Resources & Helpful Links
You can order a copy of my dissertation, Parent Involvement, an Integral Part of the Early Learning Experience for Blind Children: A Qualitative Study of the Mother’s Experience at ProQuest UMI.
Brandon Keith Biggs Entertainment
Discover the talents of a rising young star! Brandon Keith Biggs is a classically trained opera singer, pop music performer, and actor based in Mountain View, California. He is known for his captivating live performance shows. As an actor who is blind, Brandon specializes in sighted roles and has experience in multiple live productions and films over the past 5 years. His accomplishments and remarkable talents are truly an inspiration to us all.
www.brandonkeithbiggs.com
Early Childhood Links
WonderBaby.org
This website is beautifully put together by Amber Bobnar. Her son is blind with LCA. He also has some other challenges in addition to his blindness. This website provides important information and encouragement to parents of young children with visual impairments.
www.wonderbaby.org
Articles on Early Childhood Themes:
Infant Massage & Touch Communication
This article is an excellent article describing the importance of touch in communicating with infants.
Schneider, E. (2003). Touch communication: The power of infant massage. Retrieved from http://www.healthyfamily.org/cs/user/print/article/2
Infant Massage and Visually Impaired Babies
http://www.wonderbaby.org/blog/infant-massage-for-visually-impaired-babies/
Blindness Organizations
Vista Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired
2470 El Camino Real, Suite 107
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-858-0202
www.vistacenter.org
American Printing House for the Blind
http://www.aph.org
AFB
American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org
Family Connect
www.familyconnect.com
Organizations
Blindness Research
The Foundation for Retinal Research
http://tfrr.org
The Foundation Fighting Blindness
http://www.blindness.org
Project 3000 and the John & Marcia Carver Nonprofit Genetic Testing Laboratory
http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/dept/News/2006/project3000/index.htm
Blindness Consumer Organizations
American Counsel of the Blind
http://acb.org
National Federation of the Blind
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/default.asp
Professional Organizations
Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals
http://www.acvrep.org
California Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://ctebvi.org
Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.aerbvi.org
Assistive Technology
NVDA 2012 free screenreader: http://www.nvda-project.org/
NVDA 2012 User Guide:
http://www.nvda-project.org/documentation/userGuide.html#toc5
Resources on Blindness
Resource Guide: http://www.smart-glasses.org/blind-resource-guide/
