Visual Impairment
Information, support, and resources for families raising children who are blind or visually impaired, with or without additional disabilities.
Math and Science, Visual Impairment
Accessible STEM: An Introduction to Light for Blind Children
Introduce the scientific basics of light to your child through hands-on activities like exploring your home and other familiar places, along with tactile worksheets.
Visual Impairment
Making Swim Lessons Accessible for Blind Children
Find tips on how to make a swimming lesson accessible for kids who are blind or have other disabilities. Great ideas for parents or swim instructors!
Light Play, Visual Impairment
Suncatcher Activities for Kids with Visual Impairments
Suncatcher art projects make great hands-on activities for children with visual impairments considering their tactile traits including different textures and raised-line graphics.
Adoption and Foster Care, Visual Impairment
Adopting a Visually Impaired Child from China: Our Story
MaryAnne Roberto shares her story of adopting two boys who are blind through Bethel China. Shane and Vincent have different stories, but they are all part of one big family!
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Visual Impairment
Be My Eyes App: Lend Your Eyes to the Blind
This iPhone app allows visually impaired users to connect with sighted users in real time in order to receive assistance with simple tasks.
Advocacy, Visual Impairment
Awareness T-Shirts for Kids who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Check out these childhood blindness Awareness T-Shirts from Eye Power Kid's Wear! Express yourself and raise awareness for your cause!
Health & Nutrition, Visual Impairment
Top Medical Breakthroughs in Vision in 2014
There have been a lot of medical advances in curing blindness in the past 12 months. Read about the most exciting breakthroughs in gene therapy, stem cells, artificial retinas and...
Toys, Visual Impairment
Top 10 Accessible Toys for Blind Kids
We recently ran a contest asking families to share their favorite toys for their kids who are blind or have other special needs. Here are the top 10 as voted...
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Visual Impairment
Breakthrough App Reads Print for the Blind
This cool new app lets you use your smartphone to translate printed material into spoken words, letting the user "read" virtually anything. The app is available on iTunes and was...
Assistive Technology, Visual Impairment
Seeing Through Sound
This technology takes sound to create "images" in the brain, by using a camera, special software, and headphones.
Visual Impairment
Lenz Frenz
These very cute stuffed animals have a hiding spot in their backs where children can safely store their glasses.
Health & Nutrition, Visual Impairment
3D Printing Cells is a New Step in Finding a Cure for Blindness
Researchers are using 3D printers to create artificial retinal nerve cells. They hope this will lead to using this to replace damaged retinal cells and ultimately cure retinal blindness.
Assistive Technology, Visual Impairment
Cool New Glasses to Help The Blind See
University of Oxford and RNIB have teamed up to create glasses that can help those with even a small amount of vision to identify objects and images. They're planning a...
Math and Science, Visual Impairment
7 Science & Nature Activities for Young Children who are Blind
Touching leaves, twigs, rocks and trees is a great way to introduce the world to your blind child. Here are 7 simple ideas to get you thinking about science and...
Math and Science, Visual Impairment
Reach for the Stars: Free iBook for Visually Impaired Students
This free iBook, available on iTunes, is compatible with braille refreshable displays and VoiceOver on iPads, and is accessible to anyone with a visual or print impairment.