Special Needs
Find support for parents of children with special needs. Learn how to advocate for your child, raise funds for needed equipment and find helpful organizations.
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Health & Nutrition, Special Needs
Managing Medications: 7 Tips for Parents of Medically Complex Kids
When you have a child with complex medical issues chances are they are taking multiple medications. Learn how to make managing meds easier.
Visual Impairment
Childproofing Your Home for Your Blind Child
Blind kids are very good at mapping their environment and can learn to get around their home safely, but there are things you can do to make that easier.
Sleep, Special Needs
Top 10 Special Needs Beds (and How to Pay for Them)
We list the top special needs beds and their features so you can find the bed that best meets your requirements.
Visual Impairment
Defined Spaces: How to Create Big and Small Playspaces for Children Who are Visually Impaired
A defined space is any area in which meaningful objects are kept in predictable, accessible, and easily detectable locations.
Orientation and Mobility, Visual Impairment
Southeastern Guide Dogs
Southeastern Guide Dogs places skilled companion dogs with children with vision loss and guide dogs with teens as young as fifteen.
Autism, Health & Nutrition
Getting My Special Needs Son the COVID Vaccine: One Mom’s Mission
While others debate the pros and cons of the COVID-19 vaccine, some desperate special needs families hopelessly search for resources to get their kids vaccinated.
Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Visual Impairment
The Best Christmas Toys for Blind Children!
Find the best toys for blind or visually impaired babies and children for Christmas. For all ages and all abilities!
Toys, Visual Impairment
Toys for Blind Children: 7 Tips to Help You Choose the Best Toys
How do you know which toys will work best for your blind child? We'll give you tips on how to choose the best toys!
Toys, Visual Impairment
8 Really Fun Toys for Blind Toddlers
How do you know which toys will work best for your visually impaired toddler? Here are some of our favorite toys for blind two and three year olds.
Braille and Literacy, Toys, Visual Impairment
The Best Braille Toys for Kids Who are Blind
Everything from alphabet blocks to raised line coloring pages and activity books to puzzles to card and board games... and so much more! And it's all in braille ready for...
Sensory Activities, Toys, Visual Impairment
7 Best Accessible Sensory Play Kits for Kids who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Accessible sensory activity kits for blind children are easier to find than you might think and we've been through a lot of them!
Sleep, Special Needs
The Safety Sleeper: A Versatile and Safe Special Needs Bed Solution
The Safety Sleeper is a customizable, fully enclosed special needs bed that is appropriate for both home and travel use.
Toys, Visual Impairment
The Best Toys for Blind Kids and Where to Find Them
How to choose the BEST developmental toys and activities for children who are blind, deafblind or multiply disabled.
Support, Visual Impairment
Lighthouse Guild’s National Tele-Support Network
Whether you are a parent of a child with visual impairment, a high school student, young adult, or an adult navigating vision loss, there is a tele-support group for you!
Schools for the Blind, Visual Impairment
Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI)
The Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) is a comprehensive, fully-accredited nonprofit facility in Atlanta, Ga. that provides services, support and training to people of all ages who are blind...