Braille and Literacy
The SENSEsational Alphabet
Support literacy learning with these tools that associate alphabet letters with sensations like smell (apples) and sounds (zipper)!
Toys
Make Your Own Recycled Pull Toy!
With some simple items pulled out of your recycle bin you can create your own pull toy that can help your child develop fine motor skills and hand strength.
Braille and Literacy
Braille Authority of North America
The mission of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is to assure literacy for tactile readers through standardization of braille and/or tactile graphics.
Braille and Literacy
Braille Library & Transcribing Services
BLTS offers over 2,000 braille titles for children and adults and their collection is always being enlarged and updated.
Braille and Literacy
Braille Bookstore
The Braille Bookstore doesn't just sell books. They also carry low vision products, housewares, toys and games, greeting cards and all sorts of other handy items for people with visual...
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
CHARGE Syndrome Foundation
The mission of the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation is to provide support to individuals with CHARGE syndrome and their families.
Schools for the Blind
Clovernook Center for Blind and Visually Impaired
Clovernook provides comprehensive program services including training and support for independent living, orientation and mobility instruction, vocational training, job placement, counseling, recreation, and youth services.
Support, Visual Impairment
Foundation Fighting Blindness
The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by blindness.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
The Glaucoma Foundation
The mission of The Glaucoma Foundation (TGF) is to fund groundbreaking research and to educate the public about the disease and the importance of early detection to prevent blindness.
Braille and Literacy
Kester Braille Curriculum Program
The purpose of the Kester Braille Reading Program is to fill the need for non-visual materials to teach specific skills to beginning readers in the same sequence these skills are...
Schools for the Blind
New York State School for the Blind
New York State School for the Blind's mission is to provide a learning environment that encourages blind children to reach their full potential.
Eye Conditions and Syndromes
ONH/SOD Family Focus (optic nerve hypoplasia/septo optic dysplasia)
FOCUS Families provides Information, Education and Support to those affected by Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) & Septo Optic Dysplasia (SOD) world wide.
Support
Parenting Special Needs Online Magazine
The Parenting Special Needs Online Magazine explores the changing face of parenting a special needs child. Continually seeking change for the better with new and helpful information that is “simplified”...
IEPs
Pop-Up IEP for Parents/Advocates
Check out this website to read some "conversation stoppers" that parents may hear at an IEP meeting and ideas for possible responses.
Visual Impairment
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
In the United Kingdom, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is the leading information and support organization for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.