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 💚💛
Want to share experiences with visual impairment and/or assistive technology with others? Introducing the free Your Paths to Technology guide, which features tips, strategies, templates, and more for students and #a11y allies. Created by Veronica Lewis @veron4ica.com and Jonathan Hooper
Welcome to Your Paths to Technology: YP2T Part 1
Learn how to share your experiences with visual impairment and assistive technology with our free Your Paths to Technology guide!
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January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Want to share experiences with visual impairment and/or assistive technology with others? Introducing the free Your Paths to Technology guide, which features tips, strategies, templates, and more for students and #a11y allies. Created by Veronica Lewis @veron4ica.com and Jonathan Hooper
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This is one of the greatest color tools to come out for data visualization in probably 7 or 8 years at least. Amazing work (read the whole thread, too! this is just a random post from the stack of good stuff)
Contrast ratios give you contast for each colour against white, your lightest colour, your darkest colour, and black, letting you know which combinations don't pass WCAG guidelines. Clicking on any one will take you to my favourite two-colour contrast ratio tool with those colours pre-input.
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
This is one of the greatest color tools to come out for data visualization in probably 7 or 8 years at least. Amazing work (read the whole thread, too! this is just a random post from the stack of good stuff)
I recently updated my guide for how to write alt text and image descriptions with new examples! I also copied over some updates to my post on describing photojournalism and primary source images on social media: veroniiiica.com/how-to-write.... #a11y #AltText
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
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I recently updated my guide for how to write alt text and image descriptions with new examples! I also copied over some updates to my post on describing photojournalism and primary source images on social media: veroniiiica.com/how-to-write.... #a11y #AltText
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Whether you are posting on your own individual account, or posting on the account for an organization, there are resources and tools to help.
Veronica Lewis has several resources on her site, including this post on how to add alt text on social media.
veroniiiica.com/how-to-add-a...
Veronica Lewis has several resources on her site, including this post on how to add alt text on social media.
veroniiiica.com/how-to-add-a...
How To Add Alt Text On Social Media | Veroniiiica
Make your social media posts accessible to users with visual impairments by adding alt text to images— learn how to add alt text on social media and why
veroniiiica.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Whether you are posting on your own individual account, or posting on the account for an organization, there are resources and tools to help.
Veronica Lewis has several resources on her site, including this post on how to add alt text on social media.
veroniiiica.com/how-to-add-a...
Veronica Lewis has several resources on her site, including this post on how to add alt text on social media.
veroniiiica.com/how-to-add-a...
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
For those who struggle to get started and feel overwhelmed, Veronica Lewis has a great methodology for how to write alt text. This methodology has been referred to as "the Capybara Method."
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
For those who struggle to get started and feel overwhelmed, Veronica Lewis has a great methodology for how to write alt text. This methodology has been referred to as "the Capybara Method."
Reposted by Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩🦯
Solving Small Text and Contrast Issues for Large-Screen Readability, by @a11yalicia.bsky.social:
https://www.alicia.design/post/solving-small-text-and-contrast-issues-for-large-screen-readability
#accessibility #contrast #readability #typography
https://www.alicia.design/post/solving-small-text-and-contrast-issues-for-large-screen-readability
#accessibility #contrast #readability #typography
Solving small text and contrast issues for large-screen readability
The user experience for TV aligns more with billboard design than with app design, and cannot be treated as a simple enlargement of mobile interfaces. The challenges of viewing distance, screen variability, lighting conditions, and non-touch interaction all collide—and small typography and low co…
www.alicia.design
December 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Solving Small Text and Contrast Issues for Large-Screen Readability, by @a11yalicia.bsky.social:
https://www.alicia.design/post/solving-small-text-and-contrast-issues-for-large-screen-readability
#accessibility #contrast #readability #typography
https://www.alicia.design/post/solving-small-text-and-contrast-issues-for-large-screen-readability
#accessibility #contrast #readability #typography
For World Braille Day, here is a resource list I put together with several free braille art and tactile image libraries— I created this list as a M.Ed. student for one of my assistive technology courses. #Braille #WorldBrailleDay veroniiiica.com/free-braille...
Free Braille Art And Tactile Image Libraries | Veroniiiica
Free online resources for braille art and tactile graphics for blind and low vision students, with an emphasis on STEM content. Written for World Braille Day
veroniiiica.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
For World Braille Day, here is a resource list I put together with several free braille art and tactile image libraries— I created this list as a M.Ed. student for one of my assistive technology courses. #Braille #WorldBrailleDay veroniiiica.com/free-braille...
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. 👩🦯
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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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
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"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. 👩🦯
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...