When our daughter turned 2.5 months old and still wasn’t fixing or tracking, we started to suspect she was having a problem with her vision. We knew her actual eyes were fine because she’d had eye examinations done immediately after birth, but since she’d had […]

Kids with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) must be offered plenty of opportunity to develop literacy skills to the best of their ability. But in order to develop literacy skills, they must first learn concepts, language and ideas, a process called Emergent Literacy. All this can […]

The first purchase I made when I found out I was pregnant was a beautiful handmade mobile for my daughter’s nursery. It had small felt ornaments hanging from it—a lion, red and white circus tent, a seal balancing a ball atop his nose, an elephant, […]

When I first began learning about Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), there’s one thing that was immediately clear: it was an absolute must that my husband and I include opportunities for visual stimulation throughout our daughter’s daily routine. Our daughter’s visual therapist encouraged us to do […]

It’s Tuesday! Only four more days until our daughter graduates from the CIMT program in Manchester, UK. The team has worked relentlessly in making the CIMT activities visually accessible to address our daughter’s Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) needs. The other day, a father in this […]

The Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) team has been working diligently on helping my daughter increase strength in her left arm so she can bear more weight on it. They have been arranging foam blocks and holding her in such a way that she can do […]

This post is part of a mini blog series documenting four weeks of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). During today’s Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) session, Ben used several of my daughter’s favorite toys (red Elmo toy, Mardi Gras necklaces, gift ribbon) and she reached out to feel them. […]

Today is our best Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) session yet! My daughter is fully engaged and in great spirits despite her lingering cold. We try some new activities and some oldies but either way, she’s clearly having fun and hopefully learning a lot! Rice and […]

This post is part of a mini blog series documenting four weeks of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). My girl has fallen terribly sick with a cold so we’ll be cutting today’s Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) session short to one hour instead of two. We repeat some of […]