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RECC Domain Results: 58 items found
Title	Author	Domain	Category	Problem?
ACCESS Sports: A Model For Adapting Mainstream Sports Activities For Individuals With Visual Impairments	N/A	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Adapted PE, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: The ACCESS Sports model is a three-prong strategy for making physical education, sports, and recreation accessible to participants who are visually impaired. By adjusting the targets, boundaries, and rules of nearly any activity, it can be adapted. This webpage provides further information about this model.
American Blind Skiing Foundation	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Organizations, Recreation, Skiing	Report a problem!
Description: Organization which promotes self-esteem and independence through recreational and competitive skiing for the visually impaired.
Ballyland	N/A	Recreation and Leisure, Technology		Report a problem!
Description: From the website, "Sonokids Ballyland resources are attractive and engaging for all children. They also provide specific support and high level accessibility and usability for children with special needs, in particular those who are blind or have low vision."
Blind Yoga	M. Klein	Recreation and Leisure		Report a problem!
Description: Marty Klein, a blind author and yoga enthusiast, and Gretchen Hein, a certified yoga teacher, combine their knowledge in order to provide individuals who are blind with an introduction to yoga. Explore the website to learn more about the instructors and yoga postures. You can also download Beginning Yoga for the Blind and Visually Impaired or order a 5 CD set.
Braille Music Code, 2015	N/A	Arts, Recreation and Leisure	Music	Report a problem!
Description: From the BANA website, "This completely revised publication is available for free download in two electronic versions: PDF and BRF. Hardcopy versions will also be produced and sold by the American Printing House for the Blind."
Carrol Center for the Blind Games (Cost)	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Games	Report a problem!
Description: The Carroll Center for the Blind sells adapted games such as bingo cards, UNO, Old Maid, Checkers, Chess, and Dominoes.
Creative Recreation for Blind and Visually Impaired Adults (1988) (Cost)	I. Ludwig, L. Luxton & M. Attomre	Recreation and Leisure	Arts and Crafts, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This booklet offers information about how to adapt a variety of recreational activities for individuals with visual impairments.
Disabled Sports USA	N/A	Recreation and Leisure		Report a problem!
Description: Disabled Sports USA focusing on improving the lives of wounded warriors, youth and adults with disabilities by providing sports and recreation opportunities. Resources on the website include information about specific sports, videos, Challenge Magazine, a list of adaptive equipment, and a blog.
Everybody Plays! How Kids with Visual Impairments Play Sports (2013) (APH Quota)	C. L. Aillaud & L. Lieberman	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students, Adapted PE, Games, Sports/Games	Report a problem!
Description: This storybook, written at a 4th grade reading level, follows an elementary school aged child to to sports camp for children who are blind or visually impaired. Readers learn about sports and recreational physical activities that are enjoyed universally and about specific sports designed for persons with visual impairment and blindness.
From IEP to Teaching Strategies. . . How Do We Get There? (especially when teaching social and recreational skills) (1996) (Cost)	V. Perwein & N. Levack	Recreation and Leisure, Social Interaction	Instructional Strategies, Resources	Report a problem!
Description: This booklet can be useful to inform an in-service presentation, especially when using the Independent Living Curriculum to design instruction. Areas of focus include developing goals for social skills and recreation and leisure skills.
Games For People with Sensory Impairments - Strategies for Including People of All Ages (1996) (Cost)	L. Lieberman & Jim Cowart	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Adapted PE, Games, Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Development, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies, Instructional Support, Recreation	Report a problem!
Description: This book provides facilitators with 70 games that individuals with sensory impairments can play. The activities offered can be presented to students with visual impairments in a regular physical education curriculum or to adults with sensory impairments in any recreational setting.
Gardening and Horticulture	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Instructional Development, Instructional Support	Report a problem!
Description: This webpage provides tips for individuals who are blind and wish to begin gardening. Topics include gardening tips and techniques, container gardening, and fragrance and sensory gardens.
