Awareness and advocacy of cortical visual impairment (CVI), the leading cause of visual impairment in children
This information on water and the brain is too good not to share. Most families of children who have cortical visual impairment (CVI) seem to report that their child “loves water.” This research, shared by our aquatic occupational therapist (OT) tells us why. The information comes from the International Conference for Evidence Based Aquatic Therapy (ICEBAT), recently held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Continue reading “New research on aquatic therapy and the brain”
Each week my son, who is in first grade, brings home four new vocabulary words. Here is how new sight words are presented to my son who has cortical visual impairment (CVI) and is in Phase III CVI (Roman-Lantzy). Continue reading “CVI and teaching sight words”
My Beautiful Broken Brain is a documentary, much of which was shot on an iPhone, about a young woman who experiences an ischemic stroke. The film describes both who she was before stroke, as told by friends and family, and who she is since. Like so many things, My Beautiful Broken Brain is some small glimpse into the experience of my son, who also had a stroke and who lives with a brain difference, including cortical visual impairment (CVI). Continue reading “My Beautiful Broken Brain”
Guest post by Peggy Palmer, TVI*
Too often, we “typically” sighted folks tend to believe that children with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) are very different from us. We learn the Ten Characteristics (Roman)–hopefully–and work our way through trying to understand our student or our child with CVI. Continue reading “Can’t we all relate to sensory complexity?”
* Guest blog post by Judy Endicott
When helping my grandson, River, who is almost nine, I know it is critical to use his CVI Range score (Roman-Lantzy), late Phase II, and information about his CVI characteristics as my guide to modifying his literacy materials. I always remind myself that what I can see and understand is different from what River “sees” and understands. Continue reading “CVI literacy, adapting books and text”
