Health & Nutrition
Find advice on how to manage doctor visits and hospital stays, learn how to teach self-feeding skills and discover new medical treatments and research opportunities for children who are blind
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Feeding and Eating
Time to Eat! Our favorite meal-time products that make feeding babies & toddlers easier
The secret to successful mealtime may be in the utensils! We review and recommend the best place settings, snack storage, and bibs that support kids with disabilities as they develop...
Feeding and Eating
The First Years Booster Seat
The First Years Booster Seat is the best seat for children. Compact, easy to set up, and you can take it anywhere!
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH)
Families with albinism come together through NOAH, The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation.
Development, Feeding and Eating
Picking Up Puffs: Working on Developmental Milestones One Step at a Time
We'll give you tips and ideas on how to set goals and teach your blind baby how to finger feed.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Raising a Blind Child with Albinism
Read Mary's story about the birth of her daughter and the struggles and pride she feels raising a child who is visually impaired.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
DeafBlind Fact Sheets
This site provides a collection of downloadable and printable fact sheets on topics related to deaf-blindness.
Health & Nutrition
Gene Reviews: Searchable Database of Genetic Disorders
GeneReviews are expert-authored, peer-reviewed, current disease descriptions that apply genetic testing to the diagnosis, management, and genetic counseling of patients and families with specific inherited conditions.
Feeding and Eating
Make Your Own Bottle Holder!
Make a visually stimulating bottle holder for your blind baby that's simple to make and pretty to look at.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Tacey’s Story: Surviving Retinoblastoma
Find out how Tacey, a nine-year-old blind cancer survivor, became the first ever Miss Tough Enough To Wear Pink Four States Rodeo Queen.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
What’s an ERG?
If you are the parent of a baby or young child who has been tentatively diagnosed with LCA, your doctors probably suggested that your child have an electroretinogram (ERG) in...
Health & Nutrition
Excited About Stem Cells!
We're excited about the new embryonic stem cell therapy and its promise to regrow the damaged retina. Learn more about this ongoing research and how it might affect blindness.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
LCA and Education
How smart are patients with LCA? According to one study, they're definitely above the US national average. Here's a break down of the results.