In honor of Independence Day, we are trying to rally as much support as possible to reach our operating and innovation fund goals –...

Dear Friend, In 2023, physical therapy experts at St. Jude's Children's Medical Research Hospital along with pediatric ophthalmologists...

Give today to make every day independence day. Pediatric Belt Canes are a medical necessity.

You know every time a child with a mobility visual impairment or blindness bumps into something or trips over something without warning...

This 2023 study compared 209 adults with a mobility visual impairment or blindness (MVI/B) with sighted adults. The authors did not give...

William Hanks Levy and Elizabeth Gilbert invented the long cane technique constant contact for blind adults in 1872.

Impact report 2023 for Safe Toddles

The origin story of the field of orientation and mobility (O&M) is the stuff of Hollywood movies. It stars the blind heroes of WWII who...

Teaching blind children before long canes were invented shows why we believe bruises are instructional for blind babies.

Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers have very different walking abilities. The infant cannot walk. The toddler unsafely and unsteadily...

The earliest writings show blind infants did not walk and the advice to walk first was born. unsafe mobility for blind infants causes delays

Since 1841 when Perkins began accepting the first blind children into the first school for the blind, educators met the children at the...

Safe Toddles trusts parents’ instincts! Parents instinctively want to protect their blind babies while also encouraging them to walk...

Netflix's New Series “All the Light We Cannot See” Shines A Light on the History of un-Safe Mobility for Blind Children The Netflix TV...

Dear Friend, Braylen can't see, can’t hear, and has trouble with his balance. At home, he did not walk. He sat. When Braylen's physical...

Safe Toddles trusts parents’ instincts! Parents instinctively want to protect their blind babies while also encouraging them to walk...

Mission Accomplished! Blinded veterans invented white cane safety. After WWII ended, the young soldiers who returned home blind yearned...

What are Long Canes, Rectangular Canes, and Pediatric Belt Canes? For people with blindness or mobility visual impairment walking is a...

Until now there was no mobility device for children under the age of two and there is a lack of funding for early intervention services...