Great Information Sources For the Blind & Visually impaired
provided by The Chocolate Experience Home Page: [www.chocobraille.com]
[Tom Bacanti's Outpost, lots of information &
links for the blind]
[Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc. products to make your life
easier!]
[Cathy's Newstand - Great source for news
enterteinment & much more]
[Dialoque Magazine Support Group
style large entertainment & resource sections]
[Ron Marriage's extensive blind
related links]
[W3 Access for Blind and Visually
Impaired Computer Users]
[Blind Net Home Page
[ Tack-Tiles® Braille Systems - a unique
LEGO®-type Brailled blocks ]
[Humboldt County 4-H Guide DOg Puppy
Raisers]
[Jeff Redding's Homepage]
[ "Hits To Sales" - Internet Marketing
Strategies]
[ "Blindness Resources from the The NY
Institute for Special Education]
[ The Visually Impaired Information Center ]
http://www.duxburysystems.com/demodl.html
- braille translation
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rowan/marjorie-crafts.html
books on line
guide dog music
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MD
Support provides information and support for people dealing with macular
degeneration and related diseases of the retina which lead to blindness
or other vision impairment. http://www.mdsupport.org
Bavisoft.
Software for the blind and visually impaired. Introducing audio games
created purely with sound imagery. http://www.bavisoft.com
SETI
Speech Friendly Search Engine http://www.seti-search.com/
Free
Web-Based Braille Transcribing Service http://www.hotbraille.com
Software
and touch-sensitive tactile input devices for spelling and text input
that can really help young blind children on the computer. http://www.rjcooper.com/blind
- This is a small listing of information that I have pulled from another page, hope it helps.
American Printing
House for the Blind
Ann Morris
Catalog
Beyond
Sight
The
Chocolate Experience (featuring Choco-braille!)
Independent
Living Aids
LS&S Group
Maxi Aids
Adaptive Technology
- Adaptive Computer
Technology Centre (ACT)
- Alliance for Public Technology (APT)
- Alliance for Technology Access
community-based resource centers in the US, teaching children and adults
with disabilities
- Assistive
Technology On-Line
- Benton Foundation's Communications
Policy Program
- Center for Applied Special Technologies
(CAST) whose mission is to expand opportunities for people with
disabilities through innovative multimedia computer technology.
-
Bobby, a graphical web-based program designed to help web site
designers and graphic artists make their web pages accessible by the
largest number of people.
- Access
Technology at MIT
- Adaptive Technology
Resource Centre , part of the Information Commons Dept., University of
Toronto, Canada.
- Assistive
Technology
- Assistive
Technology For The Disabled Computer User
- ADA Information Center On-Line
- ADA &
Disability Information
- ABLEDATA Assistive
Technology Database
- Audio Description
- The Archimedes Project Improve
access to information for individuals with disabilities by influencing the
early design stages of tomorrow's technology.
- Blind
Computer Use - by and for the Blind
- Computers
Resources for the Disabled
- Descriptive Video Service home page
DVS
- DVS:
A New Service for the Blind and Visually Impaired gopher
- Equal Access to Software and
Information
- Equal Access to
Software and Information gopher
- Workstation
for Access to Math for Blind Users by Cahill, McCarthy gopher
- Stereo
lithography Models for Blind Scientists by Skawinski, et. al. gopher
- Books
for Blind Scientists by Barry, et. al. Gopher
- Blind
Information Resources Gopher
- Blind
Access Systems Gopher
- Australian
Royal Society Interface for Blind Users Gopher
- American
Printing House for the Blind Gopher
1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
(502) 895-2405
800-223-1839
(502) 899-2274 fax
- First Line Services ADA
compliant workstations, command and control for hands-free computing,
professional dictation systems, and braille and voice synthesis.
- IBM
Special Needs Gopher
- Disabilities
Access Online
- DOS WWW Browser - Lynx FTP
site
- Handicap Software FTP
- JFW Mailist Archive
and Support Ran by Nick Allen, this is the Ultimate JAWS/JFW site, bar
none, Nick moderates the JFW maillist and you can subscribe online at this
site. Great source for macros, scripts, tips, compatable software and
more.
- Speech Friendly
Software from Kansys, Inc. including Turbo Braille Contains many items
that are not shareware products; no fee is required or expected for using,
copying, or modifying any of them. Look for files with names like
MEMO10.ZIP (the Memo DataBase Program), NAMES35.ZIP (the NAMES DataBase
Program), ABRL15.ZIP (AutoBraille 1.5), PRVX61.ZIP (Provox 6.1), and
BARB11.ZIP (Barb The Browser 1.1 and related utilities).
- The Speech Friendly Web
Site! Speech Friendly Software
- Olivetti FTP Handicap
- Seaside Education Associates, Inc. Home
Automation
- Sensory
Disability Research Unit, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- University of Missouri -
Columbia Adaptive Computing Technology Center
- University
of Toronto Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
- The
vOICe Learning Edition - Seeing with your Ears free evaluation
software
- Windows Tips
for Users with Low Vision If your a new Windows User then this should
be your first stop.
