My theme for the 2021 Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is to give an overview of what it is like to be visually impaired and to break down misconceptions that still exist regarding the blind and low vision community. Today I want to discuss magnification tools for people with low vision.
There are many magnifiers to choose from. There are full page magnifiers as well as pocket size magnifiers. There are also magnifiers with LED screen magnifiers that allow users to change color contrast and adjust the font size. These magnifiers come in a range of sizes, they can be as small as a mobile phone to the size of a desktop computer. You can learn more here.
There is also software that magnifies the screen on the computer and is available free on Windows and mac devices.
I resisted using these tools while in school because I did not want to look more different. The glasses I use are in fact magnifiers as I use a very high prescription and I did not want to be seen with extra tools. This attitude did more harm to me and made things much harder for me so I should have used these tools as things would have been much easier for me.
Jazmin Ruiz 