Checklist for PowerPoint Presentations, ensure that the information in your presentation is accessible to all employees.

(The template will open with a title slide. To view your options and add additional slides, select the dropdown under “New Slide”.)

APH PowerPoint Template, opens in a new window

Checklist for PowerPoint Presentations, opens in a new window

Handouts

In many cases, print handouts include information already available electronically in your website or in an electronic file. Instead of printed materials, we strongly encourage you to provide a list to specific resources in your site, or offer the documents electronically.

For instance, if you are providing information about a dental plan, the 2018 rates, and your organization brochure as handouts, consider doing the following:

• Provide a direct link to the information in your site about the dental plan.
• Provide a direct link to download the PDF version of your brochure.
• Provide an electronic document containing the current rates.

If there is anything that is not available electronically that is essential information for our employees, we have a process for creating accessible versions, such as embossed braille, if you provide enough lead time. We’ll be happy to discuss the best course of action through the contact below.

Activities

Finally, if you are planning an activity, please make sure all participants are able to participate. For instance, if you will have participants write something, let us know in advance, so participants who do not use traditional methods can bring their own accessible writing tools.

Contact Us

If you have questions before your visit, please feel free to contact our Accessibility Group by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]. We will be happy to help you provide useful information to all our employees.