Blindness and Visual Impairment

• Health: Conditions and Illness: Eye Disorders: Blindness 

• Blindness for Kids  - Explains in simple terms what blindness and visual impairment are, and examines some of the ways blind people cope.
• Braille Bug  - Simple overview of Braille and an online Hellen Keller museum for kids.
• KidsHealth: Blindness  - Explains how seeing happens, causes of blindness, what the doctor does, and how learning changes.
• PBS Arthur: You've Got Braille  - Marina from the Arthur stories shows children what Braille is and provides a printable Braille key.
• Questions Kids Ask about Blindness  - Tells about Louis Braille, Helen Keller, White Cane Law, causes, schools, shopping, telling clothes apart, cooking, and telling time.
• TeensHealth: Visual Impairment  - Reviews how vision works, what visual impairment is, causes, treatment, and what it is like.
• Visual Impairment  - Describes how the eyes work, things that can damage or change vision, tests that doctors can do, and when to visit the eye doctor.