Alfonso Family: Allie, Age 8, Peter's Anomaly

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Alexandra Alfonso is anything but shy. This precocious eight-year-old is confident, feisty, and enjoys showing off her math skills. Alexandra, Allie, as she likes to be called, was born with Peter's Anomaly, a glaucoma-like condition that resulted in an opaque left eye that has significant vision loss and a right eye that's a prosthetic.

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Runtime: 5 minutes

Topic: Blind Life, Counseling and Self-Help, Health and Safety, Home and Family
Subtopic: Blind - General, Disabilities, Diseases and Conditions, Family Life
Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT -
Release Year: 2008
Producer/Distributor: FamilyConnect
Series: Raising a Visually Impaired Child: Personal Stories From Parents, Siblings, and Children With Visual Impairments

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