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.
Filter by: Advocacy, Assistive Technology, Autism, Schools for the Blind, Support, Visual Impairment
Schools for the Blind
Overbrook School for the Blind
The Overbrook School is located in Philadelphia, and serves the needs of the blind and visually impaired community in Pennsylvania. They have an international as well as a local focus.
Schools for the Blind
South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind offers separate schools for each disability.
Schools for the Blind
South Dakota School for the Blind & Visually Impaired
South Dakota School for the Blind & Visually Impaired serves students who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired.
Schools for the Blind
St. Joseph’s School for the Blind
St. Joseph's School for the Blind serves individuals with visual impairments across New Jersey.
Schools for the Blind
Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired (SABVI)
VisionCorps operates under the auspices of Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, serving people in Pennsylvania.
Special Needs
Caroline’s Cart: Shopping with a Special Needs Child
Drew Ann Long has developed an accessible shopping cart designed specifically for larger children and adults with low muscle tone and multiple disabilities.
Schools for the Blind
Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments & Archbishop Ryan Academy for the Deaf
Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments also has a school for the deaf on its campus.
Assistive Technology
Here Comes the Future… and it’s in Three Dimensions!
Mary McDonach writes about how her daughter, Elizabeth, who has albinism and very low vision, was able to watch (and see!) a 3D film in the movie theater! They were...
Special Needs
The Vision of Children Foundation
The Vision of Children is a California organization dedicated to curing hereditary childhood blindness and other vision disorders and to improve the lives of visually impaired children and their families.
Assistive Technology, Visual Impairment
EyeMusic: Seeing with Sound
EyeMusic is a sensory substitution device that turns visual data into music so that blind users can hear what's around them. Users of EyeMusic wear glasses with a small video...
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH): A Mother’s Perspective
LeAndra Lee writes about her daughter, Abigail, who is diagnosed with Optic Nerve Hypopalsia and Septo Optic Dysplasia. LeAndra explains what ONH is and how it affects Abigail.
Support
A Message for Parents of Special Needs Kids: Don’t Worry, Everything Will be OK
A new study shows that parents of children with disabilities learn to adjust over time and show little difference in well being, both physically and emotionally, from parents of typically...
Schools for the Blind
Perkins School for the Blind
Perkins provides education and services for children and adults around the world who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired, with and without additional disabilities.
Sensory Activities, Visual Impairment
Gardening with a Blind Child
Gardening is a very hands-on endeavor and children with visual impairments need the opportunity to get their hands into as many different real-world activities as possible, so how about starting...
Eye Conditions and Syndromes, Visual Impairment
Ask the TVI about Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia, Part 2
TVI Lisa LaDue answers readers' questions about O&M and TVI services and whether or not a visually impaired student should automatically be sat at the front of the classroom.
Schools for the Blind
The New York Institute for Special Education
The New York Institute for Special Education serves 300 children with visual, learning and developmental disabilities.
Schools for the Blind
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
For more than a century and a half, AIDB has been investing in the lives of thousands of infants, toddlers, children, adults and seniors who are challenged by hearing and...
Toys, Visual Impairment
Wikki Stix for the Sight-Impaired
Wikki Stix are an easy way to create tactile graphics, assist with O & M training, map concepts, music lessons, daily living skills and much more. Since they adhere to...
Schools for the Blind
California School for the Blind
The California School for the Blind provides intensive, disability specific educational services for enrolled students who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind, and visually impaired/multi-disabled, whose primary learning needs are related...
Schools for the Blind
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
The Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB) was established for the purpose of providing comprehensive educational services for children, birth to age 21, who are blind/low vision...
Schools for the Blind
Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill
Oak Hill helps people with disabilities experience rich, fulfilling lives in communities throughout Connecticut.
Schools for the Blind
Florida School for the Deaf & the Blind
FSDB prepares blind students to become literate, productive citizens who contribute back to their communities.
Schools for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind
Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) provides a quality education to all students in Kentucky who are blind or visually impaired. It is based in Louisville.
Schools for the Blind
Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired
Located in Baton Rouge, this school’s mission is to provide quality educational programs, prepare students for the future, foster a challenging and rewarding workplace, and provide statewide support services to...