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- AER Online
International professional association for people assisting in the education and rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired.
1703 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 440; Alexandria, VA 22311 USA
- Access Technology Institute
Specializing in high-quality, readily available, on-line training for blind and visually impaired computer users.
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
The AAO is an international member association of more than 25,000 ophthalmologists,
physicians who provide comprehensive eye care, including medical, surgical and optical care. This site provides authoritative information about eye care for
the public, and serves the professional needs of the Academy's members.
PO Box 7424; San Francisco, California 94120-7424 USA
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American Council of the Blind
The ACB is the nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired people. It
was founded in 1961 and incorporated in the District of Columbia.
1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 720; Washington, DC 20005
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American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind--the organization to which Helen Keller devoted over 40 years of her life--is a national nonprofit whose mission is to eliminate the inequities faced by the 10 million Americans who are blind or visually impaired.
- Braille Bug
An interactive channel on AFB's web site, created to teach sighted children about braille, and to encourage literacy among all children--sighted and visually impaired.
- Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB)
The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness is the international, interdisciplinary journal of record on blindness and visual
impairment that publishes scholarship and information and serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas, airing of controversies, and discussion of
issues.
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Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
The ACBVI serves adults who are either legally blind or visually
impaired as well as those who have a degenerative eye condition which may eventually become a visual impairment.
3100 East Roosevelt St.; Phoenix, Arizona 85008 USA
- Assistance Dogs
includes guide, hearing, therapy, seizure, and service dogs.
- Associated Services for the Blind
The ASB, serves the local Philadelphia and South Jersey areas and beyond.
919 Walnut Street; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 USA
- Audio-Reader
Radio for the blind and print-disabled. The Kansas Audio-Reader Network exists to provide print-disabled citizens with access to the printed
word and other information via electronic media and other technologies.
- Blind Childrens Center Inc.BCC
A family-centered agency serving children with visual impairments.
4120 Marathon Street, Los Angeles, California 90029-3584 USA
- BLIND CITIZENS AUSTRALIA
The united voice of blind and vision-impaired Australians.
87 High Street; Prahran VIC 3181; Australia
- Blind Related Links
contains extensive listings of Blind and VI related links on the internet. Includes organizations, commercial listings, adaptive equipment, braille and
mobility, medical, government, etext, and employment.
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Blindness Related Resources
Index of blindness related resources. Includes listings of home pages of blind individuals, organizations by and for the blind, adaptive equipment
manufacturers and vendors, etc.
- Braille Institute
Provides free services and programs for legally blind children and adults in the greater Southern California area.
- Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
A national voluntary agency providing services to individuals across Canada to whom loss of vision is a central problem in personal and social adjustments.
- Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology. Columbia University.
New York, New York USA
- Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill (CIB/OH)
The Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill provides community-based education, residential and vocational programs for people with
visual impairments and multiple disabilities.
Hartford, Connecticut 06112 USA
- DB-LINK
The National Information Clearinghouse On Children Who Are Deaf-Blind, is a federally funded information and referral service that
identifies, coordinates, and disseminates information related to children (birth to 21 yrs of age) who are deaf-blind. DB-LINK is available to anyone--parents,
consumers, educators, health care professionals, other professionals--needing information on any topic related to deaf-blindness (eg education, communication,
orientation and mobility, medical issues).
345 N Monmouth Ave; Monmouth, Oregon 97361 USA
- Deaf-Blind Perspectives
is a free journal-like publication, published three times yearly by the Teaching Research
Division of Western Oregon State College, focusing on all pertinent issues important to people who are deaf-blind, and the people who serve them.
Teaching Research
345 N. Monmouth Ave.; Monmouth, Oregon 97344 USA
- DIALOGUE Magazine
a publication of Blindskills, Inc.
Salem, Oregon USA
- Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum's Home Page
At The University of Arizona
- Dyslexia: The Gift. Information and Resources for Dyslexia
Davis Dyslexia Association: Information about dyslexia and creativity, and effective methods to overcome academic problems. This site also has links in
several different languages.
