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Visual impairments often accompany different conditions. This page contains activities for our children with multiple disabilities.
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Blind Children's Center
The Blind Childrens Center is a non-profit organization available to blind and partially sighted children regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, religion, or ability to pay. Founded in 1938, the Center is a project of the Southern California Delta Gammas. The Blind Childrens Center operates without state or federal assistance. |
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Braille Institute of America is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss as a barrier to the fulfillment of life.
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Click this link to a page of resources for the visually impaired.
CLICK HERE in case you missed those lovely photos! |
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Find out what the definitions to all those doctor's terms are on your child's IEP and on the eye reports.
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LEAP 21: Making the Grade is a joint effort between LPB and the Louisiana State Department of Education to help students prepare for the Math and Language Arts sections of the LEAP test. There are 15 segments each for 4th and 8th grade Math and Language Arts based upon the tutoring guide developed by the Louisiana Department of Education. |
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Founded in 1905, Lighthouse International is a leading non-profit organization that helps people of all ages who are at risk for, or are experiencing, vision loss. We provide services, research and education, and advocate to help people with low vision and blindness lives.
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Address: 1230 Government Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-219-1686 | Toll Free in La.: 1-888-891-3530 | FAX: 225-219-1684
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The LRCE is dedicated to supporting innovation in education for students, teachers, administrators, higher education and families.
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1120 Government Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 |
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Sign up to join or just browse the categories on subjects of interest!
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 Ms. Kathy's main site dedicated to teaching others about children with visual impairments.
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Perkins is frequently featured in news stories on subjects ranging from the opening of our new Museum to students participating in a specially designed track meet.
Anne Sullivan, a Perkins alumna and the teacher of Helen Keller, was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends in the Blindness Field. |
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The New York Institute for Special Education(NYISE) is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian educational facility which provides quality programs for children who are blind or visually disabled, emotionally and learning disabled and preschoolers who are developmentally delayed. |
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It used to be the case that teachers of visually impaired students only taught them in residential schools. Now we're all over the place and we go by different names. What we do varies according to each student's Individual Education Plan (IEP). Regular education teachers who have a visually impaired child in their regular classroom may want to check this page to see how we collaborate in educating kids with V.I.
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Equipment, Materials, Supplies
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Alliance for Technology Access
The mission of the
Alliance for Technology Access is to connect children and adults with disabilities to technology tools.
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"The world's largest source for adapted educational and daily living products - since 1858."
Visual impairments resource teachers check out and borrow from a lending library located at the Louisiana School for the Visually Imapired. If your student is on our parish roster for services check this site for items we may be able to borrow from LSVI that come from APH. This includes textbooks in Braille and large print and the accompanying workbooks.
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A searchable online library. The Bookshare collection of digital books and textbooks now numbers over 50,000, as well as over 150 newspapers and periodicals |
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This is the company that makes JAWS, the screen reader we use in this parish. A former student of mine also works for the company and has been very helpful when I've needed help with some of the equipment.
He also goes to the technology show in California every year and tells me when he gets to meet Stevie Wonder. He knows I love Stevie and tries to make me jealous
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From elementary school, students with visual impairments should have been registered with the state library. If not click this link and download an application. Bring it to me to sign off as a vision expert verifying that you will require the services.
For required reading of literature for English classes check with your English teacher as soon as possible. Then contact the state library and order a copy of the book ASAP because sometimes it takes several weeks and people all over the state are using this service.
You can order books during V.I. Resource class and they will be delivered by mail to your home.
Books and magazines in large print, Braille and recorded cassettes as well as descriptive videos are loaned to people of all ages who cannot read because they are visually impaired, legally blind.
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The American Council of the Blind is the nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired people. It was founded in 1961 and incorporated in the District of Columbia.
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Learning Disabilities Association of America
The Learning Disabilities Association of America is a national, non-profit organization whose purpose is to advance the education and general welfare of children and adults of normal or potentially normal intelligence who manifest disabilities of a perceptual, conceptual, or coordinative nature. |
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The National Federation of the Blind is a resource for the blind by the blind. The organization promotes education, independence, group and self advocacy. To subscribe to their publication THE BRAILLE MONITOR visit the web address at http://www.nfb.org or write:
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
1800 JOHNSON STREET
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21230
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Is your child or student interested in owning a guide dog? Very often students feel they can ignore their O&M training thinking once they are 16 years old a dog will do the work for them. Find out what's involved and learn about the training classes. Click here to visit the web site Guiding Eyes for the Blind.
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This is the web site for one of Mrs. Michael's former students who is a massage therapist in Astoria Oregon. Mrs. Chesimet's is always available to answer questions and encourage students with visual impairments. To visit her web site CLICK HERE. |
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The Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field is dedicated to preserving, honoring, and promoting the tradition of excellence manifested by the specific individuals inducted into the Hall of Fame and through the history of outstanding services provided to people who are blind or visually impaired. |
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These inspiring people have not allowed the inconvenience of blindness stop them from being successful in their endeavors! Click the link to learn more about them.
(The Famous Brian)
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This is such a cool site put together by a teenager from the UK and her dad. I contacted them a few years ago and I like to see what Bianca's up to. He emailed not long ago to add my new link and logo to Bianca's site. Great for self esteem of kids with this condition.
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A friend of mine and I came up with this list of things to do and things not to do with people who have visual impairments. I keep the first version on my classroom door.
CLICK HERE to go to the list |
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The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress to enhance the quality of life for all Americans with disabilities and their families. |
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POSITIVE EXPOSURE is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization whose innovative programs challenge the stigma associated with difference and celebrates the richness of genetic variation with positive images and powerful life stories.
The program is a unique partnership between visual arts, genetics, mental health and human rights driven by former fashion photographer Rick Guidotti and Diane McLean, MD, PhD, MPH.
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The Independent Living Institute is a policy development center specializing in consumer-driven policies for disabled peoples' self-determination, self-respect and dignity.
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Is it true that carrots can improve your vision? The answer is found in this short video.
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Return to this page, scroll to the bottom for links to videos about vision.
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This site shows how people with certain eye condition see the world.
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A news clip about a small boy who has a friend who doesn't mind being his eyes. |
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I often return to this site for it's color blindness test. You can test yourself or a student whose vision you suspect include color blindness. I also have a link to this site on my personal web page.
Mr. Michael is color blind on more than one level.
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There's nothing quite like looking into your child's eyes. But while you're busy gazing at your young one, be sure to pay attention to his or her eyesight. Early detection and treatment of eye problems are essential to a child's visual health.
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This is one of my favorite sites for young people with albinism because it was created by a young lady when she was a student. It is featured at the main NOAH web site as well. It disspells myths and helps uplift those with the condition.
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NOAH stands for the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation.
NOAH is a U.S. based nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that offers information and support to people with albinism, their families and the professionals who work with them.Email info@albinism.org. |
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This condition accompanies several visual conditions. This overview page will help you to understand why kids with nystagmus take longer to read or get tired of reading sooner than others.
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Since 1908, Prevent Blindness America has been the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization with the sole mission of preventing blindness and preserving sight.
It is possible to have a serious vision problem and not know it.
Vision problems that are left undetected and untreated may lead to vision loss and in some cases blindness. Early detection is the key to minimizing vision loss.
CLICK THIS LINK TO TAKE AN EYE TEST. |
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Here's a page from Low Vision.org that explains Stargardt's Disease or Stargardt's Syndrome. |
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