- WWW
Alternative Access
- Math
Project - TIDE project project to build workstations making
mathematics accessible to blind and V.I. (University of York)
- National Center for Accessible
Media
- White Paper: PDF and
the Visually Impaired
- Handicap
Software Archive gopher
- UCLA Disability Computing
Programs gopher
- The Amazon Online Bookstore Thousands
of books and audio cassette books to order online.
- B&R SAMIZDAT EXPRESS, index
(Richard Seltzer) "Vanilla Press" books on diskette for
National Braille Press.
- The Braille Monitor
- Blind
People's access to graphics Publications
- Bibles for the Blind and
Visually Handicapped Braille, Large Print, audio, or computer formats
available. Other links also.
- Full-text
Bibles and Other Scriptures on the Internet A wide variety of Bibles
and scriptures is available, includes search capability and downloads
- Choice Magazine
Listening A free service that provides audio tapes of current magazine
articles to people who are blind, visually impaired or unable to read
because of other physical limitations. CML offers outstanding articles,
short stories and poetry selected from over 100 current magazines 6 times
a year.
- Archive
of ``blind-l'' mailing list archive of `Computer Use by and for the
Blind'
- Dialogue magazine published
by Blindskills, Inc., a non-profit organization in Salem, Oregon. Issues
and lifestyles of the blind and Visually impaired. (Excellent)
- The Disabled Outreach Journal
- Book Port offers
internet access to online editions of books.
- Cathy's Newstand Accessible
newspapers and magazines. Excellent Site.
- Electronic
Books
- Electronic
Magazines
- Online Magazines
- On Line Magazines
- Ecola's Newsstand --
Computer Publications
- Datamation Online magazine on
the internet and more. Check speech friendly link.
- Heiskell
Library for the Blind
- University of
Cincinnati Libraries
- Movements, the opthalmic newsletter from
Integrated Orbital Implants, Inc. (IOI) On-Line the most comprehensive
source of information on ocular implants, artificial eyes, and care of the
anophthalmic patient.
- Newspapers For the
Blind in Canada
- RFB&D National Recordings for the
Blind and Dyslexic. Includes old gopher server
Phone 800-221-4792 - - FAX (609) 987-8116
- RFB's On-line Catalog Telnet
- RFB&D Resources California
branch of Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic. LA based page
- RFB
(Recording For the Blind) (Computerized Books for the Blind) Gopher
- Speaking Theaters Books
for the Blind-Sweden
- Search
Handicap Digest Archive
- handicap news bbs archives. check
the Index
First.
- Verbiage
Magazine New Stories and Authors, Submit a story yourself.
- New York State Talking Book
and Braille Library
- Internet-On-A-Disk points
to a variety of sites that maintain archives of electronic texts
- OBI Online Book Initiative gopher
- OBI Online Book Initiative FTP
- Alex: Electronic Books gopher
- Talking Book Topics Bi-Monthly List
gopher
- Electronic
Texts on the Internet a Source listing
- Libraries
for the blind and visually impaired
- Electronic Books FTP
- Macmillan
Computer Publishing Online Books
- The Moonlit Road both text
and streaming audio versions (Real Audio and Shockwave formats) of
folktales from throughout the American South, Not only good reading and
listening but a possible source of downloadable braille materials in an
on-line interactive book format.
- Project Gutenberg The primary
goal of Project Gutenberg is to encourage the creation and distribution of
electronic text. They hope to have a trillion etexts in distribution by
the end of 2001.
- Gutenberg Project (electronic
books) FTP
- Seedlings Braille Books for
Children high quality childrens literature at affordable prices.
Phone: 1-800-777-8552
If you are a student doing a project or report for school, Seedlings
offers World Book Encyclopedia articles in braille, Call their 800 number
and they will mail the brailled article to you by free matter within 5
working days.
- U.S. News Text Menu
- The World's 100 Greatest Books audiocassette
collections, also The World's 100 Greatest People.
- Village StoryTapes for the best
audio books on cassette tape!! Rent Or Buy Books.
- A to Z Assistive
Technology A non-profit for people with disabilities.
- Access First Blind
and disabled access methods
- Access-USA
- Text Site is North America's largest fully integrated production
house for all types of alternative format media from braille to
captioning.
- Acrontech offers computer
technology for blind and VI.
- Adaptek Systems Kurzwell,
voice recognition, Voice input & output
- Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc adaptive
products to make like easier
- Apple's
Disability Solutions
- Assistive
Technology Organisations
- Arkenstone's Homepage OCR -
Scanners - Reading Systems
- Alva Access Group, INC. Out Spoken
screen access
- Blazie Engineering makers of Braille N
Speak, Type N Speak, Braille Blazer, screen reading software and more.
Great tech support system.
- Braille Planet, Inc. Creaters
of Mega Dots - braille transcriber and word processor for the blind.
- Bossert Specialties
- Low Vision Products
- The
Chocolate Experience's Speech Friendly Site Choco-Braille
- Clarity Solutions is a
manufacturer of autofocusing video magnifiers/CCTVs for people who are
visually impaired or have low vision. Our video magnifiers include
products that have been designed for the elderly, student and computer
users.
