Sandra S. Block O.D. M.Ed. is a professor of Optometry
at the Illinois College of Optometry and has 20
years of experience related to the visual needs
of children with disabilities.
Pamela Caldwell is a Chicago parent of twin boys who have
mulitple disabilities, including vision impairments.
Session
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Blind Children's
Fund This is the site of the Blind Children's Fund, an education,
advocacy, and family support program for families
of young children with visual impairments. This
site offers many practical, parent-tested "hands-on"
suggestions for families, and will be of great
interest to professionals as well.
Blind
Related Links This site is a comprehensive
international resource. Developed and maintained
by Ron Marriage, a consumer, the site has extensive
listings and is formatted for easy reading by
persons with visual impairments.
Illinois
Eye Institute The
Illinois Eye Institute (IEI) is a multi-specialty
eye care center serving patients from metropolitan
Chicago, the United States, and throughout the
world. Each year IEI serves over 60,000 people. IEI is a division of the Illinois College of Optometry and is affiliated
with the University of Chicago's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
National
Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired
(NAPVI)
This site is for the non-profit organization
for parents committed to providing
support to the parents of children who have visual
impairments. NAPVI is a core partner for the Families
& Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) project
spearheaded by the Parent Advocacy Coalition for
Education Rights (PACER).
Prevent Blindness in America This is
a volunteer eye health and safety organization
dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight.
There is a large section of the website devoted
specifically to children's eye health.
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