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	Every Child Can! The ECC from a Preschool Perspective By Charlotte Cushman Every Child Can! is a DVD or USB on the Expanded Core Curriculum for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (ECC) for preschool children
	Accessible Crossword Puzzle App By Charlotte Cushman These crossword puzzles are accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired, using a screen reader or Voice Over. The content corresponds to all areas of the standard general curriculum for grades 5-12.
	The World Under My Fingers: Personal Reflections on Braille By Charlotte Cushman The World Under My Fingers: Personal Reflections on Braille is a publication of NFB (National Federation of the Blind) discussing the importance of braille literacy.
	TactileTalk Toolkit and Guidebook for iPad By Betsy Flener TactileTalk Toolkit and Guidebook for iPad are designed to promote communication and literacy for students who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities using an iPad with a tactile overlay and tangible symbols with voice output
	Using Book Creator To Make Engaging Literacy Materials By tracy.wilks The Book Creator app can be used to make literacy materials more engaging for students with visual impairments and additional disabilities.
	Accessible Ballyland Coding App By Charlotte Cushman Accessible Ballyland Coding App is designed to teach computational thinking and coding to young students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning (NFB BELL) By Charlotte Cushman Summer braille instruction program from National Federation of the Blind promotes braille literacy for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Durable Braille Flashcards By Catherine Morris These durable braille flashcards can be made on blank playing cards, which are available online from Amazon.
	Using iPad and Stylus and Mac to Create Tactile Graphics By jesmcdowellTVIOandM Find out how to use an iPad, Stylus, and Mac to create tactile graphics for National Read Across America Day!
	BBC Scotland Documentary: Not In Plain Sight By Charlotte Cushman This documentary from BBC Scotland explores cerebral visual impairment (CVI), with interviews with people affected by it, as well as an ophthalmologist and Prof. Gordon Dutton.
	Six Little Dots Game of Cards By Charlotte Cushman Six Little Dots Game of Cards promotes tactile skills and braille literacy for beginning readers.
	Resources on Cerebral Visual Impairment By Carmen Zarate A list of links to online resources on cerebral visual impairment
	Star Coin Project: Making Astronomy Accessible By Charlotte Cushman Astronomy can be more accessible through 3D printing of constellations for students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind.
	Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy: CVI and the iPad By Charlotte Cushman In this YouTube video, Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy speaks about the power of using an iPad or other backlit device with a child or student with CVI.
	Word Bubbling Tool for Teaching Students with CVI By Tommy Szalapski This word bubbling tool helps to support and promote literacy with students with CVI (cortical visual impairment).
	Know Thyself and Others: ECC Lessons and Activities to Take You Through the Year By Karen Carl These lessons and activities for transition-aged students who are visually impaired or blind incorporate areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum, e.g. self-determination, daily living skills, writing, getting to know others with vision impairments.
	Digital Supplements to the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC By Charlotte Cushman These digital downloads from Teaching Students with Visual Impairments are designed to supplement the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC (Expanded Core Curriculum) for students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind.
	Lesson Ideas for Teaching Students to Use Seeing AI App By Denise Philipp ... Lesson Ideas for Using Seeing AI App to familiarize students who are blind or visually impaired with the app, while also practicing academic skills.
	Resources for Teaching English as a Second Language to Learners with Blindness or Visual Impairment By Scott Baltisberger These resources for teaching English as a second language (ESL) to English Language Learners (ELL) who are blind or visually impaired include general ideas, internet resources, and books.
	Salient Features Dictionary By Charlotte Cushman The Salient Features Dictionary is based on the work of Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy and can be used to help children with CVI (cortical visual impairment) to recognize distinctive information about something in order to be able to identify it.