- Commo Chat Page a
live Chat room for Commo, communications program for blind and VI.
- Duxbury Braille Software
products
- Dolphin Computer Access Worldwide
distributors of adaptive computer equipment for people who are blind or
partially sighted, since its inception as Dolphin Systems in the UK in
1986.
Telephone 650 348 7401
Fax 650 348 7403
E-mail sales@dolphinusa.com
- DVS:
A New Service for the Blind and Visually Impaired gopher
- Enabling Technologies Braille
printer manufacturer located in Stuart, FL.
- Evan Kemp Associates Inc Lots of
Disability and ADA material, The more I explore this link the more I find
that I like about it. This is a must surf for the blind and disabled.
- En-Vision America Sells
"I.D. Mate." Located in Normal, IL
- Ferguson Enterprises Specialists
in adaptive computers and technology. Many services and terrific support.
Voice: 605-546-2366, FAX: 605-546-2212
- Frontier Computing Total
Solutions
- GW Micro makers of Vocal-Eyes,
Speak-Out, and Sounding Board. Also provide many other products including
Dragon Systems, Arkenstone, and DEC. Phone 219-489-3671
- INDEX BRAILLE single and
double sided Braille embossers with a printing speed of 150 to 380 PPH
(pages per hour) in the price segment of $2500-$8000 using continuos and
single sheet paper.
Box 155
Hantverksvägen 20
954 23 Gammelstad
Sweden
Ph +46-920 20 30 80
Fax +46-920 20 30 85
E-mail info@indexbraille.com
- InTouch
Graphics, Inc. We design customized tactile and large print maps,
graphs and picture for both blind and low vision audiences.
- JBliss Imaging Systems
- Henter Joyce for JAWS and JAWS for Windows Screen
reading software for blind and VI for DOS, Windows, and Win95. JAWS (Job
Access With Speech) Phone 800-336-5658
- HumanWare, INC. Computer and V.I.
Products.
- IBM
Special Needs GopherFrom Screen Reader Guru Dr. Jim Thatcher
- International Monovision
Association
- Innovative Rehabilitation Technology
- Talking book four track cassette players and recorders, Talking
computers, document readers, calculators, appliances, screen reading
software, speech synthesizers, speech compressors, magnifiers, CCTV, and
recreational products by SONY and other manufacturers.
- JTS Micro Consulting Ltd. Shareware
for Windows. Applications using speech synthesis/recognition. Text
readers, PAM, a Personal Talking Scheduler and more.
- Kurzweil Applied Intelligence a
leader in voice recognition technology.
- LS&S Group Inc. Products for
Visually Impaired
- LAB Resources disability
related computer equipment near Milwaukee.
- Lars
Ballieu Christensen's page Computerised Tools for the Blind
- Magni-Cam from
Innoventions. For low vision.
- Magna Lite is the
original and largest selling illuminated magnifier. lifetime guarantee
- MaxEye Electronic reading
kit for the visually impaired
- MicroTalk Home Page Screen
Reader Software - ASAP for DOS and ASAW for Windows and Win95.
- Microsoft
Accessibility Support
- NCSA Mosaic Access Page for
Blind
- Olive
Tree Software, Inc dealer of adaptive technology for Arkenstone, AICOM,
AI Squared, Blazie, Dragon Systems, Kolvox, etc. serving MO and IL.
- Parrot Accessibility Site voice
activated PDAs and with built-in accessibility options
- Personal Computer Systems develops
computer programs for the blind community. Computer games designed for
blind gamers is their specialty.
- Perspectives
The largest provider of blindness-related services and technology in
New England. Hardware, software, and training.
- The Productivity Works Manufacturer
of pwWebSpeak, an Internet browser which provides both a non-visual,
auditory presentation of the World Wide Web as well as a simplified visual
presentation including large character display.
- Pulse Data InternationalComputer
Equipment for the blind and VI from Australia.
- Quantum Technology Since 1982,
Quantum has been developing and manufacturing innovative technology
solutions for people who are blind and vision impaired.
Telephone: + 61 2 9684 2077
Fax: + 61 2 9684 4717
PO Box 390,
Rydalmere
NSW 2116, Australia
- RJ Cooper & Associates products
for persons with special needs, including special software and hardware
adaptations for persons with very special needs.
- Robotron develops and
manufactures a wide range of assistive technology devices including
talking personal computers, reading machines, Braille translation software
and talking mobility devices.
- Sighted Electronics, INC. The Most
Modern and Innovative Adaptive Technology for Persons with Blindness or
Visual Impairments
- SpecialEd Solutions, Inc.
- Shrinkwrap Computer Products vendor
of adaptive equipment for blind and print handicapped. Sales and
consulting. Also publishes Bitstream a bi-monthly magazine for blind
computer users on audio cassette.
- Syntha-Voice
- Talking Signs website
- Talking Caller ID from
Magnavox
- Tony Heyes- ETAs Aids
for mobility of the blind
- Tiny Talk Screen Reader
for DOS by Eric Bohlman FTP -
Powerful, efficient, and inexpensive Screen Reader for the blind
- TINYTALK
from Eric Bohlman OMS Development (gopher) Powerful, efficient, and
inexpensive Screen Reader for the blind
- Telesensory Products for people
with low vision.
