Fashionability: Inclusive Style
A website which helps blind and visually impaired girls choose and apply flattering cosmetics independently.
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Resources
Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired serves children and young adults statewide who are blind or visually impaired, with or without additional disabilities.
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National Braille Press
The guiding purposes of National Braille Press are to promote the literacy of blind children through braille and to provide access to information that empowers blind people to actively engage in work, family, and community affairs.
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Family Engagement and Children with Disabilities: A Resource Guide for Educators and Parents
This resource guide is intended to bridge the gap between school and home and help families become greater partners in their children’s educations.
Decorative Braille Blocks
Decorative Braille blocks for sale on etsy! Any word, any color! Proceeds go to charity for kids with Albinism and its visual impairments!
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Playtex Twist ‘n Click Straw Trainer Cup
Shannon Austin wrote in to share a neat (and affordable) sippy cup find that has worked great for her daughter. This Playtex straw trainer teaches kids how to use a straw and is spill proof!
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Beyond the Darkness: A Blog About Raising a Child with Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
A mother writes candidly about the birth and life of her son, Gabriel, who has Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).
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Carroll Tech Online Assistive Technology Courses
The Carroll Center offers training and educational support for children and adults who are blind in Massachusetts, but did you know that they also offer some very informative online training resources through their Carroll Tech program?
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Go Wheelie: An Early Mobility Toy?
The Go Wheelie features an easy turning steering wheel and makes a fun clicking noise as children drive to their destination. It provides a fun, safe way for children to travel and is sturdily constructed for many years of indoor or outdoor play.
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Adaptive Equipment for Dolls with Special Needs
Lakeshore Learning sells adaptive equipment that you can pair with any of their multiethnic school dolls. You can choose a doll that looks like your child (they offer many different skin tones and hair colors) then pick the equipment they use to make a doll that your child can really relate to!
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Noggin Stik Developmental Light-up Rattle
The NogginStik Developmental Light-up Rattle lights up red, blue and green to stimulate a baby’s eyes and to encourage visual tracking. It has a textured body and is easy to grasp, too.
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Thomas Marshall Does It All
Thomas is visually impaired and Jessica writes about the trials and successes of raising a little boy who is blind, while always focusing on the positive.
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Ba Bottle Holder
The Ba Bottle Holder is designed to help babies with poor motor control hold on to their bottles by themselves and would be great for any kid who finds holding on to things difficult.
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
This is a web resource designed for all teachers and related service personnel who are involved in educating students with visual impairments, but it is also full of great resources for parents of blind children as well.
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The No Button
A very simple idea, but kind of ingenious at the same time, this button simply yells no! every time you press it.