Empower

Parents might know our child best, but when it comes to identifying challenges and communicating them to others - like school - we often need the words to use. This is where Dr Nicola McDowell and The Austin McDowell Foundation have been invaluable to our family, educating and empowering us to communicate effectively and turn our daughter’s life around. The Years Before We Had the Words For years, we searched for answers. Our daughter would “go blind” stopping dead in doorway

At the Cerebral Palsy Centre of University Hospitals Leuven (UZ Leuven), clinicians have always known that many children with cerebral palsy are at increased risk of cerebral visual impairment (CVI). Yet recognising CVI during a busy outpatient consultation has never been straightforward. The signs are often subtle, easily attributed to motor or cognitive challenges, and can remain hidden for years. Although parents routinely completed questionnaires about a child's visual fu

At O’Connor Education Support Centre in regional Western Australia, something has shifted in the way staff understand the children they work with. It didn’t start with a policy change or a curriculum review. It started with a question: what if the barrier isn’t behaviour - what if it’s vision? O’Connor ESC supports students with complex communication, sensory, developmental, and learning needs. For Special Education Needs Teacher and Child Development Lead Wendy Dingwall, fin