A parent's perspective about raising a visually impaired child with Ocular Albinism. Journey through diagnosis, appointments, vision therapy sessions and more. http://www.throughliamseyes.blogspot.com
The MIRA Foundation is totally dedicated to helping disabled individuals by teaming them with dogs bred and fully trained to respond to their adaptation and rehabilitation needs. They also offer a program for children 11 years and older. They are one of the only guide dog agency matching such young children with dogs.http://www.mirausa.org/
From the creators of the first app for kids with CVI, Tap-n-See Zoo, comes the Little Bear Sees blog! Here you'll find all sorts of fun ideas for activities and toys for children and babies with CVI, from lights and switches to (my favorite) a trip to the aquarium!http://www.littlebearsees.com/category/tips-ideas/
This is a program for children age birth to 7 years old. It provides a white cane, instructional DVD, and other resources to help parents assist their children with O&M skills. It is a completely FREE program. http://nfb.org/earlyexplorers
Visit the PPLVR Forums (Principles and Practice of Low Vision Rehabilitation) where the low vision community can share knowledge, discuss challenging cases, exchange ideas and get advice.http://www.pplvr.com/forum
The Washington State School for the Blind has created a series of videos describing how to do simple tasks with little or no vision, such as how to zip a zipper, shave, or tie a shoe.http://www.youtube.com/user/WAStSchBlnd
The National Blind Children's Society is a UK-based organization. Their mission is to enable blind and partially sighted children and young people to achieve their educational and recreational goals.http://www.nbcs.org.uk/
This blog focuses on the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) for visually impaired students and how to implement it into everyday life. There are posts with topics on all aspects of the ECC and for a range of vision impairments, ages and abilities.http://www.adifferentkindofvision.blogspot.com
SpecialNeedsMA was created to help families in Massachusetts find medical, therapeutic and support resources. This site is a dynamic site with constant changes as new resources are found and improvements are made. http://specialneedsma.com/
The National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education, research and technology.http://www.nfb.org/