Welcome to NC-APVI! We are a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing information
and resources relating to raising children who are blind or visually impaired.
We are the parents and extended family of children with vision impairments
as well as professionals who work with families of students who are blind or visually impaired.
NC-APVI is an affiliate of NAPVI, the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments.
NC-APVI is a non-profit, independent organization that includes families and professionals. NC-APVI enables families to find information and resources for their children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities. We provide leadership, support, and training to assist families in helping children reach their full potential.
NC-APVI is dedicated to:
- Initiating outreach programs
- Advocating for the educational needs and welfare of families of children who are blind or visually impaired
Benefits to members include:
- You will receive our quarterly publication "Awareness" which is filled with resource information for families of children with visual impairments.
- Information on local, regional, and national conferences.
- Updated information on legislation that affects the education of our children.
- Increase public awareness concerning specific needs of our children.
- Foster communication and coordination of services among federal, state, and local agencies and organizations involved with people with visual impairments.
- Opportunity to contribute to an endowment fund to secure NAPVI's mission.
"Parents must regard themselves as the long-lasting resource and the only consistent persons who continually have the child's interest at heart throughout their lifetime.
This organization now is a means to help them fulfill that function."
- Lee Robinson, Founding President, NAPVI
