As China's efforts to develop accessible reading continue, improving the accessible reading system can promote the overall accessibility construction system toward maturity. Visually impaired university students, as the segment of visually impaired individuals receiving higher education, have a large demand for reading and place high requirements on the timeliness and professionalism of reading resources. Therefore, understanding the current state of accessible reading for visually impaired university students can provide forward-looking recommendations for the development of accessible reading in China. This study finds that visually impaired university students express a low level of satisfaction with the country's overall accessible reading infrastructure, and their needs for accessible reading are diversified. This research attempts to analyze the issue from the perspective of environmental construction of accessible reading in the digital era and from the perspective of textual construction of Chinese Common Braille, and offers relevant policy recommendations.

Qiu Lingbo, Xu Juan, Zhang Luwen. A Study of Accessible Reading among Visually Impaired University Students. Frontiers in Educational Research (2026), Vol. 9, Issue 2: 97-104. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2026.090212.

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