Advocacy & Resources

Find out your rights and get the extra help you need in ensuring that your child, student, or patient is having their needs fully met.

AFB General Advocacy Groups
http://www.afb.org/info_ documents.asp?collectionid=3

Blind Babies Foundation
Pediatric Visual Diagnosis Fact Sheet™ Cortical Visual Impairment
http://www.blindbabies.org/factsheet_cvi.htm

DB-Link
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/

E-Advisor
http://www.e-advisor.us/

Lea-Test, Ltd
Assessment of CVI: Lea Hyvärinen's Lectures at San Francisco State Univ Nov.15.2003
www.lea-test.fi

Lea Hyvärinen
2004 Webcast Series on Cortical Visual Impairment
http://www.ksar.usu.edu/leacvi

National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
http://www.spedex.com/napvi/

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
http://www.nfb.org/nopbc.htm

NICHCY (Link to resources by state)
http://www.nichcy.org/states.htm

Overview of Pediatric Ocular Diseases Leading to Vision Impairment, J.P. Lowery, O.D., M.Ed.
Scroll down to number 10 for Cortical Vision Impairment.
http://www.opt.pacificu.edu/ce/catalog/COPE7522/ImpairmentPeds.html

Simplified Technology, Linda J. Burkhart
Developing Visual Skills for Children who Face Cortical Visual Impairments
http://www.lburkhart.com/handcvi.htm

Texas School for the Blind
Characteristics of Cortical Visual Impairment Checklist
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/corticalassess.html




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