Sensory Activities
Horticultural Therapy
What is horticultural therapy and what are the benefits for blind or visually impaired children? We'll explain what the therapy is and give you a few fun ideas so you...
Health & Nutrition
What is an EEG Really Like?
If your child's neurologist has ordered an EEG you may be wondering what the test will be like and whether or not it will be painful or traumatic for your...
Giveaways
Gardening Giveaway!
Enter to win two fun gardening prizes! We're giving away a copy of Maria Sangiolo's "Planting Seeds" children's CD and an Amazing Moving Plant Greenhouse Kit.
Giveaways
iPad Giveaway!
Enter to win the perfect iPad package for a child with special needs! We're giving away a NEW iPad (iPad 3), a sturdy case, switches and three apps.
Schools for the Blind
The New York Institute for Special Education
The New York Institute for Special Education serves 300 children with visual, learning and developmental disabilities.
Sensory Activities
Sound Eggs Sensory Activity
Fill each egg with a different object to make different sounds when you shake them. Fill your eggs in pairs so you can play a matching game!
Orientation and Mobility
MIRA Guide Dog Foundation
The MIRA Foundation is totally dedicated to helping disabled individuals by teaming them with dogs bred and fully trained to respond to their adaptation and rehabilitation needs.
Schools for the Blind
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
For more than a century and a half, AIDB has been investing in the lives of thousands of infants, toddlers, children, adults and seniors who are challenged by hearing and...
Toys, Visual Impairment
Wikki Stix for the Sight-Impaired
Wikki Stix are an easy way to create tactile graphics, assist with O & M training, map concepts, music lessons, daily living skills and much more. Since they adhere to...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Smarty Pants & Five Sharks App Reviews
Inclusive Technology, a company that creates software for children with special needs, has also created a set of fun and accessible iPad apps. We review the two that are best...
Schools for the Blind
California School for the Blind
The California School for the Blind provides intensive, disability specific educational services for enrolled students who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind, and visually impaired/multi-disabled, whose primary learning needs are related...
Schools for the Blind
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
The Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB) was established for the purpose of providing comprehensive educational services for children, birth to age 21, who are blind/low vision...
Schools for the Blind
Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill
Oak Hill helps people with disabilities experience rich, fulfilling lives in communities throughout Connecticut.
Schools for the Blind
Florida School for the Deaf & the Blind
FSDB prepares blind students to become literate, productive citizens who contribute back to their communities.
Orientation and Mobility
Free White Cane Program
NFB believes the long white cane is a means to independence and with this in mind NFB has created a program to provide free white canes to people who are...