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.
Media Details
Runtime: 58 minutes 48 seconds
- 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
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- 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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