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Tag: Books

Embracing Holland (The Unfamiliar Territory of Blindness/Low Vision)

Posted on April 5, 2023 - 7:29 am by Alison Nenon
Family with two small children with fair skin and hair sit on bench and smile

On March 5, 2019, my son Russ shocked the delivery room with a full head of bright white hair. The nurses called it “rockstar” hair! He was the cutest little […]

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My Journey from Surviving to Thriving in a World Not Built for Blindness

Posted on February 21, 2023 - 11:08 am by Kristin Smedley
Book cover: "What I Can Be is Up to Me" From the Best Selling Author of Thriving Blind, Kristin Smedley, Illustrated by Kim Crothers. Graphic of a child holding a white cane in one hand and a flag in the other, as if summiting a mountain.

I had a plan.  Get the degree, land the job, marry the guy, build the house, and have the baby. It was a perfect plan, and I executed it flawlessly. […]

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Preparing Your Child Who is Blind or Low Vision for Kindergarten

Posted on May 11, 2021 - 10:20 am by Shannon Carollo
Two young boys playing with red magnets on a white board

Such a whirlwind of bittersweet emotions—kindergarten is approaching! It’s hard to believe how quickly the years have passed, isn’t it? Your little one went from complete dependence on you to making strides toward independence. […]

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Ways to Read Books and Reading to Enhance Mental Health

Posted on August 13, 2020 - 1:46 pm by Maribel Steel
open pages of a book

The year 2020 has undoubtedly been a year of many uncertainties. With this in mind, some of the peers at VisionAware would like to share the one leading aspect of […]

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Book Review: “Blindness for Beginners: A Renewed Vision of the Possible”

Posted on August 11, 2020 - 3:06 pm by Amy Bovaird
Book cover: Blindness for Beginners by Maribel Steel

As part of the VisionAware bookshelf series, I read Blindness for Beginners: A Renewed Vision of the Possible! What a delight! The title invites the reader into author Maribel Steel’s […]

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