Apple announced new accessibility features, including visual aid tools for the Vision Pro headset. Here’s what these updates could mean for blind and disabled children, plus what parents and educators should know.
Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has announced plans to begin human trials of its new “Blindsight” brain chip by the end of 2025.
Neuralink Announces Plans to Restore Sight to the Blind with Brain Chip Read More »
The purpose of this study is to look at early language skills and home learning environments of children with hearing and/or vision impairments, and typically developing peers.
Early Language Acquisition with Sensory Impairment (ELASI) Read More »
Mattel, in partnership with AFB, announced the addition of a blind Barbie doll with white cane and sunglasses.
Barbie® Introduces the First Blind Barbie Fashionista Doll Read More »
The Seedlings Book Angel Program shares books in braille with visually impaired children in the United States and Canada. Each child receives their choice of five free books when they register with the program.
Sign Up for Free Braille Books Every Year from Seedlings Read More »
Being a dad of young children can be fun and rewarding, but it can also be stressful at times, especially for fathers of children with additional needs.
Research Project for Fathers of Children With Disabilities Read More »
Researchers at the SIDS and Sleep Apnoea Research Group in Australia have discovered a possible cause for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
University of Bristol is looking for families who can share videos of their children who are blind interacting with their friends and family.
Family Interactions and Blind Children Research Study Read More »
The Bergelson Lab at Duke University is looking for families with blind infants to participate in studies about language development.
Language Research for Parents of Blind Infants Read More »
The United Kingdom’s Department for Children, Schools and Families provides templates for monitoring educational protocols and developmental goals.
Developmental Journal for Young Children with Disabilities Read More »
Learn how you or your child can enter the first annual NBP Braille Poetry Contest. The deadline for entries is October 31, 2017.
National Braille Press Poetry Contest Read More »
WonderBaby.org is selling t-shirts for kids! Come get your t-shirt for your baby in bright, bold colors. Each shirt says “I am a WonderBaby.”
WonderBaby T-Shirts! Read More »
At the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, they are studying the visual system of the zebrafish in hopes of finding cures for blindness.
How one tiny fish may help us find a cure for blindness Read More »
Laura Steinbusch reports on exciting news from ProQR and their trials for a treatment for blindness caused by LCA10-CEP290.
The search for a treatment for LCA10-CEP290 Read More »
A different way to think about saving vision in inherited retinal diseases may be to turn rods into cones.
Saving Vision by Tricking Rods into Thinking They’re Cones? Read More »