520 Almanor Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
U.S.A.
Phone: (408) 616-8700
FAX: (408) 616-8720
- Trace R&D Center
- Trace Center gopher
- Financing
Assistive Technology: Handbook For Funding
- Talk-Me-Thru Tutorials are
produced by Phil Scovell and are designed to play on standard cassette
players. Step-by-step instructions for software installationa and
application use.
- Triangle Braille
Services
- The
vOICe Learning Edition - Seeing with your Ears
- The Zenith Tube Phil Scovell's
TMT Tutorials, Internet Phone Book, and Resource lists. To be placed upon
the monthly Email list of the Internet Phone Book of links and
organizations of interest to the blind and blind internet users, just Drop
Phil a message at philscov@netcom.com.
- Aster DotsPlus Blind
access to scientific documents
- Blind Mobility
Research Unit
- Introduction to Braille and
Braille Transcribing
- Braille Translation
Service
- The Brl Shop Braille
transcribed at very reasonable prices.
- BLIND SIGHT BRAILLE
TRANSCRIBING Producing all types of Braille hardcopy documents from
almost any text source
- Dorton House
School Access Technology Services to assist professionals and parents
of visually impaired children with their children's education.
Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0ED.
Tel. 01732-761477 Fax. 01732-592668
- Liz Gray's braille resources professional
braille transcriber
- Courage
Center Rehab Facility and Handi-Hams
- The Seeing Eye, Inc. Located in
Morristown, New Jersey Seeing Eye is America's pioneer dog guide school.
- Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc. Professionally
trained guide dogs.
611 Granite Springs road
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Tel: (914)-245-4024
Fax: (914)-245-1609
- The GEB WEB - home
of Guiding Eyes for the Blind provides professionally trained guide
dogs to the blind, deaf blind, and blind and special needs person.
- The Guide Dog Foundation for the
Blind, Inc
- Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc. Located
in Palmetto, Florida Phone (941) 729-5665. provides blind and VI with
trained guide dogs. non-profit organization with a very skilled staff.
- Leader Dog for
the Blind
- Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.
- Guide Dog Schools in
the United States
- Royal Guide Dogs
Associations of Australia
- Guide Dogs for the
Blind Association (UK)
- Canine Companions for
Independence is a non-profit organization that provides highly skilled
assistance dogs for people with disabilities other than blindness.
- Service Dogs
- Duxbury Braille Software
products
- Raised Dot Computing
- Guidance
System for the Blind
- The Internet Braille Wizard The
English Braille alphabet, a biography of Louis Braille and many other
facts about braille and the internet.
- Ralph the Robotic ALPHabet. Computer-controlled
fingerspelling hand
- Enabling Technologies Braille
printer manufacturer located in Stuart, FL.
- Dr.
Raman's home page contains a demonstration and an explanation of AsTeR
(Dr. Raman's system for verbalizing mathematical notation from a computer
- Dots Plus Project
contains information about Dr. Gardner's alternative to braille
mathematics using a combination of 8-dot braille plus raised
representations of some print symbols.
- Lutheran Braille
Workers
- Music Braille
- Sign Language (ASL) and
Braille Guide
- Textured paving
stones for the blind Vote on it.
- Tactile
Mapping
- Yahoo
disabilities: Blind
- Internet Audio Services for the Blind Requires
Real Audio Plugin. Can be downloaded from page. Choose In Touch Network
and you can choose from sections from both In Touch Network in NYC and the
Kansas Audio Reader from the University of Kansas. Both 24-hour readings
from nationwide newspapers, magazines, and recent books.
- Phil Scovell's ftp site for
the BLT and TMT catalog Phil maintains one of the most up-to-date
lists of internet resources, commercial companies dealing in adaptive
technology and hints and tips for blind and VI computer users.
- Universal
Internet Access Project contains links to info on adaptive
technologies, web browsers, and operating systems.
- Disability Services at Univ.
Minnesota lots of subjects including basic braille.
- University of Minnesota
gopher
- Disability
Resources (U of MD)
- Indie: The Integrated Network of Disability
Information and Education a database of disability related resources
- Information
for the blind and visually impaired gopher
- Webpage of Lists Searchable
list of email lists
- Widnet
list of Disability ListServers
- Mailing Lists Information on the Web
- Forum One - Search for Online Forums Search
for WWW open discussion chat groups on any topic.
- Adjustment to Blindness and
Visual Impairment Robert Leslie Newman's insights and others on being
blind
- Washington University Disability
Resources List
- The Pine Editor General
information about Pine
- Camera Obscura E-Text,
academic resources, blind and disabled links, search engines, everything
indexed and re-indexed to be available to blind users with braille, screen
readers, or large print. This is an outstanding site and well worth
spending some time in.
- Blind
Resources in Japan (English)
- Eye of Orian David
Goldfield's webpage.
