The Draftsman is a raised line drawing kit available from the American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Kentucky, for $175 at aph.org. This device can be used by a BLV student to interact with their classmates or teacher and discuss visual concepts that require graphs and molecular structures.
Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities (TCSD) 4th Edition.
This resource manual is available free of charge from the American Chemical Society (ACS) and provides useful resources for teaching chemistry to blind and to other students with disabilities.
Working Chemists with Disabilities - Explanding Opportunities in Science is a new publication from the ACS Committee on Chemists with Disabilities. It provides practical examples of how people with disabilities can and do work productively in science. It also suggests ideas that can facilitate the transition from education to employment, and provides ideas for modifying the work environments of scientists who become disabled during their careers.
National Center for Blind Youth in Science: www.blindscience.org is the first dynamic web site that serves as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas for teachers, parents, and students who are blind to share and obtain teaching tips for teaching science to BLV students.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) sponsors an internship program called Entry Point. This program provides internship opportunities for students with disabilities to have a hands-on work experience in a STEM employment. For more information go to: www.entrypoint.org