10 things I would never say in 2022
Here's why 1. Visual Motivation is a myth - what blind toddlers need is a reliable mobility tool that provides haptic feedback and safety...
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Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Sep 30, 2022
Ambrose-Zaken Defines Mobility Visual Impairment
In a recent journal of visual impairment & Blindness publication, Ambrose-Zaken's research study included the term mobility visual...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Jan 17, 2022
Why "Walk First, Safety Later" Fails Blind Toddlers
The Ambrose-Zaken Theory that Safe Mobility is Essential to Achieve Developmental Potential explains why "walk first, safety later" has...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Dec 20, 2021
Fast Forward: Early Intervention O&M with pediatric belt cane SURVEY
Fast Forward Early Intervention Orientation and Mobility Curriculum will be paired with a smart belt connected to a pediatric belt cane...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Oct 12, 2020
Learning from Lily: Growing up Mobility Visually Impaired
Lily was born in 2012 with optic nerve hypoplasia. She received early rod cane instruction, rectangular cane instruction and lots of love...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Aug 30, 2020
Study of Independent Walking in 17-month-old Twins
Independent walking (walking at will and without assistance) is fundamental to learning. The onset of independent walking triggers...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 27, 2020
Guide Before and With Pediatric Belt Cane
Toddlers who are blind and encounter collisions when being guided are of great concern, because three year old children born blind, with no
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 22, 2020
Wearing pediatric belt canes encourages independent walking in Blind 2-year-old
Toddlers who are blind need effective mobility tools for safe mobility, because safe self-locomotion skills are essential for language...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 14, 2020
Effect of Pediatric Belt Cane on Number of Independent Steps taken by one-year-old girl with ONH
Children who are unable to visually detect obstacles, drop-offs, and changes in surface have a mobility visual impairment (MVI)...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 6, 2020
Benefits of Belt Cane for 3-year-old with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Justine McBride, M.S.Ed., TVI & Grace Ambrose-Zaken Children with mobility visual impairment (MVI) are unable to visually avoid...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Mar 15, 2020
Blind toddlers taught us about their gross motor delays
We too are worried with the world about the Covid-19 epidemic and we are sincerely hoping for a speedy cure. We have faith in and are...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Mar 3, 2020
Comparing visual and tactile path preview
What happens when a driver takes her eyes off the road? When she looks up she might jerk her head back and quickly turn the steering...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Jan 29, 2020
Children with MVI/B who wear belt canes achieve gross motor milestones 18-months and higher
This video is a series of short clips showing one, two and three year old children who are blind or have tunnel vision wearing their...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Nov 21, 2019
Before and after wearable cane
Your donations to Safe Toddles allow Akira to feel safe enough to learn Akira is three years old and blind. First photo: Akira was...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Oct 23, 2019
Persistent “cruising” and “wide-based gait” are signs of mobility visual impairment and blindness
It is commonly accepted that achievement of gross motor milestones varies across children. For example, the pictured milestone charts...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Oct 15, 2019
Cane arc transmission: Manual or automatic
The look of panic disappeared from the rental car agent’s face when I confirmed that, in fact, I was able to drive a car with a manual...
Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Sep 26, 2019
Kids need equal access to path information: A review of 2007 Study of a program for improving motor
Aki, Songül, Ayse and Kayihan (2007) tested motor skills of eight-year-old subjects with severe visual impairment before and after being...
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