(Millersville) -- A midstate college is working on a one-of-a-kind support system for students who are blind or visually-impaired. Millersville University in Lancaster County is using a $50,000 grant to implement several initiatives, such as installing Braille printers and text-reading software. Stephen Patterson is the former president of the Susquehanna Foundation for the Blind, who serves as a consultant on the project. He says the goal is to level the playing field, "To remove any obstacles, whether they are physical obstacles, such as computer adaptation, or perhaps safe travel obstacles, things like curb cuts." He says, "Those kinds of things that make travel safer and easier for a student who is blind moving from class to class." Patterson says he hopes the innovations will make Millersville a first-choice school for blind or visually-impaired students. The university currently has six students who are blind and they will have a voice in the how the program is designed. The funding comes from the Susquehanna Foundation for the Blind and the Bank of New York Mellon Mid-Atlantic Charitable Trusts.