Getting Started with the IPhone: An Introduction for Blind Users (Cost)	F. Dressner & D. Martineau	Recreation and Leisure, Technology	Technology	Report a problem!
Description: Getting Started with iPhone and iOS 10 is an introduction to using the iPhone for individuals without vision. It is broken down into 3 parts: Buying, Configuring, and Loading Up Your iPhone; Starting to Use Your iPhone; and Using the Rest of the Built In Apps.
Goalball Association	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Goal Ball, Organizations, Recreation	Report a problem!
Description: This website provides information regarding goalball, how it's played, needed equipment, local leagues, etc.
Going Places: Transition Guidelines for Community-Based Physical Activities (APH Quota)	N/A	Career Education and Transition, Recreation and Leisure	Activities for High School Students, Sports/Games	Report a problem!
Description: Going Places is a resource guide for teens and young adults that promotes independent physical activity. It outlines a step-by-step process for choosing and participating in sports and other physical activities within the community.
Hark the Sound	G. Bishop	Recreation and Leisure, Technology	Auditory Skills, Games, Recreation	Report a problem!
Description: Hark the Sound provides downloadable audio computer games for students with visual impairments.
Major Sports and Recreation Resources (2002)	P. Ponchillia	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students, Activities for High School Students, Adapted PE, Adaptive Tools/Technology, Recreation	Report a problem!
Description: The author provides an extensive list of resources for sports and recreation. Equipment suppliers, programs, and camps for a multitude of sports and activities is provided.
Martial Arts for the Blind	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students, Activities for High School Students	Report a problem!
Description: This issue of Fred's Head discusses how blind and visually impaired people can study martial arts. Resources are provided including Blind Zen and the Judo Information site.
MoPix - Motion Picture Access (Cost)	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students, Activities for High School Students	Report a problem!
Description: This site provides information to consumers, industry members and others interested in learning more about motion picture access. It also provides a list of movies with closed captions and descriptions along with resources to find theaters playing them.
Mosquito Netting or Paycheck Which Will You Choose? (2002)	R. Lucey	Family Resources, Recreation and Leisure	Camp	Report a problem!
Description: Camp resources listed for Texas students with visual impairments. Dates may have expired but general information may still pertain, includes internet resources. (Texas Only)
Movement Without Sight: Physical Activities and Dance for the Visually Handicapped (Cost)	L. E. Kratz	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Adapted PE, Dance, Instructional Development, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This book looks at the implications of movements for individuals without sight and gives information about teaching physical activity to children who are visually impaired.
Music and Low Vision: Strategies for People with Print Disabilities Who Don't Read Braille	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Low Vision Solutions, Music	Report a problem!
Description: Thomas Green, a retired physicist, developed a great system for displaying music (and other materials) in super-enlarged format, adaptable to each student, on a standard laptop monitor screen.
Music Braille Code, 2015	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Music	Report a problem!
Description: A revised and up to date reference guide for braille music that is available for download.
National Beep Baseball Association	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Beep Baseball, Games, Organizations	Report a problem!
Description: This website is dedicated to promoting beep baseball for visually impaired. It includes history and current averages of top players from across the nation.
National Camps for Blind Children	N/A	Family Resources, Recreation and Leisure	Camp	Report a problem!
Description: National organization offering camps for children with visual impairments of all ages, year round, in different locations of the country. The camps are affiliated with Christian Record Services, Inc.
NFB's Newsline Online	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Recreational Reading	Report a problem!
Description: NFB Newsline is a free audible newspaper service that provides independent access to over 300 newspapers, magazines, and TV listings for those with print disabilities, including four Spanish language newspapers. NFB Newsline can now be accessed online or on a digital book player.
Opus Technologies	N/A	Arts, Recreation and Leisure	Braille Publishers, Instructional Aids/Materials, Music	Report a problem!
Description: Opus Technologies develops and sells braille music reference materials and braille tools for transcribers, proofreaders, educators, parents, and students.
Paper Music	N/A	Arts, Recreation and Leisure	Music	Report a problem!
