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APH Hive: Equipping Children who Have Multiple Disabilities with Pre-Employment Skills

Posted on March 7, 2023 - 8:59 am by
A teen sits in a wheelchair and explores a white flower. Text: Career Readiness for Students with Multiple Impairments; Erika Fundeius and Stacey Chambers; APH HIVE

Is your child who is blind or low vision with additional disabilities preparing for a lifetime of meaningful employment? While transition and career readiness are mandated in your child’s IEP by age 16, career readiness has its place in your child’s educational programming from day one of entering school. But what does career readiness look […]

Group of people who are blind and sighted standing together. Present is a guide dog and a person with a long white cane.

Ways to Respond to Social Interactions

Elizabeth Sammons and other VisionAware peers have put together a comprehensive article on Social Interactions as Non-Visual Participants to call out the importance of Zero Discrimination Day. The article shares personal stories of handling uninformed comments made by strangers in stores, airports, restaurants, and other public venues. This blog summarizes some of the key points. […]

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Steaming cup of tea

Adjustment to Blindness/ Low Vision

Editor’s note: Marlon Parieaho, who resides in Trinidad and Tobago, reflects on his adjustment to blindness and an event that helped him realize he is capable. He also offers tips for people living or working with individuals who are blind or low vision. Marlon first published his reflection on social media; APH CareerConnect shares it […]

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on the left: Start page for Be my eyes app. It says Join fhe community and has a link to "I need visual assistance" and to I'd like to volunteer. Share your eyesight.. On the right: back of phone with camera lens and be my eyes logo

Be My Eyes and APH ConnectCenter: An Exciting Partnership

In 2015, APH VisionAware published a post by Audrey Demmitt, peer advisor, about a new app called “Be My Eyes.” In the post, Audrey said, “ I am visually impaired and recently tried this app on the recommendation of my optometrist John Henahan, who also wrote about his experience.” Dr. Henahan said, “I love being an […]

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Person with albinism (fair skin, blonde hair, and glasses) sits on a chair and holds a paper.

Albinism in the Media

Popular media like TV shows, books, and movies rely heavily on stereotypes when creating characters. Not all stereotypes are harmful, like the “dumb blonde” stereotype. While this stereotype was very popular a few years back, I don’t think the lives of blondes were affected. There are enough intelligent blondes in the world that there isn’t […]

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