A workshop on Visual impairment in Maths Stats and OR (MSOR) was offered by the MSOR Network through the Accessing Maths Stats and OR (AccessMSOR) Working Group and the AccessMSOR: LaTeX and Braille mini-project. This one-day workshop took place at Nottingham Trent University on Thursday 17th December 2009. The workshop explored issues surrounding access to and interaction with mathematical content by visually impaired students. Participants included academics and technical staff interested in learning more about visual impairment and disability support staff and researchers interested in learning more about MSOR subject-specific issues. The opening session included a hands-on activity to aid understanding and a group discussion of some of the issues faced by visually impaired students in MSOR subjects. Following this the workshop looked at some ways technology can be used to support teaching and learning for such students. Sessions offered practical advice and looked at cutting-edge technological solutions and their technical and practical limitations. The workshop was made up of five sessions. Short summaries of the workshop sessions are provided by each speaker below and the slides are available on the MSOR Network website using the link at the bottom of this article.
