Whether you are blind yourself, or are a parent, friend, or employer of someone who is visually impaired, please see my top picks for resources below.

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I use ChatGPT every day now. It has been surprisingly screen reader friendly. This is the perfect place to ask for tutorials that are specifically tailored to your level of vision. You can even ask ChatGPT to give you your answers in a more screen reader-friendly format, as in, without emojis, bullet points, tables, etc. I have friends who also use it to decipher photos that they’ve been given – where they simply ask ChatGPT to tell them what is happening in the photo. I use the free version right now. Simply Google it, and I personally signed up for it using my Google account.

Seeing AI is my go-to app that I use every day. The app can read documents, describe your surroundings, identify colors, product bar codes, money, and more.

Be My Eyes connects users with sighted volunteers to answer questions and solve problems through the app. For example, a blind or low vision user could open the app and ask a sighted volunteer which of their two sweaters is the color red.

You’ve probably heard of TikTok by now, but have you heard of BlindTok? This is a community on TikTok full of blind and low vision people. I highly recommend exploring this space. People talk about their experiences, their struggles, and provide immense support. I remember the first time I went onto BlindTok. It was the first time I’d heard someone share an experience that I had actually lived. I was the only visually impaired kid at all of my schools. I knew in theory that someone else out there had experienced school the same way I did, but it was just something I knew in theory. But then I went onto BlindTok and  heard someone talk about how they used to pretend to laugh and know what was going on when their teacher put on a movie. That’s just like what I had done, and it was a life-changing moment to actually hear someone share this story. I really hope every blind and visually impaired person out there has connected with our community. Whether that is on BlindTok or somewhere else. But, I think BlindTok is a great place to start if you haven’t yet.

Click the button below to check out BlindTok. Or, simply search “BlindTok” on your TikTok app. Spelled, “blind”, and then “tok”. Not talk as in speaking, but tok as in the second part of TikTok, spelled T, O, K.

This is my Amazon List for products that make your home and life more accessible.  My top picks are the kitchen tools and bump dots.

I highly recommend signing up for their newsletter. They’ve sent me emails about blind camps & youth programs, clinical trials, paid research studies, blind sports, and other events too. I first connected with the Carroll Center for the Blind when they invited me to be a panelist at the 2025 Stargardt Summit.