- The Grundy
Truongs humble home. Blind and VI Resources, Blind Sports
- Jess Vilsack
- Professional Actress If Marlee Matlin can bring home an Oscar for
the deaf community; then, why can't I, Jess Vilsack, bring home the Oscar
for the blind community? Resume, Experience, and Help.
- Jim Lubin's
Disability Server Lots of Social Security Information
- Jose
Arthur's Visually Handicapped Homepage
- Lim Fung's Visual Handicapped Web
- Norman De
Forest's Home Page Links for deaf, blind, computers and more. You
gotta check his protest pages.
- Vision Impairments: A
Guide for the Perplexed
- Welcome to Six Friends Resources
for Christian Families Living with a Visual Impairment
- Scotter's Low Vision Land Beyond
Sight
- The Zenith Tube Phil Scovell's
TMT Tutorials, Internet Phone Book, and Resource lists.
- Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation:
WebABLE! The World Wide Web information repository for people with
disabilities and accessibility solution providers.
- RPLIST A very
comprehensive web sight concerning RP. Links to other RP sites.
- Handi-Hams disabled HAM
operators and those interested in amateur radio.
- COLORADO
SKI SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
- Guitar by Ear courses for the
visually impaired that use cassette tapes instead of Braille to teach the
guitar and piano.
- Shake-A-Leg Miami, Inc. watersports
facility for education and recreation. The facility is open to the public
with emphasis on people with disabilities, youth and families.
2600 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
- Tahoe Adaptive Ski School ski
instruction for people with disabilities.
- United States Association
for Blind Athletes (USABA)
- The Twin Cities Blind Audio Dart
League of Columbia Heights, MN provides opportunities to participate
in a recreational and competitive game that promotes self-realization and
social relationships.
- Starship Airline Atlanta, GA
long haul carrier. Taylored especially for the disabled community. Wider
aisles to accommodate wheelchairs, premium food, fewer seats, and much
more.
- Viaticus,Inc."Financial Resources
For People Facing Any Life Threatening Illness or disability.
- Blind Spots rates current
movies on a scale of 1-10, 1 being impossible to follow even with sighted
help, 10 being enjoyable without any assistance. Managed by Marty Klein
- The Central Ohio
Radio Reading Service CORRS is broadcast over a sub-carrier of WOSU-FM.
If you are able to receive WOSU-FM you will be able to receive our special
programming.
- National Audio Theatre a
nonprofit organization producing and distributing fully cast audio dramas
to the blind, free of charge.
- AudioUniverse.com Currently
has 15,000+ Audiobooks, Which can be searched by title, author, or
category. Offers discounts of up to 60%.
- CASSETTES.COM
- Your #1 Source for Self-Development audiobooks, videos, CD's,
software, self development, computers, internet, inspirational
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A Blind Net
Organizations FOR The Blind
- Alabama Institute For Deaf
And Blind
205 East South Street
P. O. Box 698
Talladega
Alabama 35160
U.S.A.
(265)761-3200 Voice
(256)761-3352 FAX
E-Mail:
- President [Joseph Busta] jbust@AIDB.state.AL.us
- Principal, Alabama School for the Blind, [Carl Ponder] cpond@AIDB.state.AL.us
- Webmaster [Karyn Zweifel] kzweifel@pipeline.com
----- Organization description:
"Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is the world's most
comprehensive education and service program for sensory impaired
children and adults. Established in 1858, AIDB operates four accredited
instructional programs and an award winning manufacturing complex in
Talladega, Alabama and a statewide network of regional centers which
provide home and community services for deaf and blind persons ranging
from infancy through senior citizens."
----- Publications:
-- Sights & Sounds, published quarterly and distributed free of
charge to all AIDB friends and supporters.
Last verified by the organization - 1999-08-05.
- American Brotherhood For The Blind.
18440 Oxnard Street
Tarzana
California 91356
U.S.A.
(213)343-2022 Voice
----- Organization description:
A free lending library, has Twin Vision Books - Braille and print. Books
are sent automatically to the reader. The Books are not chosen by the
reader.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- American Foundation For The
Blind.
Suite #300
11 Penn Plaza
New York
New York 10001
U.S.A.
(212)502-7600
(800)AFB-LINE [(800)232-5463]
(212)502-7777 FAX
E Mail:
- afbinfo@afb.net
----- Organization publications:
-- AFB News, 5/year.
-- Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 10/year.
-- Long Cane News, semiannual.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- American Printing House For
The Blind
1839 Frankfurt Avenue
P. O. Box 6085
Louisville
Kentucky 40206-0085
U.S.A.
(502)895-2405 Voice
(800)223-1839 Toll Free.
(502)899-2274 FAX
E-Mail:
- Info - info@aph.org
----- Organization publications:
-- APH Slate, 2/year.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Association For Education And Rehabilitation Of The
Blind And Visually Impaired
Suite #320
206 North Washington Street
Alexandria
Virginia 22314
U.S.A.
(703)548-1884 Voice
----- Organization publications:
-- AER Report, bimonthly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Association Of Radio Reading Services
P. O. Box 3663
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania 15230
U.S.A.
----- Organization publications:
-- Directory of Radio Reading Services, annual.