- About Visual Impairments
from the University of Minnesota.
- Ohio Center for Deafblind Education
The OCDBE formerly known as the
GLARCDBE provides services in Ohio for individuals, birth through 21 years, with deafblindness, including free collaborative technical assistance to families, educational personnel and service providers through training and information dissemination. The OCDBE offers innovative approaches to the education of children and youth with deafblindness.
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LASIK Information
Icons at the bottom allow viewing in several different languages such as Spanish and Italian.
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KSSB
Kansas State School for the Blind
Kansas City, Kansas 66102 USA
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Macular Degeneration Foundation MDF
This site educates about coping with impaired or lost central vision caused by macular degeneration; research on genetic and other causes of the disease; and
developments in treatment and adaptive technology.
The MDF, was established to educate people about age-related macular degeneration; the major cause of impaired vision and blindness in people
over 65, and the less common inherited forms of macular degeneration, which affect children and young adults.
- Macular Degeneration Network
This site is dedicated to helping the patients who suffer from macular degeneration and the health professionals who care for them.
115 East 61st Street 5B; NY, New York 10021 USA
- National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
NAPVI is a non-profit organization of, by and for parents committed to
providing support to the parents of children who have visual impairments. In addition to a directory of on-line parents, you will also find a NAPVI discussion
forum and on-line chat room (NAPVI CrossRoads) where parents can post/read messages or arrange to meet real-time to discuss anything they please.
PO Box 317; Watertown, Massachusetts 02272 USA
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National Association for Visually Handicapped
The NAVH serves the unique needs of those who are visually impaired,
visually handicapped, a little bit blind. This site is not just for the "HARD OF SEEING®" but for those with family and friends that need
everything from large print books to the latest on their particular condition.
22 West 21st Street; New York, NY 10010 USA
- NBCS
National Blind Childrens Society
- NEI
National Eye Institute
2020 Vision Place; Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3655 USA
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NFB
National Federation of the Blind.
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NLB
National Library for the Blind.
Trustees from the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) and the National Library for the Blind (NLB) have agreed to merge the library services of both charities as of 1 January 2007, creating the new RNIB National Library Service.
- National Library Service
NLS for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; Library of Congress. NLS administers a free
library program of braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating libraries.
- NYISE Blindness Resource Center
The New York Institute for Special Education
999 Pelham Parkway Bronx, New York 10469 USA
- Parents of Visually Impaired New Zealand (PVI NZ)
The non-profit advocacy and support organization P.V.I. provides information and networking for parents of visually impaired children in New Zealand.
- Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic(RFB&D)
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic is a national non-profit organization that serves people who cannot read standard print because of a visual, perceptual
or other physical disability.
- RLSB
The Royal London Society for the Blind is committed to empowering people with a visual impairment to lead independent lives through the provision of high quality education, training and employment services.
- RNIB
Royal National Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom
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Science Access Project
The SAP is dedicated to development of technologies that promote full accessibility of electronic
information by future generations of people with print disabilities. "Print disabilities" include low vision, blindness, and dyslexia. Primary funding for
the
Science Access Project, Oregon State University, comes from the National Science Foundation
- Overview of the Science Access Project research areas
- Index of Science Access Project Research Topics
- Publications of the Science Access Project
Includes Proceedings of the 1997 CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities,
Los Angeles, CA, March 1997
- Sensory Information Service
The SIS formerly VIS is a UK-wide, easy to
use publicly accessible database and information service for all those in and concerned with the visually impaired community.
SIS is produced at the Scottish Sensory Centre in Edinburgh.
Moray House Institute of Education
Edinburgh; EH8 8AQ
- Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
The largest self-help organization of people with a total or severe visual handicap in Switzerland.
