What Do Students with Visual Impairments Need to Know to Attend College?
First, students with visual impairments need a good academic background to prepare them for the rigors of college. If students have not mastered the skills and information taught at the high school level, they will be handicapped upon entering college; this handicap has little to do with the visual impairment. Making good grades in high school is one of the best preparations that any student can make to prepare for college. Students with visual impairments must have built up a repertoire of skills to allow them to compete at the college level. They must have good study skills, notetaking skills, and test-taking skills. This will require the student to locate the correct adaptive equipment and to become proficient in using that equipment. More and more, students will have to become familiar, and even proficient, on computers. Students with visual impairments must be able to keep up with reading assignments. They may have to arrange for taped, large print, or brailled materials. In order
