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Category: Social Life and Recreation

Fostering Strong, Healthy Bonds Between Siblings When One Child Has a Visual Impairment

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Low Vision , Personal Reflections , Planning for the Future , Social Life and Recreation , Social Skills
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Families who have a child who is blind or visually impaired spend much time and energy teaching concepts which would otherwise be learned incidentally, demonstrating self-care and home management skills, addressing accessibility concerns, visiting specialists, attending educational planning meetings, and responding to questions of passersby and family members. Siblings can feel forgotten. Siblings can feel … Continued

Everything You Need for a Memorable, Accessible Easter for a Child with a Visual Impairment

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Holidays , Low Vision , Social Life and Recreation
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If you take a walk down memory lane to recollect your most treasured Easter celebration as a child, what comes to mind? I think about visiting my grandparentā€™s home in Tampa, Florida, wearing a new-to-me fancy dress that could twirl just so, searching diligently through the grass for plastic (coin-filled) and previously hand painted hard-boiled … Continued

Celebrating Passover? Hereā€™s How to Involve Your Child Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Low Vision , Planning for the Future , Social Life and Recreation
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Recently, FamilyConnect composed an article entitled "Making Holidays Meaningful for Your Child Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired," which is a compiled list of holidays organized by season—each holiday links an article sharing specific strategies and inspiration to ensure a child or teen with a visual impairment can fully participate in the elements of the … Continued

Celebrating Passover? Hereā€™s How to Involve Your Child Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Low Vision , Planning for the Future , Social Life and Recreation
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Recently, FamilyConnect composed an article entitled "Making Holidays Meaningful for Your Child Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired," which is a compiled list of holidays organized by season—each holiday links an article sharing specific strategies and inspiration to ensure a child or teen with a visual impairment can fully participate in the elements of the … Continued

Empowering Your Teen Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired for Adulthood

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Education , Getting Around , Independence , Low Vision , Orientation and Mobility , Planning for the Future , Social Life and Recreation , Social Skills
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It wonā€™t be long before your teen is earning his own income and living independently—letā€™s actually label it interdependently, as emotionally healthy adults rely on others in one way or another, albeit for friendship, paid help with house cleaning or lawn care, or general advice and support. This, of course, begs the question: how well … Continued

Spring Break Vacation Planning Tips for Families with a Blind or Visually Impaired Child

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Arts and Leisure , Getting Around , Independence , Low Vision , Orientation and Mobility , Planning for the Future , Social Life and Recreation , Social Skills
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If I could write a letter to the 2017-2018 school year, Iā€™d probably begin with the profound words of Full Houseā€™s Uncle Jesse—HAVE MERCY! School assignments are intensifying, classroom germs are relentless, and weā€™re all dog-tired. Yet, erupting from this dry ground is the most splendid and beautiful sight—spring break! My hope is you are … Continued

Adapting a Rubikā€™s Cube for an Individual Who Is Blind or Deaf-Blind

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Low Vision , Social Life and Recreation
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Editorā€™s note: Today’s post is from guest blogger Kristen Sharpless. Kristen has her bachelors in American Sign Language/English interpreting and is pursuing her masterā€™s degree in Vision Rehab Therapy and a certification in orientation and mobility. She is extremely passionate about working with individuals who are deaf-blind. Kristen shares how to adapt a Rubikā€™s cube … Continued

Adapting a Rubikā€™s Cube for an Individual Who Is Blind or Deaf-Blind

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Low Vision , Social Life and Recreation
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Editorā€™s note: Today’s post is from guest blogger Kristen Sharpless. Kristen has her bachelors in American Sign Language/English interpreting and is pursuing her masterā€™s degree in Vision Rehab Therapy and a certification in orientation and mobility. She is extremely passionate about working with individuals who are deaf-blind. Kristen shares how to adapt a Rubikā€™s cube … Continued

Adapting a Rubikā€™s Cube for an Individual Who Is Blind or Deaf-Blind

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Low Vision , Social Life and Recreation
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Editorā€™s note: Today’s post is from guest blogger Kristen Sharpless. Kristen has her bachelors in American Sign Language/English interpreting and is pursuing her masterā€™s degree in Vision Rehab Therapy and a certification in orientation and mobility. She is extremely passionate about working with individuals who are deaf-blind. Kristen shares how to adapt a Rubikā€™s cube … Continued

For the Love of Cellphones: Are There Any Reasons Teens Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired Can Benefit from a Cellphone?

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Low Vision , Planning for the Future , Social Life and Recreation , Technology
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Chances are your child who is blind or visually impaired is already asking for a cellphone. Somehow the tablets and computers are not enough to quench their desire for technology! As a parent, I try to limit my childrenā€™s screen time, yet I know technology plays a significant role in the social lives of youth … Continued