Review Questions and Situations

1. Jonathan is a blind student who is studying Geography of the Americas. He needs to access a map to learn the countries and geographic location of the capitals of South America. How could Jonathan access the material?

a. A sighted person could describe the map to him.

b. He could use a Braille map.

c. A sign-language interpreter could translate the content for him.

d. A tactile graphic (raised lines) could be created.

2. Mary has Macular Degeneration and is taking an art history class. Whenever her computer with screen reading software comes across a picture in the web-based materials, the screen reader just says “image”. What could be done to the pictures to make them understandable to Mary?

3. Barry is a student who has been blind from birth taking a class in Russian History.  You are discussing the family tree of English and Russian royalty to understand how hemophilia affected Prince Alexi. Barry asks, “What is a family tree? I only think of trees as biological things? How does a biological tree affect a family?”  How could you explain the concept of a family tree?