- TCB
The Texas Commission for the Blind is now part of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
4800 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite #340; Austin, Texas 78756-3178 USA
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
"We envision a society in which equality of all persons is not sought through conscious effort, but is an accepted fact." -- Dr. Phil Hatlen, Superintendent.
The TSBVI Web site reflects the schools vision of serving as a leading center of educational expertise for students with visual impairments.
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The Hadley School for the Blind
Non-profit international distance education school. Tuition-free courses for blind adults and family members of blind children and adults.
Winnetka, Illinois 60093-0299 USA
- The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Established in 1847, is accredited by state and national certifying organizations. The School is administered by the State Department of Health and receives
its funding from the State of Indiana. Pre-school through high school programs are offered free of charge on a residential or day school basis, to the young
people of Indiana who are blind and visually impaired.
7725 N. College Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA
- TravelVision
Orientation & Mobility Services. Blindness resources, orientation and mobility training for blind and low-vision adults, sighted guide instruction,
seminars for health-care professionals, Other Vision e-zines.
PO Box 10763; Glendale, California 91209-0763 USA
- V.I. Guide
is a parent's guide to resources about visual impairments. Information about organizations that serve the visually impaired, educational issues, laws and
legislation, technology and more!
- Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
The VSDB, established in 1839, provides comprehensive educational services to deaf,
hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired children from birth to 22 years of age who reside in the western part of the state and require specialized
instruction not available in local public schools.
- Vision Australia
In 2004 Australia's first truly national blindness agency, Vision Australia was formed following the merger of the Royal Blind Society (RBS), the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB) and Vision Australia Foundation (VAF).
Vision Australia provides a wide range of services for people who are blind or vision impaired.
- VisionAWARE Self-Help for Vision Loss
is a web site with a wealth of information designed to enhance quality of life and independence for people who are blind or have low vision.
- Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group of New York City (VICUG NYC
is a consortium of blind and visually impaired people who want to maintain up-to-date knowledge about computer technology. Network members pool knowledge and
resources to help themselves and each other function at their best in this fast-moving electronic age.
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- Phone Monocle
Accessories magnifying cell phone displays for easier viewing, for the elderly, visually impaired and available in several colors.
- Abacus Attack
Game for Blind and Low Vision Students.
- Ackley Appliance Service
COMPLETE Perkins Brailler repair. Since 1975, Alan Ackley has reconditioned more than 2000 Braillers for individuals, schools, and agencies in over forty
states.
4301 Park Avenue #540; Des Moines, Iowa 50321 USA
- Ai Squared
develops software for the visually impaired. Two low-vision products offered are ZoomText and VisAbility.
Manchester Center, Vermont 05255 USA
- The Visual-Tech Connection
Aladdin low vision solutions (Video Magnifiers and Reading Machines) available from The Visual-Tech Connection.
8174 Rookery Way, PO Box 1996; Westerville, Ohio 43086 USA
- ALVA Access Group, Inc.
The American branch of ALVA BV of Holland located in Emeryville, CA
- Ann Morris Enterprises Inc.
One stop shopping for talking products, electronics and safety, housewares, kitchen, microwave, novelties, pet supplies, leather goods and more. Products for
people with vision loss whether partially sighted or blind.
551 Hosner Mountain Rd.; Stormville, NY 12582 USA
- American Printing House
The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., founded in 1858, is the world's largest company devoted solely to creating products for
people who are blind and visually impaired.
1839 Frankfort Ave; PO Box 6085; Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085 USA
- AROGA Group
Canadian Resources for Persons with Disabilities. The largest selection of low vision and blindness access products in Canada. A broad range of products for
the physically disabled, print disabled, learning disabled and non-verbal.
1611 Welch St.; North Vancouver, BC V7P 3G9 Canada
- Assis-TECH Inc.
Your Single Source for Assistive Technology Ergonomic Products and Environmental Controls!
104A Eagleville Road; Orange, Massachusetts 01364 USA
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American Thermoform Corporation
The American Thermoform Corporation offers blind and visually impaired products.
