BEYOND BLINDNESS

BEYOND BLINDNESS Empowering Children with Visual Impairments and Other Disabilities to Achieve Their Fullest Potential WHO WE ARE Beyond Blindness, formerly Blind Children’s Learning Center, empowers children with visual impairments and other disabilities to achieve their fullest potential. OUR SERVICES EARLY INTERVENTION Comprehensive Early Intervention services available in your home and at our facilities include vision stimulation, therapy services, toddler classroom learning, and more to help children reach key developmental and pre-academic milestones. Learn More EDUCATION + ENRICHMENT Through Education + Enrichment services, students receive itinerant education support with a dedicated teacher of the visually impaired (TVI), orientation and mobility training (O&M), and the opportunity to attend fun and valuable summer camps. Learn More FAMILY SUPPORT Our Family Support services offer necessary and comforting support to parents, grandparents, siblings, children and more in the form of education and training and inclusive family events. Find support during your child’s entire journey of care. Learn MoreNEWS Supporting Families Through the Government Shutdown The recent government shutdown has created real and pressing challenges for families across the country. From delays in food assistance programs like SNAP and WIC, to energy and utility hardships, childcare disruptions, and the emotional toll of compounding pressures, many households are feeling the read more...Empowering Independence at Next Steps Camp Brandon Reed, Beyond Blindness Alum and intern, shares his experience planning and participating in the inaugural Next Steps Camp. The Beyond Blindness Next Steps Camp was an amazing experience. This camp was created as a way for a group of read more...The Orange County Register – Status Update: Good WorksOrange County Register - Status Update: Beyond Blindness raises $56,531 from 87 donors through Empowering Possibilities online fundraiser.Coming Full Circle: Beyond Blindness Alum, Brandon, Empowers Young VI Students Born with retinopathy of prematurity, a disease of the eye affecting premature babies, Brandon started his journey early receiving in-home early intervention services from Beyond Blindness. He progressed and transitioned into the classrooms where he received Orientation and Mobility services and eventually started public read more...