-- HEARSAY, quarterly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Better
Vision For Children Foundation
Unit #B
916 Ocean Lane
Imperial Beach
California 91932
U.S.A.
(619)575-0214 Voice
(619)575-0214 FAX
E-Mail:
- tresa@inetworld.net
Last verified by the company organization - 1999-05-07
- Better Vision Institute
Suite #1210
1800 North Kent Street
Rosslyn
Virginia 22209
U.S.A.
(703)243-1508 Voice or
(703)243-1528 Voice
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Blinded Veterans
Association
477 H Street North West
Washington
D.C. 20001-2694
U.S.A.
(202)371-8880 Voice
(800)669-7079 Toll Free.
E Mail:
- bva@bva.org
----- Organization publications:
-- BVA Bulletin, bimonthly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Braille
Institute Of America
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles
California 90029
U.S.A.
(323)663-1111 Voice
(800)272-4553 Toll Free
E-Mail:
- Info@BrailleInstitute.org
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Brighton Society For
The Blind
William Moon Lodge, The Linkway
Brighton
West Sussex, BN1 7EJ
United Kingdom 01273-507251 Voice 01273-507249 FAX
E-Mail:
- info@bsblind.co.uk
----- Organization description:
"We provide a range of services for visually impaired people of all
ages. These include: employment training, child development and
education, day centre for the elderly, equipment shop, tape / large
print / braille library, postal library and more. Our web site also has
information on William Moon, who invented Moon type and started various
organisations to help the blind. "
----- Publications:
-- Moonlight tape, published quarterly.
-- Sussex Vision News, published quarterly.
-- Annual Report, published annually.
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-12.
- Edith Bishel Center For The Blind And Visually Impaired
482 North Arthur Street
Kennewick
Washington 99336
U.S.A.
(509)735-0699 Voice
E-Mail:
- ebc@tcfrn.org
----- Organization description:
"We offer a low vision clinic, computer training lab, braille
printer service, cctvs, large print library, teaching kitchen and we
schedule both social events and macular degeneration support groups. M -
9am/Noon T thru F 9am/2 pm, other times by appointment."
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- English Language
Library For The Blind
(Bibliothטque anglophone pour les aveugles)
35 rue Lemercier
75017 Paris
France
(+331)-42-93-47-57 Open Tuesday through Thursday 9:00-17:00
E-Mail:
- ellb@worldnet.fr
----- Organization description:
"Based in Paris, the English Language Library for the Blind
provides audio books for cultural and leisure reading. Every year some
200 new books are recorded onto audio cassettes by ELLB volunteers.
Today the Library has a catalogue of more than 1400 titles, not counting
books read for blind students on request."
----- Organization publications:
-- ELLB Catalogue, Annual.
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- Foundation For Glaucoma Research
Suite #830
490 Post Street
San Francisco
California 94102
U.S.A.
(415)986-3162 Voice
----- Organization publications:
-- Gleams, quarterly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- The Hadley School
For The Blind
700 Elm Street
Winnetka
Illinois 60093
U.S.A.
(847)446-8111 Voice
(800)323-4230 Toll Free.
(847)446-0855 FAX
E-Mail:
- info@hadley-school.org
----- Organization description:
"The Hadley School for the Blind offers distance education (home
study) courses free of charge to blind and visually impaired adults,
parents of blind children, and family members of blind adults. From
braille reading and writing,to astronomy, to business law- there is a
course for everyone! Over 90 courses to choose from. Enroll at any
time."
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- Helen Keller Worldwide
2cd Floor
90 West Street
New York
New York 10006
U.S.A.
(212)766-5266 Voice
(212)791-7590 FAX
E-Mail:
- info@hkworld.org
----- Organization description:
"Founded in 1915 with the help of Helen Keller. Helen Keller
Worldwide is the oldest and the leading U.S. nonprofit organization
devoted to fighting preventable blindness abroad. In 30 countries
throughout Africa, Asia and the Americas, the agency provides the
expertise, training, and technical assistance to establish blindness
prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs within existing
healthcare systems. Helen Keller Worldwide's current programs combat
cataract, trachoma, nutritional blindness, and onchocerciasis (river
blindness). Through ChildSightr, Helen Keller Worldwide also improves
the vision and educational performance of junior high school students
living in urban and rural poverty. Since its inception the agency has
supported programs in more than 80 countries worldwide."
Last verified by the organization - 2000-03-25.
- Helen Keller National Center
111 Middleneck Road
Sands Point
New York 11050
U.S.A.
(516)944-8900 Voice
----- Organization description:
Training for children and adults who are deaf and blind. Several skill
training courses are available including computer training.
Not yet verified by the organization.
Regional offices:
Great Plains Region
Suite #311
5920 Nall Avenue
Mission
Kansas 66202
U.S.A.
(913)677-4562
New England Region
Suite #1135
89 Broad Street
Boston
Massachusetts 02110-8702
U.S.A.
(617)350-8702 Voice and TDD
North Central Region
Suite #772
35 East Wacker Drive
Chicago
U.S.A.