1758 Brackett Street, La Verne, California 91750 USA
- Autofold Inc.
manufactures consumer products such as canes, walking sticks, hiking staffs, folding products (including canes and auto/truck tools), antennas, putters,
target shooting sticks.
Autofold distributes low vision reading tests, electronic travel aids such as laser canes and sonic devices for the visually impaired, orientation and
mobility materials (e.g., Robocane software, textbooks).
Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-6063 USA
- Bossert Specialties Magnification Center
Mail order magnification products for the visually impaired, read write systems, hand held magnifiers, products for low vision.
Phoenix, Arizona, 85018 USA
- Braille Translation with MegaDots
Information on braille, on MegaDots, and the Raised Dot Computing product line.
- BRYTECH Inc.
Brytech Inc. is a leading developer of products that assist the visually-impaired, blind and deaf-blind such as a cost-effective vital-signs monitor and Note
Teller, a compact, portable bank note reader.
600 Peter Morand Crescent, Suite 240; Ottawa ON K1G 5Z3
- Computers for Handicapped Independence Program
C.H.I.Ps provides information on software and hardware for persons with varied limitations either in motor, vision, learning, hearing, or
cognitive skills. This information service is provided via the Internet free to those requesting the service via e-mail.
- Contact Lenses
Low prices on all brands of contact lenses. The exact same contact lenses prescribed by your doctor, delivered to you for less.
- Beyond braille with DotsPlus
a full tactile font set.
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Nuance Communications, Inc, formerly ScanSoft, offers PC and MAC speech recognition software such as NaturallySpeaking.
Offerings include dictation, telephony, vertical market add-ons and developers' tools.
- Duxbury Systems
develops and markets software for braille in several languages on MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Unix and other systems.
- Enabling Technologies Company
Manufacturer of Braille embossers. Braille embossers for the smallest home office, the largest commercial publisher, and everyone in between.
1601 Northeast Braille Place; Jensen Beach, Florida 34957 USA
- Eurisco Information Systems, Switzerland
Eurisco Information Systems is a young Swiss software house active in the field of rehabilitation technology for visually impaired PC users.
- Freedom of Speech, Inc.
Freedom of Speech, Inc. is a full service provider of Assistive Computer Technology (ACT) products.
5100 Eden Avenue, Suite 204; Edina, Minnesota 55436 USA
- Freedom Scientific
Freedom Scientific (formerly Arkenstone, Henter-Joyce and Blazie) is a leading provider of reading systems for people with visual and reading disabilities.
- Frontier Computing
Sales and support company for people who are blind or have low vision.
- gamesfortheblind.com
Home of Accessible Games!
- HumanWare
Specializes in assistive technology for persons who have difficulties reading print due to blindness, low vision, or learning and/or reading
disabilities.
Low Vision, Braille, Optical Scanners and Speech Products.
175 Mason Circle; Concord, California 94520 USA
- Gus Communications, Inc.
Software for speech, communication disorders and physical disabilities.
1006 Lonetree Court; Bellingham, Washington 98226-3167 USA
- Independent Living Aids
National distributor of aids to people who are blind or visually impaired.
27 East Mall; Plainview, New York 11803 USA
- Infogrip Inc.
The BAT Personal Keyboard is the World's best selling One Hand Keyboard. A fully functional keyboard for one hand. The BAT Personal Keyboard replaces the
entire keyboard, while only requiring the use of one hand.
1141 E. Main Street; Ventura, California 93001 USA
- Innoventions, Inc.
Since 1990, Innoventions has supplied the Magni-Cam Electronic Magnifier to thousands to help with low vision.
5921 S. Middlefield Road, Suite 102; Littleton, Colorado 80123 USA
- LevelStar
Manufacturer and distributer of the Icon Mobile Manager, a pocket-sized PDA and notetaker for the blind and visually impaired.
1500 Cherry Street; Suite D; Louisville, Colorado 80027 USA
- NanoPac Inc.
