We are still recovering from this year’s Families Connecting with Families Conference, which was such a great experience! Parents and their children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities, networked with other families throughout the United States, coming together in a beautiful constellation of strength and hope, as Anne put it … Continued
Plan Your Family Summer Vacation around the International Family Conference at Newton, MA July 19-21, 2013 This year’s International Family Conference promises to be another great opportunity for families and their children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities, to network with families throughout the United States. You may meet a … Continued
We are delighted to welcome Greg Botting as a guest blogger today, writing a tribute to his mom in honor of Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all of our wonderful FamilyConnect moms! By Gregory P. Botting If there ever would be an award for “best mother of a child with a visual impairment,” I … Continued
We are so pleased to welcome Jeannette Christie as a guest blogger today, writing about her very last IEP meeting and the emotions it raised. We always welcome guest bloggers. If you are interested in sharing your story with the FamilyConnect community, please write to familyconnect@afb.net. By Jeannette Christie, Parent Representative/ NYC-NAPVI Branch Manager Today … Continued
Millions of people living in the U.S. have undetected vision problems and eye diseases. To bring attention to the importance of early detection and treatment, the National Association of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments is working with the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to celebrate Healthy Vision Month. Held … Continued
I am delighted to introduce Judith Lesner as our guest blogger, to report on a special project with Parents Advocating for Visually Impaired Children (PAVIC), NAPVI’s Philippine affiliate. In September 2009 Susan LaVenture and I attended the PAVIC Congress in Quezon City, Philippines. I have a long connection with the Philippines going back to my … Continued
Long-time readers of the FamilyConnect blogs may be wondering what happened to the “Ask the Experts” blog. It hasn’t disappeared! We decided to merge Ask the Experts with the main FamilyConnect Blog, A Parent’s Voice, to make it easier for users to navigate. We will still be featuring periodic “ask the experts” events, and you … Continued
Now that the school year (and election season) is in full swing again, we’re finding lots of great articles and resources online that might educate or inspire. Although this article from the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), “Parent Determination Leads to Son’s Success with Assistive Technology” focuses on a parent whose child has a … Continued
It was in 1989, shortly after my son Alex was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare form of infant eye cancer, when I read this article about ideas for getting a sponsorship to attend a National Conference of the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments, (NAPVI). The same day that we were told … Continued
Dear NAPVI Members and FamilyConnect Friends, We hope that you are making plans to join us in Boston, Massachusetts, from July 27- 29, 2012, for the Families Connecting with Families International Conference. The National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI) along with parents, organizations and schools for the blind has been organizing … Continued