Description: Paper Music is a website dedicated to providing music and resources for musicians who are blind all over the world. Transcription services are available to translate files into braille, Music XML, Lime, and enlarged print and enlarged computer music files.
PCS Games	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Games	Report a problem!
Description: PCS Games is dedicated to the blind gamer with frequent updates on links to accessible online games and forums.
Physical Activities for VI Youth	M. Artido & J. Roberts	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students, Activities for High School Students, Adapted PE, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: A great resource that discusses many issues regarding getting visually impaired students involved with physical education and recreation and leisure activities. Ideas are provided on how to make indoor and outdoor activities accessible. From Denmark. E-mail: julprause@hotmail.com
Physical Education and Recreation for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (2001)	A. Montagnino	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Games, Instructional Strategies, Sports/Games	Report a problem!
Description: The author of this article provides tips for adapting all kinds of physical activities plus individual sports situations and games.
Recreation and Leisure Products from the American Printing House for the Blind	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Instructional Aids/Materials	Report a problem!
Description: Catalog of products for those with visual impairments and the instruction of this population.
Sero (Cost)	NA	Recreation and Leisure, Technology	Adaptive Tools/Technology	Report a problem!
Description: From the website: "Sero, formerly known as iBlink Radio, is a free app on the Android Market and iOS App Store providing access to global radio stations, podcasts and local and national reading services of special interest to the blind and vision-impaired."
Ski for Light	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Family Resources, Skiing	Report a problem!
Description: Ski for Light is a program promoting cross country skiing for the visually impaired.
Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students (SCIVIS) (Cost)	N/A	Recreation and Leisure, Science	Camp	Report a problem!
Description: SCIVIS is a week long camp that takes place at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Students ages 10 and up can attend. It is coordinated by teachers of the visually impaired.
Speakaboos	N/A	Compensatory/Access, Recreation and Leisure	Accessible Books, Audio Books, Recreational Reading	Report a problem!
Description: This website offers free visual stories for young children with audio and music. Categories include nursery rhymes, fables, folk stories and songs. (Not VI Specific)
Spoonbill Software	N/A	Recreation and Leisure, Technology	Games	Report a problem!
Description: This website provides games for blind gamers free of charge.
Sports Extravaganza	N/A	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Play, Recreation	Report a problem!
Description: Sports Extravaganza is an annual sporting event held every fall in Irving, Texas for blind and visually impaired children and youth ages 0-22. Events include 25, 50, and 100 meter dashes, 200 and 400 meter run, standing long jump, running long jump, wheelchair obstacle course, and more.
Suggestions for Recreation and Leisure Activities for Blind and Visually Impaired Children (1999)	D. Sewell	Family Resources, Recreation and Leisure	Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students, Activities for High School Students, Games	Report a problem!
Description: This article discusses the importance of learning to play for children who are blind and provides a list of popular commercially available games and suggestions to make them accessible.
Summer Programs Available at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (2017)	N/A	Family Resources, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure		Report a problem!
Description: TSBVI offers summer programs that provide students with instruction in all areas of the ECC. (Texas students only)
TalkingTag (Cost)	N/A	Independent Living, Recreation and Leisure	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Low Vision Solutions	Report a problem!
Description: TalkingTag allows users to record short video or voice messages on TalkingTag labels, which can then be attached to scrapbooks, greeting cards, or other items. Note: You will need TalkingTag labels to use this App.
Ten Thousand Steps, Cane Not Included (Cost)	A. Dresner	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Recreation	Report a problem!
Description: This book covers many aspects and resources of how blind and visually impaired consumers can increase their exercise in their daily lives. She discusses how podcasts, the FitBit and AppleWatch can all help increase daily activity.
The Best Christmas Toys for Blind Children!	N/A	Family Resources, Recreation and Leisure	Play, Toys	Report a problem!
Description: This article from Wonderbaby.org provides a list of the best toys for children who are blind. They are listed by age group and type of toy.