Illinois 60601-2109
(312)726-2090
Northwest Region
Suite #209
2366 Eastlake Avenue, East
Seattle
Washington 98102-3366
U.S.A.
(206)324-9120 Voice and TDD.
South Central Region
LB No.3
4455 LBJ Freeway
Dallas
Texas 75244-5998
U.S.A.
(214)490-9677
Southeast Region
1005 Virgina Avenue
Atlanta
Georgia 30354
U.S.A.
(404)766-9625 (voice and TDD)
Southwest Region
6851 Lennox Avenue
Van Nuys
California 94105-4097
U.S.A.
(818)782-9935 Voice
(818)782-9936 TDD
- Howe Press
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown
Massachusetts 02172
U.S.A.
(617)924-3434
----- Organization description:
Manufactures and sells - Perkins Brailler, slates and styluses for
writing Braille, braille paper, and the Gilligan Tactile drawing kit for
making raised line drawings.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Independent
Living Centre Of Western Australia, Inc.
Independent Living Centre
3 Lemnos Street
Shenton Park
WA 6008
Australia
(08)9382-2011
1800-800-523 (WA country callers)
(08) 9382 2896 FAX
E-Mail:
- ilcwa@iinet.net.au
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Institute For The
Blind And Partially Sighted In Denmark
Rymarksvej 1
2900 Hellerup
Denmark
(+45)-39-62-41-00 Voice
(+45)-39-40-04-05 FAX
E-Mail:
- ibos@ibos.dk
- Director, Toni Strרbזk - ts@ibos.dk
- Deputy Director, Hanne Lindau - hl@ibos.dk
- Webmaster, Peter Rodney - pr@ibos.dk
Not yet verified by the organization.
- International Agency For The Prevention Of Blindness
(Organisation Mondale Contre le Cecite)
National Eye Institute
Room #6A03
Building 31
Bethesda
Maryland 20892
U.S.A.
(301)496-2234 Voice
Not yet verified by the organization.
- International Federation Of Library Associations And
Institutions
Section of Libraries for the Blind
c/o Helen Perry, Executive Secretary
CNIB National Library Division
1929 Bayview Avenue
Toronto
Ontario M4G 3E8
Canada
----- Organization publications:
-- Newsletter, irregular.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Lighthouse
International
111 East 59th Street
New York
New York 10022
U.S.A.
(212)821-9200 Voice
(800)829-0500 Toll Free
(212)821-9707 FAX
E-Mail:
- Info - info@lighthouse.org
- Webmaster - webmaster@lighthouse.org
----- Organization description:
"The world's leading resource on vision impairment. Lighthouse
research and educational activities include the Arlene R. Gordon
Research Institute, the Lighthouse National Centers for Vision and Aging
and for Vision and Child Development, the Lighthouse International
Center on Low Vision and Lighthouse Continuing Education. Our advocacy
and direct services programs further our goal of assisting people with
vision loss to develop the skills they need, at home and in the
workplace, to lead productive independent lives."
----- Organization publications:
"We regularly publish the following newsletters:
-- Lighthouse News, free, 3 times/year.
-- Aging & Vision News, free, 2 times/year.
-- Sharing Solutions A Newsletter for People with Impaired Vision, free,
2 times/year.
-- EnVision (issues relating to vision loss in children and
adolescents), free, 2 times/year.
The full catalog is available on our website or can be requested by
sending an email to webmaster@lighthouse.org (please be sure to include
your name and mailing address in your email)."
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- Lions World Services For
The Blind
2811 Fair Park Boulevard
Little Rock
Arkansas 72143
U.S.A.
(501)664-7100 Voice
(501)664-2743 FAX
E Mail:
- training@lwsb.org
----- Organization publications:
-- Lion, monthly.
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- Lowell Association
For The Blind, Inc.
174 Central Street
Lowell
Massachusets 01852
USA
(978)454-5704 Voice
(978)458-5563 FAX
E-Mail:
- Arthur R. Kelts arklab@cwix.com.
- Jennifer Britton Nangle arklab@cwix.com
----- Organization description:
"The Lowell Association for the Blind, Inc. was established in 1923
and provides service to over 500 blind and visually impaired
individuals. The mission is to assist blind and visually impaired people
to become more independent in the daily lives. LAB has a 4,000 square
foot office in downtown Lowell, open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, Saturday youth programs. Staff of five full-time, four
part-time, and professional contract employees."
Last verified by the organization - 1999-05-22.
- Macular Degeneration
Foundation
P. O. Box 9752
San Jose
California 95157
U.S.A.
(408)260-1335 Voice
(888)MDF-EYES Toll Free
- National Audio
Theatre
P. O. Box 933
Hendersonville
North Carolina
U.S.A.
(828)692-0621 Voice
E-Mail:
- Info - nat@wncguide.com
----- Organization description:
"The National Audio Theatre, (Blue Ridge Radio Players), a
nonprofit organization produces fully cast audio plays in English which
are distributed, free of charge, to over 80 blindness-related
organizations nationwide."
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- National Association For Visually Handicapped
6th Floor
22 West 21st Street
New York
New York 10010
U.S.A.
