A Shared Vision is the leading provider of in-home and community vision services in Colorado. We inspire and empower families to nurture the development of their very young children who are blind or visually impaired so that all children may discover their brightest future.

It’s Incredible!

A heartfelt “ thank you” to our donors, friends and family who supported A Shared Vision on Colorado Gives Day! In our first year participating in the statewide day of giving on December 4, we received nearly 50 donations and they continue to trickle in. It’s not too late to show your support! Remember, your cash gift qualifies for the 50% Colorado Child Care Contribution Tax Credit !  DONATE NOW

Let’s Make Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments!

Cinnamon applesauce ornaments are an easy holiday craft for the whole family and they’ll make your house smell like Christmas.  Try our recipe HERE , with sensory suggestions you can use with your child who’s blind or visually impaired.

Meet Bairon

When Bairon was diagnosed with a rare congenital disorder at four months, his mother Monee had to Google the diagnosis to learn his optic nerves were underdeveloped. He was legally blind. “I felt grief for my son. I was grieving for the type of life I thought my son couldn’t have.” When she got her first phone call from her Early Intervention Teacher of the Visually Impaired (EI-TVI) from A Shared Vision, her outlook changed. “She was the first person to explain to me Bairon’s diagnosis, that there’s no known cause for it, and it’s not my fault. A huge weight was lifted off my shoulders. It allowed me to take the first deep breath since his diagnosis, and to focus on what he CAN do.”

Since that first phone call, her EI-TVI has had regular home visits with Bairon and his mother. Monee has learned from her EI-TVI how to incorporate play into their everyday routines, to foster emergent literacy by singing songs and how to provide a multi-sensory learning experience for Bairon to gain access to the visual world. Bair responds well to music and Monee incorporates songs with repetitive lyrics into everything they do.   Monee also stays in touch with her EI-TVI through telehealth – which is a HIPAA-compliant form of videoconferencing that takes place in the child’s home.  “It is the most unobtrusive way to bring a provider into our lives. And you don’t even have to clean your house!” laughs Monee. “Without our TVI, I don’t know where we’d be. She makes life so much better for us.”

The Language of Hands - New Parent Resource -

When a child is blind or visually impaired, they must learn to use their other senses to understand the world around them. Tactile exploration with one’s hands creates important access to information which is essential for play, learning and comprehension. The hands of a child who is blind or visually impaired become a vital tool for acquiring daily living skills, knowledge and independence, making it especially important for caregivers to “speak the language of the hands to the hands.”  Learn more about the hand-under-hand strategy HERE in Barbara Miles’s article which is applicable to both children with dual sensory loss and children who are blind or visually impaired.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US AT A SHARED VISION!

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