Most people are scared of the unknown. Your child's visual impairment seems frightening because you more than likely have little or no knowledge about visual impairment or blindness.
The resources and suggestions given here are meant to give you information that will be beneficial to you. Your goal should be to focus on making your child happy, self assured and inquisitive, just as you would do with any child. Early contact with parent groups may be one of the most important things you can do to help yourself with this goal.
The organizations and resources listed here will vary in their use of the terms visual impairment or blind, but all of them are eager to provide you with information. Read the small paragraph describing each to see which of these items would be most helpful to you now. Again, it is extremely beneficial to meet other parents of blind children and also to talk to adults who are blind.
