Iowa Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (IAPVI) is a parent support group directly entirely by parents. IAPVI provides the opportunity for parents to get support and ideas from other parents who are raising a child with visual impairment and going though many of the same experiences. It's also an opportunity for the children to get together and share some of their concerns, accomplishments, and advice.

Jason: "Together with a few families, in 2004 my wife, Anita and I helped create Iowa Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (IAPVI), the Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Parents with Children with Visual Impairments. A colleague and I traveled across the state to recruit members and within a year, more than thirty families were participating. Since that first meeting, we have written bylaws, incorporated, started the process of becoming a non-profit group, and produced a newsletter for parents and kids. IAPVI currently supports a mentoring program created by a youth in our group. Another youth designed our IAPVI logo."