Safe Toddles

Inventions in the 1800s included the typewriter, a device immensely important to students of residential schools for the blind to independently write print. The telephone, steam engine, electricity, and the light bulb were all invented in the 1800s, just no device for keeping blind babies safe.

Excerpt from History of EI/O&M on Safe Toddles Blog... In every prior century, adults did not appear to value the importance blind children placed on being in contact with their world. At the most basic level, this contact is an act of self-preservation, holding on to a parent is a more efficient and a safer way to walk. Children with MVI/B prefer to remain connected to objects even when standing still. Yet, adults insist blind children can only be made strong and whole by sending them through the gauntlet of house, yard, and community exposed, unaware, and unprotected. Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association - OMSA Orientation and Mobility Specialists National Organization of Parents of Blind Children - NOPBC Cal State L.A. O&M Program University of Kentucky Visual Impairment Program AER Orientation and Mobility Division

Safe Toddles Safe Toddles is a nonprofit our mission is to provide parents with a white cane solution for keeping their blind toddlers safe as they explore to learn.

Infants with MVI/B need more contact with the world - they need a white cane solution. The is a medically necessary device. Parents of blind infants continue to struggle not knowing the good news! Leads the Way to learning! Shout it from the roof tops! Let no stone be unturned, get the word out!

Blind children need more contact with the world - they need white cane a solution After watching your recent video going to Wisconsin Dell - I just wanted to say; I hope you can do more travel and all the fun things...