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Dakota State University hosts computer class for blind and visually impaired

Dakota State University is hosting a class designed to introduce basic computer usage to the blind and visually impaired. 

Director of Student Development, Keith Bundy, who is himself blind, is teaching the class, an Intro to Computers Class for the Blind and/or Visually Impaired, through July 22.  Bundy is being helped by two assistants from DAkotaLink and Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired.  The students are staying in one of the campus dorms.

The class consists of individuals ranging from age 16 to 55. Nine out of ten of the attendees have visual impairments, and the tenth attendee is a teacher of visually impaired students. The class is designed to give an introduction to computers and to the Microsoft Office Suite to students who use screen readers to access information on the computer screen. Students are asked not to use their monitors or their mice in this unique approach to personal computing. The class is intended to give visually impaired individuals the confidence to believe that they can be successful in use of the computer regardless of what they do or do not see. Most student expenses are paid by South Dakota Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired.

For more information on this class, you can contact Keith at Keith.Bundy@dsu.edu or through his office at 256-5121.