Computer Assistive Technology for People Who Are Disabled. NanoPac supplies computer related products and services for individuals with disabilities. Some of
the items provided are environmental controls, voice activation, low vision, blindness products, augmentative communications, voice recognition, speech
synthesis, text to speech, switches and switch mounts.
4823 South Sheridan Road; Suite 302; Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145-5717 USA
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National Association for Visually Handicapped
The NAVH serves the unique needs of those who are visually impaired,
visually handicapped, a little bit blind. This site is not just for the "HARD OF SEEING®" but for those with family and friends that need
everything from large print books to the latest on their particular condition.
22 West 21st Street; New York, NY 10010 USA
- Optelec US, Inc.
Since 1985, has developed innovative products that have helped thousands of people with low vision read and write again....independently.
Westford, Massachusetts USA
- OVAC Vision-Aide
Electronic magnifiers for the vision impaired & partially sighted; CCTV magnifier reading system. For impaired vision or low vision readers. The OVAC
Vision-Aide personal reading system magnifies printed reading material and displays it on your TV set.
67-555 E. Palm Canyon Dr. Unit C-103; Cathedral City, California 92234 USA
- Parrot S.A.
An engineering and manufacturing company based in France specializing in portable voice recognition products and applications. We develop and design both the
software and the computerized components that are used in such devices as speech operated organizers, personal electronic assistants, hands free car
telephone kits, and speak-to-dial devices.
28 rue Meslay; 75003 PARIS - FRANCE
- Pip Squeakers baby shoes - aid for BVI toddlers & BVI parents
Parents can HEAR whenever baby is on the move, always knowing baby is close-by and safe.
These baby shoes softly squeak as each foot touches down. A parenting aid that promotes SAFETY and a baby product that encourages FIRST STEPS.
- Quantum Technology
is an Australian company specializing in the development, manufacture and distribution of technology solutions for people with vision impairment such as the
Mountbatten Brailler.
PO Box 390; Rydalmere, New South Wales Australia
- Repro-Tronics Inc.
is the designer and manufacturer of the Tactile Image Enhancer, Flexi - Paper tactile imaging paper, the Thermo Pen II, and Tactile AudioGRAPHICS. These
products are designed to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in the creation and understanding of tactile graphic images. Explore this site and gain
an understanding of how each of these unique products can assist in deciphering and designing tactile images.
WestWood, New Jersey 07675 USA
- Seedlings Braille Books for Children
Seedlings is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy by providing high quality, low cost braille books for children.
- Sighted Electronics, Inc.
Providers of computer systems and adaptive technology for persons with blindness and visual impairments. We carry a full line of braille prints, braille
translation and screen access software.
Northvale, New Jersey 07647 USA
- STEP ON IT! Keyboard Control Pedals
Ergonomic foot switches to lessen wrist stresses associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), or Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), and for use by the
handicapped and disabled.
Bilbo Innovations, Inc.
1290 Oakmead Parkway, #118; Sunnyvale, California 94086 USA
- Tack-Tiles® Home Page
Tack-Tiles® Braille Systems are an exceptional aid to learning, teaching, communicating, and recreation. Tack-Tiles® are interchangeable with
standard LEGO®-type blocks. They provide a unique bridge, a smoother, shorter, more interesting path to Braille literacy.
- Telesensory Corporation
Products include Video Magnifiers (CCTV) and Scanners (OCR).
520 Almanor Avenue; Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA
- The Braillery
"We repair, clean and recondition all makes of braille writers and serve the individual as well as schools and agencies".
- The vOICe Learning Edition
Vision Substitution Software for the Blind. The vOICe Learning Edition for Windows-95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP, . The vOICe software
translates images from a digital camera (webcam) into sounds that you hear via your headphones, thus targeting vision substitution.
 Now offering a FREE download!
- Travel Tales: A Mobility Storybook
has been on the market since l988, and continues to get high grades from mobility instructors, vision teachers, parents, and blind students themselves.
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