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Upcoming Webinar: “Seeing through a CVI Lens” Part II

by PCVIS Team | May 7, 2021 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness

Please join us Wednesday, May 12th, at 7:30 ET for “Seeing through a CVI Lens” Part II, an interactive simulation experience, to walk in the shoes of an individual with CVI, experiencing the unique visual and behavioral characteristics associated with CVI...
PCVIS Launches Webinar Series

PCVIS Launches Webinar Series

by PCVIS Team | Mar 23, 2021 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, PCVIS News

As the mission of the Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society is to advocate for children with CVI, heighten public awareness, and promote research and other activities that lead to improvement in vision care for children with CVI, we are excited to launch our...
There’s No I in Team

There’s No I in Team

by Barbara Lopez Avila | Jan 20, 2020 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI at Home, CVI for Parents, CVI Literacy, Phase II CVI, Speech & Communication for CVI

Dr. Barbara Lopez Avila is a CVI mom and developmental psychologist. Her beautiful and brilliant son, Logan, is in Phase II on the CVI Range scale.  As a mom to four gorgeous children, one diagnosed with cortical visual impairment (CVI), to say I am overwhelmed is an...
Help Promote Further CVI Research

Help Promote Further CVI Research

by PCVIS Team | Dec 15, 2019 | CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI Research

We have a critical opportunity to influence the future of CVI research!  NIH's National Eye Institute (NEI) issued a Request for Information regarding its Strategic Plan, entitled 2020 Vision for the Future, with a response date of January 8, 2020. Building upon its...
Infantile Spasms Awareness and CVI

Infantile Spasms Awareness and CVI

by Kathryne Hart | Dec 4, 2019 | CVI Advocacy and Awareness, CVI for Parents, CVI Medical Info

Infantile Spasms Awareness Week: December 1-7 Kathryne Hart is an advocate for and parent of Carter, a 3 year old with multiple disabilities including CVI. Kathryne is a fierce advocate for CVI, working with state and local leaders in Louisiana to change the outlook...
Salient Features: Know What is Most Important

Salient Features: Know What is Most Important

by Lindsay Hillier | Sep 4, 2019 | CVI & Education, CVI Advocacy and Awareness, Diagnosing CVI, PCVIS News

Welcome to the PCVIS blog—Salient Features! In the homes and classrooms of children with CVI, we often talk about salient features. Salient features are the defining elements that distinguishes one target or object from another (Roman-Lantzy). When using salient...
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