Special Needs
Find support for parents of children with special needs. Learn how to advocate for your child, raise funds for needed equipment and find helpful organizations.
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Assistive Technology, Eye Conditions and Syndromes
National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program
The idea behind the National Deafblind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP) is that people with combined hearing and vision loss should have access to modern telecommunication tools (and the training necessary...
Education, Visual Impairment
Introducing Your Blind Child to a New Teacher
When your child is visually impaired it's kind of scary to hand him off to a new teacher. Here's a solution: Create a welcome packet of materials about your child...
Schools for the Blind
Oklahoma School for the Blind
Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB), also known as the Parkview School, offers educational services for blind and visually impaired students from preschool through high school.
Schools for the Blind
Overbrook School for the Blind
The Overbrook School is located in Philadelphia, and serves the needs of the blind and visually impaired community in Pennsylvania. They have an international as well as a local focus.
Schools for the Blind
South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind offers separate schools for each disability.
Schools for the Blind
South Dakota School for the Blind & Visually Impaired
South Dakota School for the Blind & Visually Impaired serves students who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired.
Schools for the Blind
St. Joseph’s School for the Blind
St. Joseph's School for the Blind serves individuals with visual impairments across New Jersey.
Schools for the Blind
Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired (SABVI)
VisionCorps operates under the auspices of Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, serving people in Pennsylvania.
Special Needs
Caroline’s Cart: Shopping with a Special Needs Child
Drew Ann Long has developed an accessible shopping cart designed specifically for larger children and adults with low muscle tone and multiple disabilities.
Schools for the Blind
Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments & Archbishop Ryan Academy for the Deaf
Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments also has a school for the deaf on its campus.
Assistive Technology
Here Comes the Future… and it’s in Three Dimensions!
Mary McDonach writes about how her daughter, Elizabeth, who has albinism and very low vision, was able to watch (and see!) a 3D film in the movie theater! They were...
Special Needs
The Vision of Children Foundation
The Vision of Children is a California organization dedicated to curing hereditary childhood blindness and other vision disorders and to improve the lives of visually impaired children and their families.
Assistive Technology, Visual Impairment
EyeMusic: Seeing with Sound
EyeMusic is a sensory substitution device that turns visual data into music so that blind users can hear what's around them. Users of EyeMusic wear glasses with a small video...
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH): A Mother’s Perspective
LeAndra Lee writes about her daughter, Abigail, who is diagnosed with Optic Nerve Hypopalsia and Septo Optic Dysplasia. LeAndra explains what ONH is and how it affects Abigail.
Support
A Message for Parents of Special Needs Kids: Don’t Worry, Everything Will be OK
A new study shows that parents of children with disabilities learn to adjust over time and show little difference in well being, both physically and emotionally, from parents of typically...