Holiday Gifts: Supporting Authors and Business-Owners Who Are Blind or Low Vision Posted on October 25, 2022 - 11:33 am by Amy Lynn Smith Editor’s note: As you begin your holiday shopping, consider supporting individuals who are blind or low vision. Check out our list of books authored and small businesses owned by individuals […]
Author of “Matilda’s Eye Patch” Shares Her (Personal) Inspiration for the Book Posted on October 13, 2022 - 12:31 pm by Admin Editor’s note: When Aimie Strachan was told her daughter needed to wear an eye patch for thirty minutes per day, she began searching for a book to explain the process […]
Parent of a Teen Who is Blind Shares Funding Strategies for Private Services Posted on June 30, 2022 - 10:40 am by Shannon Carollo APH CareerConnect Advisor and friend of APH FamilyConnect, Lisa Lloyd, and her husband have a 14-year-old who is blind whom they adopted from India just before her 5th birthday. If […]
Necessity is the Mother of Invention, Especially for Families of Blind and Low Vision Children Posted on March 30, 2022 - 12:02 pm by Kathryn Botsford Melisa Matthews was an elementary school teacher when she gave birth to a son – who was a pale blonde towhead — and assumed he’d grow out of it, just […]
Braille: The Doorway to Literacy Posted on December 30, 2021 - 4:07 pm by Amy Lynn Smith As we celebrate Louis Braille’s birthday and World Braille Day on January 4 – and Braille Literacy Month throughout January – it’s an ideal time to consider how important it is for […]