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Special Needs

Learn how to advocate for your child with special needs, raise funds for needed equipment and find helpful organizations.

Parenting

Find resources to help you on your parenting journey, including advice on how to find peace as the caregiver of a special needs child.

Development

Support your baby’s advancement through milestones as they develop fine motor, gross motor and communication skills.

Play

Discover fun and creative ideas to encourage play time with toys, light play, music, multi-sensory activities and tactile art.

Behavior

Find resources to help your child manage problematic behaviors by developing social skills and calming strategies.

Health & Nutrition

Find advice on how to manage doctor visits, teach self-feeding skills and discover medical treatments for blind children.

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Featured Posts

Mother breast feeding her child while working

Fine and Gross Motor

5 Alternatives to Tummy Time for Babies with Motor Development Challenges

Does your baby struggle with tummy time due to motor development challenges? These alternatives to tummy time will offer the same benefits.

Speech therapist and little patient training articulation.

Special Needs

Early Intervention for Kids with Developmental Delays

Discover the benefits of early intervention for children with developmental delays and how support and services can unlock their full potential.

White shelving with colorful storage baskets and boxes with toys.

Play, Toys

Ingenious Toy Storage Ideas to Revolutionize Your Space

Your home doesn't have to be overwhelmed by toys, even in the throes of raising tiny humans. Revolutionize your space with these ingenious toy storage ideas today!

A visually impaired baby boy in PT reaches for a toy.

Development, Visual Impairment

Development Charts for Blind and Visually Impaired Babies and Children

Blind children may have delayed development in several key areas. These development charts outline milestones for visually impaired babies.

Smiling child psychologist and kid with dyslexia playing with building blocks.

Autism, Development, Special Needs

Understanding Cognitive Developmental Delay in Children

Cognitive developmental delays occur when a child’s thinking and reasoning are significantly below the expected average. Learn the signs and best ways to help.

Wooden toys in a box.

Parenting, Toys

How To Clean Wooden Toys: Simple, Safe & Effective Tips

As long as you know how to clean wooden toys effectively, they should continue looking great for generations.

Latest Posts

Side profile of a woman wearing Lumen smart glasses with a black visor and white frame, alongside the text “LUMEN – Empowering the Blind.”

Assistive Technology, Orientation and Mobility, Visual Impairment

A New Mobility Technology for Blind Users: Lumen Smart Glasses

Learn about Lumen smart glasses, an innovative assistive technology designed to help blind and visually impaired users navigate safely and independently.

Whimsical illustration of a gentle bridge made of flowing lines, musical notes, and Braille dots, connecting two sides. The image suggests music and Braille coming together as a pathway for learning and inclusion.

Braille and Literacy, Music Play, Special Needs, Visual Impairment

Braille needs allies. Music can be one of them.

An inspiring look at how music can support Braille literacy, creativity, and inclusion for blind children.

Ivan and his mom sitting on a cement bench in a park.

Parenting, Special Needs

Love Languages for Kids With Disabilities: 5 You Might Miss

Learn 5 love languages you might miss in kids with disabilities and special needs, plus simple ways to recognize and respond to their unique signs of connection and affection.

A softly textured illustration of a child with closed eyes and a peaceful smile, as colorful swirling shapes represent imagination flowing around them. Floating in the swirls are simple images—a butterfly, star, tree, heart, music note, seashell, and flower—symbolizing creativity, emotion, and sensory experiences. The overall palette is warm and gentle, with pastels and soft gradients creating a dreamy, uplifting mood.

Tactile Arts and Crafts, Visual Impairment

What Does Art Feel Like? A Guide to Tactile Creativity for Blind Children

Discover how blind children explore art through touch. Learn practical ways to support tactile creativity, build early Braille literacy, and nurture imagination with hands-on projects, textures, and accessible art experiences.

A digital blueprint-style illustration showing a pair of glowing wireframe smart glasses on the left, connected by a horizontal arrow to a stylized wireframe brain on the right. The glasses and brain are drawn with bright blue neon lines against a dark blue grid background, symbolizing advanced vision technology sending information from the glasses to the brain.

Parenting

Could Future Implants Help Blind Kids See?

Learn about new research exploring advanced vision-restoring technology and what these emerging tools could mean for children who are blind or visually impaired.

Ivan sits peacefully in his wheelchair inside a softly lit cathedral, bathed in warm light from stained-glass windows.

Special Needs, Support

The One Thing I’d Tell Every Special Needs Parent

If you could give one piece of advice to parents of kids with disabilities, what would it be? This mom’s surprising answer might change your perspective.

Golden print letters and Braille dots flow together in a wave pattern across a green background, with musical notes accenting the design to represent the harmony between Braille and print literacy.

Braille and Literacy, Visual Impairment

Should Blind Children Learn Print Letters?

Discover why teaching both print and braille can enrich literacy for children who are blind, helping them connect with the wider world.

A partially decorated pumpkin wrapped with yellow yarn and a few colorful buttons sits on a wooden table beside a divided container filled with yarn, buttons, and fabric squares, in warm natural light.

Holiday Crafts and Ideas

Sensory Pumpkin Decorating for Kids Who Are Blind

Create a sensory pumpkin with yarn, buttons, and fabric! A fun, non-carving fall craft for blind kids that builds tactile and fine motor skills.

Five Thanksgiving crafts displayed together — a gourd turkey, scented wreath, playdough, textured collage, and gratitude jar.

Holiday Crafts and Ideas

5 Accessible Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

Celebrate Thanksgiving with five accessible, sensory-rich crafts for kids who are blind or visually impaired.