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What is the Chameleon 20?

Posted on November 14, 2023 - 1:23 pm by Melisa Matthews

Part of the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) is Assistive Technology, which is ever-changing and evolving. Knowing and understanding what technology your child uses and how to help outside school will further their confidence. While knowing existing technology and what is available to your child may seem overwhelming, we can simplify this by sharing resources and […]

Letters to Parents: What a School for the Blind’s Principal Wants Parents to Know

Posted on November 6, 2023 - 10:53 am by Peggy Sinclair-Morris

A teacher leaning over to help a student sitting at a table.

As I enter my fourth year as principal at the Kentucky School for the Blind, I find myself reflecting on my time as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) and Orientation and Mobility Specialist working with students and families in public school. There were times when I was a child’s first TVI, and […]

Parents Gain a New Perspective on Their Son’s Albinism at NOAH Conference

Posted on November 8, 2022 - 12:38 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Family of four in front of a NOAH backdrop

When Brian and Danielle Ford learned their son, Benjamin, had albinism, they didn’t quite know where to begin. Brian shared his experience with APH FamilyConnect, writing about the diagnosis and the pursuit of getting Benjamin all the resources he needed. One of those resources was Melisa Matthews, a teacher of the visually impaired (TVI) who […]

Share Your Insights and Concerns with the Office of Special Education Programs. We’re Listening!

Posted on October 12, 2022 - 12:20 am by Melisa Matthews

Formal headshots of Rebecca Sheffield and Eric Caruso

By Rebecca Sheffield and Eric Caruso As project officers in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), we work with grant-funded projects and centers across the United States to support the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. We both came to OSEP after working in the field of visual […]

A Dad’s Perspective: Learning My Son Has Albinism

Posted on September 6, 2022 - 10:50 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Fair-Skinned boy sitting at a table and smiling

Editor’s note: September is Albinism Awareness Month. In effort to increase awareness of albinism and subsequent low vision in children, APH FamilyConnect shares a dad’s story of learning his young son has albinism. Benjamin was born in November 2017. He was fair-skinned and blonde and looked exactly like we thought he would. Both of his […]

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