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Understanding one's diagnosis, eye care specialties, following medical directions, common abbreviations, and more. Also available in Spanish.
Source: Family Connect for Parents of Children with Visual ImpairmentsInformation for families on:
- Dealing with the Diagnosis When Your Child Has a Visual Impairment
- Advocating for Your Blind Child
- Eye Care Professionals Who May Work with Your Child
- Low Vision Devices: An Overview
- Common Abbreviations Used by Eye Care Specialists
- The Human Eye: A Diagram
- Visual Impairment: An Overview
- Low Vision Services: An Overview
Represents the interests of more than 160 million individuals who are blind or partially sighted; 177 member countries.
A non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with deafblindness throughout the world.
This tutorial suggests fun and motivating story telling and writing exercises for students who are blind or visually impaired.
Source: Perkins eLearningMary McDonach explains the pattern of speech development in which children repeat what has been said to them.
Source: Wonder BabyFamilyConnect describes the role of each member of the educational team. There are links to related documents, including strategies for success, the role of the paraprofessional and the TVI (Teacher of the Visually Impaired).
Source: FamilyConnect for Parents of Children with Visual ImpairmentsThis page describes the essential elements of the IEP, offers checklists of keys points, what to do before, during and after an IEP meeting, a checklist of key points, and advice for keeping educational records.
Source: FamilyConnect for Parents of Children with Visual ImpairmentsFamily-friendly information on eye doctors and exams, common eye conditions and their symptoms, glasses, and contact lenses.
Source: KidsHealthNCDB offers links to articles and other publications on the topic of babies and infants with deafblindness.
Source: National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)Provides a solid foundation for understanding eye conditions that affect seniors. Addresses treatment and rehabilitation; includes a vision simulation video and glossary.
Source: VisionAwareKitchen organization ideas and simple steps for streamlining kitchen chores, written with seniors in mind.
Source: VisionAwareFor our UK community, a list of captioned and described films currently playing in theatres. Latest DVD releases in the UK are also found here.
Section 504 protects individuals from discrimination (based on their disability) by workplaces and services that receive federal assistance. This fact sheet lists specific actions which The Rehabilitation Act expressly forbids.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesThe benefits of a comprehensive driving evaluation, what to expect during the exam, how to find a licensed professional.
Source: The Hartford Center for Mature Market ExcellenceA wealth of information can be found here on all topics related to infants and toddlers, and the adults who spend time with them. The online information includes many specific tips on topics ranging from play to sleep.
This site presents specific suggestions for helping preschoolers learn how to zip, button, snap, and fasten.
Source: FamilyConnect for Parents of Children with Visual ImpairmentsBlogger Erin shares a thorough and honest, explanation of her low vision experience, and goes beyond ophthalmic explanations into real day-to-day life with visual impairment. She includes many photographs that illustrate how she views her environment.
Source: A Number of Things