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Researchers AGAIN find poor skills in adults born blind with no mention of root cause: Life in a constant state of unsafe mobility

Jun 16

Researchers AGAIN find poor skills in adults born blind with no mention of root cause: Life in a constant state of unsafe mobility

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

Bollinger Gift Will Improve Blind Infants Lives Around the World!

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

May 30

Bollinger Gift Will Improve Blind Infants Lives Around the World!

Levy & Gilbert, Two Innovative Blind Leaders in Vision Rehabilitation

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

May 19

Levy & Gilbert, Two Innovative Blind Leaders in Vision Rehabilitation

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

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

May 15

Your Impact 2023

Impact report 2023 for Safe Toddles

History of Early Intervention O&M: The True Origin Story of the Long Cane, O&M and Pre-cane Skills

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Apr 28

History of Early Intervention O&M: The True Origin Story of the Long Cane, O&M and Pre-cane Skills

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...

History of Early Intervention O&M: The First Half of the Twentieth Century

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Mar 23

History of Early Intervention O&M: The First Half of the Twentieth Century

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

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Mar 13

Measure Walking in Miles Not Milestones

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

History of Early Intervention for Children Born with a Mobility Visual Impairment: 18th to the 20th Century

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Mar 4

History of Early Intervention for Children Born with a Mobility Visual Impairment: 18th to the 20th Century

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

Separate and Unequal Independent Walking Standards for Blind Toddlers

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Feb 18

Separate and Unequal Independent Walking Standards for Blind Toddlers

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

Mission Possible! Blind Babies Wear Belt Canes, Feel Safe to Explore Independently!

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Dec 28, 2023

Mission Possible! Blind Babies Wear Belt Canes, Feel Safe to Explore Independently!

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

All the Light... Shines a Light on History of un-Safe Mobility for Blind Children

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Dec 27, 2023

All the Light... Shines a Light on History of un-Safe Mobility for Blind Children

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...

Safe Independent Walking is Mission Possible for Blind Toddlers!

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Dec 18, 2023

Safe Independent Walking is Mission Possible for Blind Toddlers!

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...

Mission Possible – Safe Toddles Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Nov 14, 2023

Mission Possible – Safe Toddles Year-End Fundraising Campaign

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

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Nov 10, 2023

Mission Impossible

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

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Oct 23, 2023

Mobility Devices for Young Children

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

I know why the blind toddler is failing to meet independent walking milestones by age two.

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Mar 30, 2023

I know why the blind toddler is failing to meet independent walking milestones by age two.

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...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Mar 28, 2023

Age 2, Vinny Lives to Explore

Click the arrow to play his video. Vinny, age 2 and blind, was at the Easter Egg Hunt recently - an unfamiliar place with loads of...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Feb 26, 2023

Dr. Jo DeFini

Dr. Josephine DeFini was gifted in math from a very young age. Born with low vision, as the first born – she helped look after her 3...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Feb 19, 2023

A tribute to Terri

In the March 19, 2008, New York Times story on Theresa (Terri) Fiorentino’s tragic death after falling onto the tracks at Croton Harmon...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken

Oct 8, 2022

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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