The academic achievement of students who are blind or have low vision (BLV) is lower in mathematics compared with other academic subjects and BLV students are choosing not to undertake mathematics and related Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in upper secondary school. Not only does this impact educational opportunities, it severely impacts future employability.

This project aims to overcome current barriers to collaboration and access to graphics and calculation that face BLV students studying mathematics by creating the world’s first accessible multimodal digital mathematics workbook.

Co-designed with project partners the workbook will facilitate the accessibility of mathematics and collaboration in the classroom between BLV students, peers and their teachers.