The Blind Photographer: Finding beauty through the eyes of an unlikely shutterbug (2007)	N. Slaughter	Arts, Recreation and Leisure	Personal Control and Individual Performance, Role Models/Mentors for Students	Report a problem!
Description: Nicole Slaughter, a photographer with albinism, discusses her experience with photography and the ways in which it enriches her life.
The Blind Reader's Page	N/A	Compensatory/Access, Recreation and Leisure	Accessible Books, Internet and Accessibility, Parent Resources, Recreation, Sports/Games	Report a problem!
Description: The Blind Reader's Page offers a wide variety of information in alternative formats for those with print disabilities.
The Encyclopedia of Sports and Recreation for People with Visual Impairments (2012)	Andrew Leibs	Recreation and Leisure		Report a problem!
Description: This book provides a historical context regarding how the Paralympic movement, ADA, and increasing expectations for inclusion enabled individuals with blindness to become involved in sports. It profiles every accessible sport and recreation activity with entries that outline how athletes (both novice and elite) got involved and how participation has shaped their lives.
Top 25 Web Sites for Gamers Who Are Blind	N/A	Recreation and Leisure		Report a problem!
Description: This website provides a list of the top 25 web sites for gamers who are visually impaired. Each site listed has a detailed description about why it was chosen.
Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids	N/A	Family Resources, Recreation and Leisure	Games, Play, Toys	Report a problem!
Description: This webpage from Toys R Us features specially selected toys that encourage play for children with physical, cognitive, or developmental disabilities.
Twenty-six Useful Apps for the Blind iPhone User (2013)(Cost)	P. Cantisani	Recreation and Leisure, Technology	Technology	Report a problem!
Description: The author reviews 26 apps for iOS device users with visual impairments.
U.S. Blind Tandem Cycling Connection	N/A	Recreation and Leisure		Report a problem!
Description: U.S. Blind Tandem Cycling Connection is a resource for those interested in tandem cycling. The website offers opportunities for cyclists with visual impairments to connect with cyclists with vision. It also offers information about tandem cycling, events, and clubs.
United States Association of Blind Athletes-USABA	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Goal Ball, Golf, Organizations, Skiing, Sports/Games	Report a problem!
Description: This website is dedicated to promoting athletic competition and recreation for visually impaired people.
United States Blind Golf Association	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Golf, Organizations	Report a problem!
Description: This site provides information related to and for visually impaired golfers.
United States Braille Chess Association	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Chess, Sports/Games	Report a problem!
Description: This website is for the promotion of chess play by visually impaired persons through the internet and live tournaments.
ViA (Visually Impaired Apps)	N/A	Recreation and Leisure, Technology	Reference, Resources	Report a problem!
Description: ViA is a fully accessible app for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. It has been designed to help identify apps that are useful for adults and children who are blind or have low vision, including those with additional disabilities. Users can easily sort through the apps in the App Store and locate those that were built specifically for the user with a visual impairment.
Walk/Run for Fitness Kit (APH Quota)	N/A	Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure	Instructional Aids/Materials	Report a problem!
Description: This kit allows students to work on the five major components of fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and body mass index. It includes a personal guidewire system, two talking pedometers, and a tether to use with a guide.
Web Chase (APH Quota)	N/A	Recreation and Leisure	Family Resources, Games, Instructional Support	Report a problem!
Description: Web Chase is a board game designed especially for visually impaired students. Students must use their tactual skills to manuever spiders throughout different obstacles to win the game. For ages 5 and older.
What Can Families Do at Home to Support Recreation and Leisure Skills	L. Leiberman	Family Resources, Recreation and Leisure	Parent Resources, Play, Recreation	Report a problem!
Description: Dr. Leibermann gives three pointers in helping parents of visually impaired children build upon R/L activities in the home.
Who Needs Sports?	J. Robinson	Family Resources, Recreation and Leisure	Recreation, Sports/Games	Report a problem!
Description: The Family Support Specialist from TSBVI gives parents options and programs available in the area of sports and recreation and leisure for students who have visual impairments.