Braille and Literacy, iPad Apps and Accessibility
Braille Bee Spelling App Review
Braille Bee is a spelling app for kids who are blind including games for learning how to spell words in uncontracted and UEB contracted braille. Enter to win a free...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Jellyfish Wheelchair Costume
Looking for a fun wheelchair costume idea for Halloween? How about making your own jellyfish wheelchair costume... complete with lights!
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
7 Accessible Halloween Activities from Sensory Sun
Sensory Sun provides activities, curriculum and resources for families with kids who are blind or visually impaired, and their Halloween posts are really a treat!
Support
Wine for Moms of Blind Kids
A glass of wine with dinner helps iron out the stresses of the day for lots of moms, but us special needs moms have more stresses than most!
Orientation and Mobility, Visual Impairment
Guide Dogs of America
Guide Dogs of America is dedicated to its mission to provide guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of charge, to blind and visually impaired men and women
Advocacy, Toys
#ToyLikeMe Brings Disability Awareness to the Toy Box
#ToyLikeMe is bringing revolution to the toy box by advocating major toy companies to include representations of disabilities in their product lines.
Giveaways
SMART Brailler Giveaway!
Learn how to enter to win a brand new Perkins SMART Brailler for your child of classroom curtesy of Geno's World! Contest ends September 28th, 2016.
Parenting, Special Needs
8 things I am so done with as a special needs mom
It's hard to keep things together as a special needs family. I'm losing patience and I feel totally selfish for being so annoyed with the world, but I'm going to...
Braille and Literacy, Visual Impairment
BlindArt Creative Tactile Books for Blind Preschoolers
BlindArt plans to develop a series of four tactile picture books for preschool children which follow the adventures of two silly characters.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society (PCVIS)
The mission of the Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society is to advocate for improvement in the quality of life of children with vision loss due to brain disorder, disease or...
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Visual Impairment
EDA PLAY TOBY: Visual Training iPad App for Visually Impaired Kids
EDA PLAY TOBY is a free iPad app that can help visually impaired kids learn to use the vision they have. It's a great app for kids with CVI!
Visual Impairment
Reach Out and Teach: Helping Your Child Who is Visually Impaired Learn and Grow
The empowering guide that teaches parents how to promote the development of young children with visual and multiple impairments.
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Visual Impairment
Sonokids Software and Apps for Kids who are Visually Impaired
Sonokids is an Australian software company that creates accessible computer and app games for kids who are visually impaired.
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Visual Impairment
5 Ways to Teach Your Blind Child How to Use an iPad
Tips to help you and your child who is visually impaired learn the basics of how the iPad works and how to use all the accessibility features it has to...
IEPs, Visual Impairment
IEP’s for Parents of Blind or Visually Impaired Children
Learn the basics of creating an IEP for a child with a visual impairment so you can walk in to your IEP meeting perfectly prepared.