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By: Amber Bobnar

Amber Bobnar — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:06:01 +0000

Hi,

I’m writing from WonderBaby.org and Perkins School for the Blind. I wanted to let you know about some exciting news for parents of special needs children.

WonderBaby and Perkins are giving away a NEW iPad (plus some amazing accessories) to one special family!

This contest is being sponsored by Perkins, AbleNet, RJ Cooper and Inclusive Technology who have all donated wonderful items to our giveaway.

One family will win:

*The NEW iPad (iPad 3) donated by Perkins School for the Blind
*A virtually indestructible GumDrop iPad Case
*The RadSounds switch-ready music app donated by RJ Cooper plus an RJ Cooper switch interface
*A Blue2 Bluetooth Switch for use with switch-activated apps donated by AbleNet
*Two fun switch-ready apps, Smarty Pants & Five Sharks Swimming, donated by Inclusive Technology

This is the perfect package for a child with special needs who wants to get started with the iPad!

I would love to have you tell your readers about this contest on your blog. Anyone can enter, but we are focusing on families with special needs children, so I thought your blog would be a good place to get the word out.

For more information about the giveaway, please visit:
http://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/ipad-giveaway

If you would like to link to the giveaway using an image, you can use one of these:

http://www.wonderbaby.org/sites/default/files/wb_ipad_110x80_text.jpg
http://www.wonderbaby.org/sites/default/files/wb_ipad_250x250_text.jpg
http://www.wonderbaby.org/sites/default/files/wb_ipad_545x400.jpg

Thanks for reading!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:01:01 +0000

I like receiving emails of the replies on here. I just didnt know if you saw these or not and i wanted to make sure you knew.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:50:50 +0000

Hi Jennifer, I’m so sorry you’ve been seeing those. They’re posted as spam comments here, and I’ve been removing them as soon as I see them. I don’t know why my spam filter here isn’t catching them. It’s supposed to stop any comments with 2 or more links, so they shouldn’t have ever shown up.

I think you must have signed up to receive comments on this post by email, and that’s why those horrid posts are coming to your email inbox. I’m going to do some testing to see if there’s a way for you to opt out of receiving emails from comments here (if that’s what you’d like to do).

Again, I am so, so sorry! The fact that they keep changing the email address and user name makes it really hard to stop, but I’ll see what I can do.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:32:10 +0000

They were from: LFE071Buhe, LFEGorDath, and LFEFatDrab

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:28:01 +0000

I dont know about anyone else. I have been getting emails about this site. It is links to horrible things. I think it is a hacking. They are thankfully not on here. I have gotten 3 emails with the nasty links on there.

By: Becky Bonitatibus

Becky Bonitatibus — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:28:32 +0000

Hello everyone, I’m very happy to have found this site….my 20 month old daughter (who is a twin) has strabismus in her left eye. We saw the eye dr and she has suggested glasses. Both my husband and I are very skeptical of her keeping these glasses on…so we started yesterday and zero success. We give her lots of praise and positive comments when we get them on for a split second but she pulls them off right away. We both wear glasses so we showed our daughter that we wear glasses and we put glasses on her doll and on mr potatoe head etc etc.
Our daughter won’t even keep a winter hat on or summer hat let alone glasses!
Suggestions, tips and any information is extremely welcomed!! I’m just learning about all of this so I’d love to be educated on this.
Thanks in advance!!
Becky

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:10:01 +0000

We to tried to start patching our 16 month old son’s good eye half hour a day. He just rips it right off. Any tips?

By: The OT E-Connect : Children Who Wear Glasses

The OT E-Connect : Children Who Wear Glasses — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:20:34 +0000

[...] And what types of resources are there to support the parents? Those questions led me to the little four eyes website. It was started by Ann Z. when her daughter started wearing glasses at 14 months old [...]

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:39:47 +0000

Welcome Melissa! It is overwhelming. Since your son is 4, I’d follow his lead and see what he likes in frames, you can also talk to the optician and only have them put out frames for him to look at that you’d be willing to buy. I think at that age, involving them in the selection of glasses can help! You might want to look for frames that have spring hinges, or that will hold up well to wear and tear. I’d also ask about warranties, both for the frames and for the lenses – the lenses get so scratched up, and prescriptions can change quickly, so it’s good to know what warranties are available. I’d also think about getting a second pair if that’s possible. Given how quickly glasses can break or get scratched, it’s nice to have a back up pair.

Good luck!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:21:05 +0000

Hi, Thanks for all of the great information on this blog! My son just turned four and was just diagnosed with +7 farsightedness and astigmatism this week. It has all been a little overwhelming. We go to get glasses on Monday! Any advice on what to avoid or look out for?? This is all so new, I have no clue what to look for! Thanks!