Children need a lot of support when they begin or return to school after treatment for cancer. Child Life Specialist and Elementary School Teacher, Meagan Fuller, explores how child life specialists in schools can help children with retinoblastoma adjust to school life, understand their experience, and find healthy ways to talk with peers about their cancer and visual impairment.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Large-floor-table-cloth-board-game-whole-group-playing-CRRAB-2020-scaled.jpg19202560Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-11-09 08:00:052026-11-09 08:00:13Child Life Specialists in Schools: Supporting Children With Cancer
The vibrant San Antonio Riverwalk set the stage for the 8th One Retinoblastoma World conference, uniting over 200 guests from 9 countries and 23 US states in person and over 130 virtual attendees. In part one of a three-part series, Event Chair and WE C Hope USA President, Marissa D. Gonzalez, captures highlights from this landmark gathering.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/5.-Cassi-Jo-Brenda-Kahaki-Susa.jpg16002400Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-10-26 08:00:492026-11-02 11:30:53The Lone Star State Welcomes One Retinoblastoma World 2026: Day One Review
Young children are often overwhelmed by big emotions in the natural process of their development. When they face ongoing stressors like cancer or a pandemic, giving them support, tools and skills to learn about and work through their emotions is critical. Child life specialist Rebekah Reimer provides some practical guidance to help.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/When-Sadness-is-at-Your-Door-Book-scaled.jpg19472560Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-10-12 08:00:332026-10-12 08:00:36How to Help Your Child Work Through BIG Emotions
How do you Love Your Eyes? World Sight Day encourages us to prevent eye disease with a healthy lifestyle, protect our eyes with small daily actions, preserve vision with regular eye exams, and help others prioritize eye health. Bilateral Rb Survivor. Abby White shares 10 ways you can love your eyes and help WE C Hope bring eye exams to children around the world.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Closeup-of-boy-brown-eye.jpg12602140Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-10-05 08:00:032026-10-05 08:00:1010 Ways to Love Your Eyes – and One to Help Change Children’s Lives
Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma is vital to save a child’s life and sight with minimally invasive therapies. But achieving early diagnosis is neither simple nor easy. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, explores various routes to awareness and diagnosis, and how they can impact patient care.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/A4Pposter.jpg33722623Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-09-28 08:00:532026-09-28 08:01:39How Do We Achieve Early Diagnosis of Retinoblastoma?
Childhood eye cancer affects the whole family, often throughout life. Children often carry many worries alone, with potentially negative impacts on their wellbeing and development. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, and Child Life Specialist, Morgan Livingstone, highlight why early, ongoing family support is vital, and introduce the wonderful Worry Eaters who are hungry to help children thrive.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Worry-Eaters-Flint.jpg667940Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-09-14 08:00:062026-03-09 13:46:42When Worries Feel Too Big: How Worry Eaters Help Children Carry Less Through Cancer Care
For twenty years, one little girl has inspired a global movement of advocacy and hope for children with retinoblastoma, survivors, families, and all who walk beside them. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, reflects on carrying Rati’s legacy. She explores the joy, burden, and enduring purpose of sustaining hope while caring for others.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Rati-RMH-Thumbs-Up.jpg10001500Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-08-31 08:00:282026-08-30 23:42:02Twenty Years of Rati’s Legacy: The Light and Weight of Carrying Hope
Child life can profoundly impact a child’s experience of retinoblastoma, and their quality of life. However, many children treated at specialist retinoblastoma centres lack child life support, and their parents feel unsupported, compared with other cancer patients. Abby White explores the challenges and ways to overcome them.
