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Five Safe Toddles New Year’s Resolutions
1. Lose wait! Yes, we spelled that correctly – we are going to be working extra hard in 2021 to find ways to improve our manufacturing to...
Beaux Jettson
Jan 1, 2021



Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Dec 28, 2020


Give the Gift of Safe Mobility Today
It’s here! Today is #GivingTuesday, the international day of giving. A day when you can make a difference for toddlers who are blind and...
Beaux Jettson
Dec 1, 2020


Together we can change a blind child's future
As you prepare to open your hearts in support of worthy causes tomorrow, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Safe...
Beaux Jettson
Nov 30, 2020


Go Fund Me Campaign for Blind Toddlers
Please consider donating to our fund raiser on go fund me - we are seeking support to provide children around the world with the...
Beaux Jettson
Oct 22, 2020


If you love our work then tell the world!
Your stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community. GreatNonprofits – the #1 source of...
Beaux Jettson
Oct 18, 2020


Learning from Lily: Growing up Mobility Visually Impaired
Lily was born in 2012 with optic nerve hypoplasia. She received early rod cane instruction, rectangular cane instruction and lots of love...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Oct 12, 2020


Study of Independent Walking in 17-month-old Twins
Independent walking (walking at will and without assistance) is fundamental to learning. The onset of independent walking triggers...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Aug 30, 2020


Socially Distant Pediatric Belt Cane Production
Once upon a time before COVID-19, my husband Benny and I rode our bicycles through New York City as part of an organized bike ride named...
Beaux Jettson
Aug 1, 2020


Blind Children are Children
For far too long, families with children who are blind and mobility visually impaired (unable to visually avoid collisions) have been...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Jul 26, 2020


Guide Before and With Pediatric Belt Cane
Toddlers who are blind and encounter collisions when being guided are of great concern, because three year old children born blind, with no

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 27, 2020


Wearing pediatric belt canes encourages independent walking in Blind 2-year-old
Toddlers who are blind need effective mobility tools for safe mobility, because safe self-locomotion skills are essential for language...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 22, 2020


Effect of Pediatric Belt Cane on Number of Independent Steps taken by one-year-old girl with ONH
Children who are unable to visually detect obstacles, drop-offs, and changes in surface have a mobility visual impairment (MVI)...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 14, 2020


Benefits of Belt Cane for 3-year-old with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Justine McBride, M.S.Ed., TVI & Grace Ambrose-Zaken Children with mobility visual impairment (MVI) are unable to visually avoid...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 6, 2020


CVI or MVI? Exploring the path to gross motor delays
In thirty minutes we see how a 3-year-old girl with CVI improves gross motor, language and cane skills.

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Apr 13, 2020


An Illustrated guide to homemade belt canes
I was riding on the subway on Monday, November 3, 2014 mulling over the needs of children with visual impairment and blindness. The early...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Apr 1, 2020


Blind toddlers taught us about their gross motor delays
We too are worried with the world about the Covid-19 epidemic and we are sincerely hoping for a speedy cure. We have faith in and are...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Mar 15, 2020


Toddlers taught us everything we know about belt canes
We made a lot of assumptions about how blind and mobility visually impaired toddlers would respond to belt canes. This is a list of ten...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Mar 8, 2020
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