My Accessible Learning Toolkit
Use fictional examples. Leave out diagnoses, medical information, names, passwords and contact details.
Learning goal: Choose individualized tools for reading, creating and reasoning.
Access tools let you work with interesting ideas independently or with chosen help. Different tools suit different tasks. A printed page is not usable Braille; your accessible materials should match your needs.
- Choose a real or made-up learning situation. Leave out names, diagnoses and private details.
- Explore the three activities. Choose supports that fit you; skip any that do not.
- Write, type, draw, point, sign, use AAC or ask someone to scribe your own ideas.
- Choose one next step and an adult who can help make it possible.
Grades 3–5 support: Use the prompts and examples, or explain your ideas in your own way. Ask for words, a scribe or one direction at a time.
Choose tools to explore
Identify familiar tools and one you would like to discuss with an access specialist.
Tool I use and for which task
Tool or material I want to explore
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Match access to challenge
A class is comparing shapes in a structure. Choose materials that give access to the same reasoning.
Reasoning goal
Tactile, text or other access I need
Optional deeper thinking · Grades 6–8
Compare two ways of representing a complex diagram and explain what information each preserves or loses.
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Check before the lesson
Prepare a request that lets an adult arrange materials in advance.
Please provide… before…
How I will check that it is usable
My next step
What will I try, and who can support it? Write, draw, dictate, sign or use AAC.
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Accessibility & alternative responses
Digital text is structured for screen readers. Large print is available, but embossed Braille and specialist tactile graphics require separately validated production; no Braille-ready download is claimed.
Teacher facilitation
Coordinate accessible formats with the learner and qualified vision/access professionals. Ensure headings and reading order are meaningful. Do not present ordinary print or dot graphics as Braille.
Family-use suggestion
Invite the learner to choose what to share. Try one support together, ask what helped, and change the plan with their permission. Do not turn this sheet into a test or require private information.
Specialist formats
These printouts are not Braille. Embossed Braille and specialist tactile materials need qualified, technically validated production. The accessible digital version supplies structured text, not a specialist-format substitute.