Jason's Success Story

Iowa Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (IAPVI) is a parent support group directed entirely by parents. IAPVI provides the opportunity for parents to get support and ideas from other parents who are raising a child with a visual impairment and going through 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 for Parents of 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 by-laws, incorporated, started the process for 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 and another youth designed our IAPVI logo.

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