Salient Features: The PCVIS Blog
Welcome to Salient Features: The PCVIS Blog! And welcome to the conversation about CVI. Here PCVIS members share stories, experiences, and information that will enrich the greater CVI community.
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Advocacy in Action: Highlights From the 2025 PCVIS Annual Meeting
The 2025 PCVIS Annual Meeting celebrated a year of advocacy, growth, and collaboration across the CVI community.
Protect OSERS and Disability Services Nationwide
Contact Congress to protect OSERS and disability services from recent cuts that have left critical federal positions unfilled.
Get Ready for the 2025 Annual Meeting
The PCVIS Board of Directors invites you to attend the annual meeting the evening before the Innovations in CVI conference begins. All members and friends of PCVIS are welcome. Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 5 - 7:30 pm ETHosted at The Children's Home of Pittsburgh and...
Enter Drawing for Innovations in CVI Ticket!
PCVIS is sending two members to the Innovations in CVI conference in Pittsburgh this October.
Protect Medicaid Nationwide for Children and Youth With CVI
Call your U.S. Senator to urge them to vote NO on H.R.1 and Medicaid cuts that will adversely affect children and youth with CVI.
Proposed Federal Budget to Cut Education Support for Children with CVI and Deafblindness
The proposed federal budget for the U.S. Department of Education would cut funding for CVI education support by defunding IDEA Part D Technical Assistance and Dissemination and reallocating it to IDEA Part B as block grants to states. Several national technical...
Self-Advocates With CVI: Apply for Board Position
The PCVIS Board of Directors invites self-advocates with CVI to apply to the board and contribute to strategic planning and implementation.
Making Accessible Literacy Materials for Students With CVI
Students with CVI need specific types of accessible literacy materials to succeed. Here are a few approaches for adapting your CVI student’s materials.
Call to Action: Protect Medicaid & Long-Term Services and Supports
What's happening?Here’s a synopsis from our advocacy partners at Prevent Blindness: Congress is considering a budget resolution with at least $880 billion in cuts to programs under the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the Medicaid program. Medicaid...
This Is Who We Are: The PCVIS Code of Ethics
This code of ethics expresses who we are and what we stand for as members of PCVIS.