MAPS MOMS Microphthalmia Anophthalmia Parent Support

MAPS stands for Microphthalmia/Anophthalmia Parent Support. The MAPS family is an extremely diverse group, including people from many different countries, nationalities, faiths and religions. MAPS welcomes any and all to join and share their family’s personal experience with microphthalmia/anophthalmia. You can find MAPS on Facebook.

Max with sister Callie

IEPs

7 Powerful IEP Strategies

Jennie shares her strategies for a successful IEP meeting for parents of children how are blind or have vision impairments.

Ella with her first pair of blue prostheic eyes

Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment

Ella’s Story: Raising a Child with Bilateral Anophthalmia

Jill writes about finding out that her daughter, Ella, is blind and how she responded. She explains how her faith in God helped her cope.

John Pitzen holding Ella

Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment

An Interview with John Pitzen about Bilateral Anophthalmia

MAPS interviews John Pitzen, a 53 year old man born with bilateral anophthalmia. MAPS asks John what he does for a living and what he does for fun.

AJ

Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment

Our Journey with Microphthalmia

Heidi writes about finding out that her son, AJ, is blind and how she reacted. She gives advice to other parents dealing with this.

Ivey

Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment

Your Baby has Anophthalmia

Gwen writes bluntly about what it was like to find out that her baby was blind with anophthalmia and she gives advice to parents who find themselves in the same...