21 Visual Recipe Ideas for Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Summer Picnics
Whether you’re celebrating Memorial Day, Independence Day, or the end of the school year, it’s the perfect time of year to gather outside for a picnic with family or friends. Check out these visual recipes for patriotic desserts, main dishes, and sides. Do you have…
How to Edit Accessible Chef Recipes
Have you ever wanted to convert a recipe from US to metric measurements or remove an allergen? Follow these instructions to make minor edits to recipes on the Accessible Chef site! Note that this method only works for recipes created with the custom recipe creator-…
Best Visual Recipes for Spring: Seasonal Life Skills Activities for St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, and Earth Day
Looking for spring-themed activities to use in your life skills or transition classroom? Here are some ideas for St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, the Spring Equinox, and Earth Day! I love springtime because everything feels fresh and new. What are your favorite spring traditions? Note: As…
Five Tips for Adapting Recipes that Use Sharp Knives
“Why aren’t there more healthy recipes on the Accessible Chef website?” is one of the most common emails I receive from Accessible Chef users. It’s a great question – people with disabilities often face healthcare and nutritional disparities, and teaching healthy cooking skills is a…
Creating Visual Recipes using PowerPoint
Follow these steps to create a visual recipe using PowerPoint. Remember that you can also create custom visual recipes using the online recipe creator. 1. Download the blank recipe template and open it in PowerPoint. Save the blank .ppt recipe template to your computer and…
Guest Post: Tips and Kitchen Hacks for Cooking with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Today we have a special guest blog post from Youtuber and professional baker Bite of Banality, who will be sharing some basic tips for cooking while living with the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). EDS can cause joint dislocations, pain, difficulty standing, limited mobility,…
Guest Post: Nutrition for Dental Hygiene – Individuals with Down Syndrome
Today we have a special guest post from dental expert Dr. Greg Grillo. You can read more about dental care in people with Down syndrome, autism, and ADHD on the Dentably website. When it comes to dental care for people with Down syndrome, there are…
UPDATED Recipe Creator
I’ve heard your suggestions and concerns about the custom recipe creator and have created an all new version! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to use the creator and head over to the recipe creator to start making and sharing visual recipes.
What’s in a name? Your Special Chef is now Accessible Chef
What kind of words should we use to talk about intellectual disability? Cognitive impairment, differently-abled, handicapped, special needs? While the language that we use to describe disability matters, acceptable terminology depends on the decade and whom you ask. Varying preferences for person-first or identity-first language…
What’s in my library?
The improving representations of neurodevelopmental disorders in literature and memoir This post was also submitted to the 2016 Betty and Edgar Sweren Book Collecting Contest. Growing up, reading was my escape, and it wasn’t uncommon for me to haul home fifteen books a week from my…
