Fine and Gross Motor
The Bumbo Baby Seat: Helping your baby join in
Learn about the Bumbo Baby Seat and find out why it's great for blind and disabled babies and toddlers who need help sitting up on their own.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
What’s genetic testing for LCA?
If you are considering genetic testing to determine the gene causing your child's LCA, you probably have lots of questions about the test as well as the results. We'll try...
Visual Impairment
Teaching Your Blind Child About Sexuality
How can you teach your blind child about sex? Pictures and descriptions aren't going to be enough. Learn how to teach about gender difference, right and wrong touch, and other...
Feeding and Eating
Make Your Own Sippy Cup to Help Teach Straw Drinking
Learn how to make a small sippy cup out of household items that is easy for your child to hold and impossible to break!
Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Tactile Arts and Crafts
Autumn Wreath Art Project
Learn how to make an autumn wreath sensory art project with your blind child. It's easy and fun!
Visual Impairment
Raising a Blind Child
Here you'll find a step-by-step resource guide with the most pertinent articles and resources for parents of blind or disabled babies.
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Braille Letters from Santa
Learn how your blind child can receive a braille letter from Santa this Christmas and really feel like they are part of the celebration.
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Simple Jack-O-Lantern
My favorite jack-o-lantern idea is to stick velcro stickers to the pumpkin and then mix and match felt shapes as the eyes and mouth. It's simple, there's no carving involved...
Visual Impairment
Blindskills, Inc.
Blindskills' mission is the dissemination of information to blind and visually impaired people and their families through DIALOGUE Magazine, a toll-free help line, a monthly local support group open to...
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent Blindness
The Glaucoma Service Foundation’s mission is to preserve or enhance the health of all people with glaucoma.
Schools for the Blind
Louisiana Center for the Blind
The Louisiana Center for the Blind provides residential orientation and adjustment training to legally blind adults. Students remain in training generally from six to nine months depending upon individual needs.
Orientation and Mobility
Orientation and Mobility for Children
This site can assist with questions you may have regarding the use of the long white cane, the purpose of the cane, and the importance for individuals who are blind,...
Support, Visual Impairment
Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children (PAVIC)
Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children (PAVIC) is a large support network for parents and families of children who are blind or visually impaired.
Orientation and Mobility
Paws for Thought: Working with a Guide Dog
This blog is an online diary of training and working with guide dogs.
Assistive Technology
Perkins Assistive Technology Store
Perkins Assistive Technology Store has expanded its focus to include a broad spectrum of high- and low-tech devices for individuals who are blind.