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  Magnifying Devices Help Those With Vision Loss

  By Angel Pacheco Originally posted on Able News Experts have been assessing and training individuals in assistive technology for decades. Great strides have been made…

  

• Tele-Support Talks

  Developing Self Advocacy Skills

  One of the most important skills children with visual impairments can learn is the ability to advocate for themselves. Self-advocacy includes speaking up for themselves and making decisions to help attain their goals. During this discussion, Dr. Joy Harris will provide tips and strategies for parents to help build the skills and confidence your child needs to be an effective self-advocate.

  

• Una Declaración de Derechos para Todos los Niños con Discapacidad Visual y sus Familias

  Introducción: Además de los numerosos principios educativos que han demostrado ser beneficiosos para los niños con discapacidad visual, todas las disposiciones de lo que constituye…

  

• A Bill of Rights for All Children with Visual Impairment and their Families

  The leaders of Council of Schools & Services for the Blind (COSB) and the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually…

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  Seeing with Sound: Using Audio to Activate the Brain’s Visual Cortex

  In this episode, we’ll explore how, through sensory substitution, audio feedback can, in some cases, stimulate a user’s visual cortex, allowing a user to — without sight — achieve something close to visual perception.

  

• Travel Tips For People With Eye Disorders

  Posted by Able News, By the Orientation and Mobility Instructors of Lighthouse Guild  Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, affecting more…

  

• Blog

  Gift Shopping Tips for People with Vision Loss

  For some, shopping for gifts can be tricky — the pressure we put on ourselves to find that one item that will bring joy to…

  

• Blog

  Technology Gifts for People With Vision Loss

  What you give may inspire — from high tech to low tech and everything in between! Whether it is for the holidays, a birthday, or…

  

• Tele-Support Talks

  A Very Special Toy Box: How to Find (& Make!) Developmental Toys & Activities for Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

  Learn how to find the best toys for your child’s needs, including what to look for in off-the-shelf toys and how to adapt or make your own toys so they are appropriate for your child.

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  Beyond Self Driving Cars: Technologies for Autonomous Human Navigation

  Today’s big idea is about exciting and emerging technologies that facilitate autonomous navigation for people who are blind or visually impaired.