Assistive Technology, iPad Apps and Accessibility
Feelif: The Accessible Tactile Tablet for Kids who are Visually Impaired
Feelif is a tactile tablet that is able to combine native features of the Samsung tablet, like vibrations and the built-in screenreader, with a tactile surface to create a whole...
Product Reviews
The Essential Special Needs Seating Solution
The Yogibo is the perfect seating solution for special needs kids! I've heard people talk about it for years, but I only recently looked into buying one. Why'd I wait...
Support
When Your Special Needs Support Group is Anything but Supportive (and 5 Tips to Get it Back on Track)
Moms yelling at each other certainly isn't a new thing, but online support groups can take it to a whole new level! Find tips on how to keep your special...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Visual Impairment
11 Accessible Valentine’s Day Crafts (with Braille!) for Kids who are Blind
Fun and accessible Valentine's Day crafts for kids who are blind or visually impaired, including braille Valentine's cards!
Support
What can you do for the special needs mom who doesn’t feel anymore?
Sometimes it seems like I don't have the time to feel, and I know this isn't a new thing. I've been not feeling for a long time. Is it OK...
Feeding and Eating
Tray Haven Keeps Everything On Your Child’s Tray
Wouldn't it be great if you could just put up a fence around your child's tray so they couldn't lose their cups and toys? Now you can!
Giveaways
Win a free download of EDA PLAY PAULI and EDA PLAY ELIS
EDA PLAY PAULI and EDAP PLAY ELIS are great iPad apps for kids who are visually impaired and you can enter to win a free download of both apps!
Advocacy, Visual Impairment
Make Your Own White Cane Lapel Pin for White Cane Day
Celebrate White Cane Day with your very own white cane lapel pin! Show your white cane pride with this hand-made bead pin.
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Candy Man Wheelchair Costume
Halloween means candy! Here is our DIY instructions for making a Willy Wonka inspired candy man wheelchair costume. How sweet!
Support
I’m tired of being “the special needs mom”
Are you the parent of a special needs child? Do your friends also have kids with disabilities and that's all you ever talk about? Maybe it's time for a change!
Fine and Gross Motor, Sensory Activities
The Learning Blanket: Tactile Activity Blankets & Pillows for Visually Impaired Kids
The Learning Blanket creates interactive blankets and pillows for kids who are blind, each containing visual, sensory, tactile and educational activities.
Giveaways
Grandparenting Book Giveaway!
In Celebration of Grandparenting explains the best ways to interact with children with little or no vision and gives ideas for toys and games you can play.
Giveaways
Grandchildren’s Music Giveaway!
If you want to know how to sing traditional tunes, then you'll want to enter our contest to win a copy of Daria's CD, Grandchildren's Delight.
Support
They told me feeling sad made me a bad mother
By admitting that my child's disabilities make me sad, I am saying that my child's existence brings me grief. By writing this in a public space, I am telling the...
Giveaways
Four Accessible Summer Giveaways
Wouldn't this be a good time to find a cool new print/braille book, an accessible tactile puzzle or new kids' music to keep things light and happy in your home...