Beyond Blindness, formerly Blind Children’s Learning Center, empowers children with visual impairments and other disabilities to achieve their fullest potential.

Whether you like it or not, your child is blind and may be blind for the rest of his/her life. By isolating your child from other blind people, you are possibly depriving your child of some of …

National organization of parents, teachers, and friends of blind children working to create a climate of opportunity for blind children at home, in school, and in the community. Helps parents gain …

In it, you will find an explanation of terms parents should know when raising children with visual disabilities, support organizations for parents, where to find accessible reading materials, …

Jul 4, 2023 · When a parent is blind, it’s natural for people to wonder how their sighted child will adapt. Will they struggle to understand their parent’s needs? Will they feel burdened by...

Blindness can be genetic (or inherited), which means that this problem gets passed down to a kid from parents through genes. Blindness also can be caused by an accident, if something hurts …

Feb 20, 2025 · Four children with severe genetic blindness regained sight thanks to pioneering gene therapy. The treatment, developed by UCL scientists, restored vision in one eye, …

Feb 21, 2025 · 'Life-changing' gene therapy for children born blind. 6 days ago. Smitha Mundasad. Health reporter. Moorfields Hospital. Jace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye condition.

A blind children's specialist from the Blind Children's Vocational Discovery and Development Program (BCVDDP) works with each child and family to create an individualized family service …

Jan 26, 2024 · Early intervention for blind children is mandatory. The many intervention programs and services available are designed to assist blind children with communication, mobility, …

Oct 3, 2022 · ROP is the main cause of childhood blindness. By far, the leading cause of childhood blindness was ROP, affecting 31.3% of the population of blind children. The next …

4 days ago · A single injection of a healthy gene allowed blind children to recognize objects, shapes, and even read — offering hope for future blindness treatments. by Mihai Andrei. …

Nov 8, 2022 · How to choose the BEST developmental toys and activities for children who are blind, deafblind or multiply disabled.

Feb 21, 2025 · 'Life-changing' gene therapy for children born blind. Image source, Moorfields Hospital. Image caption, Jace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye condition. Smitha …

Your child may be blind/visually impaired, but all is not lost! Blind children can do well in school, participate in sports and extracurricular activities, contribute to the community, go to college, …

Jan 28, 2025 · Like most blind children, Grayson has some residual vision — that is, some perception of light, shade, shape, color and movement. Grayson Roberts navigates his new …

Jan 3, 2025 · Blind children may have delayed development in several key areas. These development charts outline milestones for visually impaired babies.

1 day ago · Scientists in the UK have successfully used gene therapy to restore some vision to legally blind children with an inherited retinal condition. All 11 children in the clinical trial saw ...

Feb 21, 2025 · Jace, from Connecticut, is one of four children all born with severe childhood blindness who gained 'life-changing improvements' to their vision after an experimental trial of …

Here you'll benefit from the combined wisdom and experience of thousands of blind people, parents, and teachers across the country who have a can-do attitude toward blindness and the …

Feb 4, 2025 · Repeated high-dose ivermectin MDA integrated with SMC distributions at the study site did not reduce malaria incidence among children relative to placebo MDA, despite …