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Penelope sits in the floor and exams a slime jar.

Milestone Monday — Penelope

Penelope is doing amazing things since starting with VIPS! This little lady has a coloboma and amblyopia. She is finally tolerating her patch and starting to really use her weaker eye. She is starting to coordinate use of her eyes with her extremities and to look above her head! She is usually very hesitant with…

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Myles is focusing intently on brightly colored window clings on a lightbox.

Milestone Monday — Myles

We are so excited to celebrate Myles, a determined little learner with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Myles recently received a lightbox on loan from VIPS, and the results have been nothing short of spectacular! With the help of his amazing family—who are pros at setting up colorful visual targets—Myles is working hard on using his…

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Screenshot from video of Jaxton using his walker.

Milestone Monday — Jaxton

This is Jaxton, and he has a diagnosis of Septo-Optic Dysplasia. He is using a walker to be mobile at the public library and to explore his environment. We are celebrating his milestone of using the walker to move independently. His parents do a wonderful job of encouraging him to explore and try new things.…

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Phoenix sits on the floor and is placing multicolored plastic balls in his microwave.

Milestone Monday — Phoenix

Phoenix is our first #MilestoneMonday of 2026, and he has been working on his container play, his way! His parents had a problem to solve—his love for the microwave. The solution was to give him his own to play with, unplugged, of course. This evolved into a new form of container play, using the microwave…

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