This post is part of a mini blog series documenting four weeks of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). We arrive at the Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) clinic and waste no time getting started. My daughter is in a great mood and she appears to be energized—these precious minutes […]

This post is part of a mini blog series documenting four weeks of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). My daughter is clearly using her left arm and hand more frequently in the short while she’s had the cast on. Last night, I placed the pacifier in her hand […]

This post is part of a mini blog series documenting four weeks of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). The cast has been on my daughter’s arm for a full day and night. I’ve noticed her starting to bring her left hand to her mouth and even […]

This post is part of a mini blog series documenting four weeks of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). Our day starts bright and early at the CIMT clinic in Manchester, UK. It’s the first day of my daughter’s four week intensive rehabilitation program and I’m a […]

The first time I caught a glimpse of my daughter’s visual world was while reading Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy’s book, Cortical Visual Impairment: An Approach to Assessment and Intervention. She describes what a person with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) sees as a kaleidoscope of meaningless color […]

I’ll be the first to admit it, I had a bad case of denial when it came to acknowledging and accepting that my daughter’s vision was lagging far behind (or almost non-existent). Somehow I had managed to convince myself that she did make eye contact […]