iPad Apps and Accessibility, Visual Impairment
Ballyland Magic App: Introducing iPad Accessibility to Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Ballyland Magic app introduces visually impaired and blind kids to iPad accessibility features like VoiceOver through a fun game. The game is entertaining so they don't even realize they are...
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
A Shared Vision: Resources for Inherited Retinal Diseases
Spark Therapeutics has launched a new website designed to help patients, caregivers and health care professionals better understand inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) and the importance of genetic testing.
Braille and Literacy
Tactile Stickers with Braille
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if children with a visual disability could have as much fun with stickers as their sighted friends, whether as a reward for an achievement or simply...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Resurrection Eggs: A Tactile Easter Story
Resurrection Eggs are filled with tactile objects that tell the traditional Easter story of Jesus and the resurrection.
Fine and Gross Motor, Sensory Activities
Hold Everything: “Stay-Put” Play Spaces for Infants and Young Children with Sensory Impairments and Other Special Needs
This guide provides you with DIY Stay-Put play spaces for infants and developmentally young children with sensory impairments and other special needs.
Play, Sensory Activities
Build-a-Bear Workshop: A Multi-Sensory Experience!
Ivan went to Build-a-Bear with his friend Madilyn and they had a great time building bears! This is a perfect activity for kids with special needs.
Giveaways
DK Braille Books Giveaway
Enter to win two braille books with tactile images from DK publishing. Contest ends March 31, 2016.
Health & Nutrition
Gene Therapy: What is it and how does it work?
With so much in the news these days about gene therapy, you may be wondering if there really is a treatment on the horizon to benefit inherited eye diseases. The...
Parenting, Special Needs
What I wish people understood about raising a medically complex child
Here's something I've learned in the last 10 years: Raising a special needs child is hard, but raising a special needs child who is medically complex is much harder.
Sleep, Special Needs
Getting a Special Needs Bed Funded Through Insurance
Does your child need a special bed in order to be safe at night? Special needs beds can be prohibitively expensive, so most of us require our insurance to cover...
Braille and Literacy, Visual Impairment
Our Favorite Tactile Books for Blind Kids
The best tactile books for blind kids. Find books that provide some nice feedback for kids reading with their fingers!
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
My child was just diagnosed with a retinal disorder, are there any treatments? Is there a cure?
Blindness due to a retinal disorder is no longer completely untreatable. There are devices that can restore or augment sight as well as some serious movement in the world of...
Visual Impairment
Blind Motherhood
Holly Bonner writes about being a mother to two beautiful little girls. What makes her blog different than most mommy blogs is that Holly is blind. She blogs about life...
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
Genetic Testing for Retinal Diseases: Your Questions Answered!
Do you have questions about the genetics behind an inherited retinal disorder? How do you do genetic testing... and what do you do with the test results?
Giveaways
Braille Valentines Giveaway!
Enter to win a pack of braille Valentine's Cards from National Braille Press! The new design features the text "Just Popping Through with a Valentine for You." Contest ends February...