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Breastfeeding is one of the many decisions parents navigate when their baby or toddler has retinoblastoma. Paediatric nurse and child life specialist, Cindy Pilchuk, explores the benefits and challenges of breastfeeding through treatment, with practical tips for continuing or re-starting breastfeeding, weaning after diagnosis, maintaining milk supply, and comfort supports for both mother and child.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mother-Breastfeeding-Baby.jpg16672500Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-08-03 08:00:422026-08-03 08:00:52Breastfeeding When Your Child Has Retinoblastoma
Children affected by retinoblastoma carry emotional experiences that quietly shape how they see themselves. Thoughtful guidance can transform potential challenges into opportunities for growth and self-belief. Child Life Specialist Morgan Livingstone and WE C Hope CEO Abby White introduce personal story books as a creative, nurturing way to help children explore identity, build self-esteem, and celebrate who they are.
https://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SP-books-Kim-and-Sylvie-scaled.jpg19202560Abby Whitehttps://wechope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WeCH-Logo-web2.jpgAbby White2026-07-20 08:00:152026-01-14 20:00:13Personal Story Books: Empower Your Child to Celebrate Who They Are
Child Life Specialists in Schools: Supporting Children With Cancer
Children need a lot of support when they begin or return to school after treatment for cancer. Child Life Specialist and Elementary School Teacher, Meagan Fuller, explores how child life specialists in schools can help children with retinoblastoma adjust to school life, understand their experience, and find healthy ways to talk with peers about their cancer and visual impairment.
The Lone Star State Welcomes One Retinoblastoma World 2026: Day One Review
The vibrant San Antonio Riverwalk set the stage for the 8th One Retinoblastoma World conference, uniting over 200 guests from 9 countries and 23 US states in person and over 130 virtual attendees. In part one of a three-part series, Event Chair and WE C Hope USA President, Marissa D. Gonzalez, captures highlights from this landmark gathering.
How to Help Your Child Work Through BIG Emotions
Young children are often overwhelmed by big emotions in the natural process of their development. When they face ongoing stressors like cancer or a pandemic, giving them support, tools and skills to learn about and work through their emotions is critical. Child life specialist Rebekah Reimer provides some practical guidance to help.
10 Ways to Love Your Eyes – and One to Help Change Children’s Lives
How do you Love Your Eyes? World Sight Day encourages us to prevent eye disease with a healthy lifestyle, protect our eyes with small daily actions, preserve vision with regular eye exams, and help others prioritize eye health. Bilateral Rb Survivor. Abby White shares 10 ways you can love your eyes and help WE C Hope bring eye exams to children around the world.
How Do We Achieve Early Diagnosis of Retinoblastoma?
Early diagnosis of retinoblastoma is vital to save a child’s life and sight with minimally invasive therapies. But achieving early diagnosis is neither simple nor easy. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, explores various routes to awareness and diagnosis, and how they can impact patient care.
When Worries Feel Too Big: How Worry Eaters Help Children Carry Less Through Cancer Care
Childhood eye cancer affects the whole family, often throughout life. Children often carry many worries alone, with potentially negative impacts on their wellbeing and development. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, and Child Life Specialist, Morgan Livingstone, highlight why early, ongoing family support is vital, and introduce the wonderful Worry Eaters who are hungry to help children thrive.
Twenty Years of Rati’s Legacy: The Light and Weight of Carrying Hope
For twenty years, one little girl has inspired a global movement of advocacy and hope for children with retinoblastoma, survivors, families, and all who walk beside them. WE C Hope CEO, Abby White, reflects on carrying Rati’s legacy. She explores the joy, burden, and enduring purpose of sustaining hope while caring for others.
Child Life in Retinoblastoma Care
Child life can profoundly impact a child’s experience of retinoblastoma, and their quality of life. However, many children treated at specialist retinoblastoma centres lack child life support, and their parents feel unsupported, compared with other cancer patients. Abby White explores the challenges and ways to overcome them.
Breastfeeding When Your Child Has Retinoblastoma
Breastfeeding is one of the many decisions parents navigate when their baby or toddler has retinoblastoma. Paediatric nurse and child life specialist, Cindy Pilchuk, explores the benefits and challenges of breastfeeding through treatment, with practical tips for continuing or re-starting breastfeeding, weaning after diagnosis, maintaining milk supply, and comfort supports for both mother and child.
Personal Story Books: Empower Your Child to Celebrate Who They Are
Children affected by retinoblastoma carry emotional experiences that quietly shape how they see themselves. Thoughtful guidance can transform potential challenges into opportunities for growth and self-belief. Child Life Specialist Morgan Livingstone and WE C Hope CEO Abby White introduce personal story books as a creative, nurturing way to help children explore identity, build self-esteem, and celebrate who they are.