by Kristy Miller | Nov 7, 2024 | Blind
Mitch Davila-Armendano, a 15-year old student at Colorado School for the Blind created a film for the Youth Documentary Academy which is being shown at the Denver Film Festival this week. He shares with the watchers some of the obstacles and prejudices inherent in...
by Kristy Miller | May 20, 2024 | Blind, Cortical Visual Impairment, Food, Low Vision, Visually Impaired
An article from A Shared Vision Bored with bread? If your child likes a grilled cheese sandwich, try this easy recipe for quesadillas instead. RECIPE PDF (ENGLISH) A grilled cheese sandwich has a mild, comforting flavor that’s pleasing to children and adults alike. A...
by Kristy Miller | May 9, 2024 | Blind, Books, Braille, Cortical Visual Impairment, CVI, Reading, Vision, Visually Impaired
Hopefully you have seen our posts before about Seedlings Braille Books. But if not, Seedlings is a non-profit organization “dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy and education by providing high quality, free and low cost braille books for...
by Kristy Miller | Feb 16, 2024 | Blind, Expanded Core Curriculum, Family, Sensory Processing, Vision, Visually Impaired
Many of us have spent an hour, a morning, or maybe even a whole day baking in the kitchen. It’s a way to provide nourishment for ourselves and our families. However, more than just food comes out of the kitchen. There are different sounds, smells, sights, and...
by Kristy Miller | Jan 29, 2024 | Awareness, Blind, Braille, Reading, Visually Impaired
Braille is a system of reading used by people who are visually impaired. It employs a pattern of raised dots in a “cell” of 3 rows by 2 columns to represent a letter, number, punctuation mark and sometimes even a whole word. Braille alphabet. English...
by Kristy Miller | Dec 19, 2023 | Accessibility, Blind, Books, Cerebral Visual Impairment, Cortical Visual Impairment, CVI, Gift, Play, Reading, Vision, Visually Impaired
For kiddos with visual impairment, we want to do what we can help them access the vision they have. Because of this we often used lighted toys and ones that are musical or make noise to help get their attention and encourage them to visually search for the toys....