(212)889-3141 Voice
----- Organization publications:
-- In Focus, 2/year (for children).
-- Seeing Clearly, 2/year (for adults).
Not yet verified by the organization.
- National
Braille Association, Inc.
Three Townline Circle
Rochester
New York 14623-2513
U.S.A.
(716)427-8260 Voice
(716)427-0263 FAX
----- Organization publications:
-- NBA Bulletin, quarterly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston
Massachusetts 02115
U.S.A.
(617)266-6160
Not yet verified by the organization.
- National
Broadcast Reading Service
150 Laird Drive Annex
Toronto
Ontario
Canada M4G 3V7
(416)422-4222 Voice
(800)567-6755 In Canada
(416)422-1633 FAX
E-Mail:
- nbrs@idirect.com
----- Organization description:
"NBRS is Canada's National Broadcast Reading Service, broadcasting
news and information from hundreds of newspapers and magazines -- in
audio format via cable television. We are the world's largest broadcast
reading service and an essential one for Canadians who for whatever
reason, have restricted access to printed material. We also operate
Canada's only description centre where we produce described movies --
films with an extra audio track that describes the visual action.
Viewers "see" the action in their mind's eye. Our website has
complete information about all of our services."
----- Organization publications:
"None."
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Room #6A32
Building 31
Bethesda
Maryland 20892
U.S.A.
(301)496-5248 Voice
Not yet verified by the organization.
- National
Library Service For The Blind And Physically Handicapped.
Library of Congress
1291 Taylor Street Norht West
Washington
D.C. 20542
U.S.A.
(202)707-5100 Voice
----- Organization publications:
-- Address List: Regional and Subregional Libraries for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped, 2/year.
-- Facts: Books for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals,
annual.
-- Facts: Music for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals,
annual.
-- News, quarterly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- National Organization
For Albinism And Hypopigmentation
Suite #1816
1500 Locust Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania 19102
U.S.A.
(215)545-2322 Voice
(800)473-2310 FAX
E-Mail:
- webmaster@albinism.org
----- Organization publications:
-- NOAH News, 2/year.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Prevent
Blindness America
500 East Remington Road
Schaumburg
Illinois 60140
U.S.A.
(847)843-8458 Voice
(800)331-2020 Toll Free
(847)843-8458 FAX
----- Publications:
-- Prevent Blindness News.
-- Eye Patch Club News.
-- Wise Owl News.
Last verified by the organization - 1999-04-09.
- New Eyes For The Needy
P. O. Box 332
549 Milburn Avenue
Short Hills
New Jersey 07078
U.S.A.
(201)376-4903 Voice
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Oklahoma School For
The Blind
3300 Gibson Street
Muskogee
Oklahoma 74403
U.S.A.
(918)682-6641 Voice
(918)682-1651 FAX
E-Mail:
- Info - osb@azalea.net
----- Organization description:
"The mission of Oklahoma School for the Blind (Parkview School) is
to provide appropriate individualized academic, social and vocational
education, evaluations, and outreach services to Oklahoma's blind and
visually impaired children and youth. Students, professionals,
communities, and parents will work together to develop and maximize each
child's potential for becoming a productive and supportive member of
society."
----- Publications:
Newsletter
-- Parkview Press, 4 times a year, Free mailed to parents and friends.
Last verified by the organization - 1998-10-29.
- Perkins
School For The Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown
Massachusetts 02172-9982
U.S.A.
(617)924-3434 Voice
(617)926-2027 FAX
E-Mail:
- Richard Moffat moffatr@perkins.pvt,k12.ma.us
Not yet verified by the organization.
- President's Committee On
Employment Of People With Disabilities
1331 F Street North West
Washington
D.C. 20004-1107
U.S.A.
(202)376-6200 Voice
(202)376-6205 TDD
(202)376-6219 FAX
----- Organization publications:
-- Worklife: A Publication of Employment and People with Disabilities,
quarterly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Recording For The Blind
And Dyslexic, Inc.
20 Roszel Road
Princeton
New Jersey 08540
U.S.A.
(609)452-0606 Voice
(800)221-4792 Toll Free
(609)987-8116 FAX
E-Mail:
- webmaster@rfbd.org
----- Organization description:
Provides educational materials in recorded and computerized formats at
every academic level.
----- Organization publications:
-- Recording for the Blind News, 3/year.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- RP Foundation Fighting Blindness
4th Floor
1401 Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore
Maryland 21217
U.S.A.
(410)225-9400 Voice
(410)225-9409 TDD
(800)683-5555 V/TDD / Toll Free
----- Organization publications:
-- Fighting Blindness News, 2/year.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Royal National
Institute For The Blind
224 Great Portland Street
London
WI N 6 AA
England
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Foundation
Rehabilitation Engineering Center
2232 Webster Street
San Francisco
California 94115
U.S.A.
(415)561-1619 Voice
(415)561-1610 FAX
----- Organization publications:
-- Smith-Kettlewell Technical File, quarterly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Telephone Pioneers Of America
Room #C-2575
22 Cortlandt Street
New York
New York 10007
U.S.A.
(212)393-3252 Voice
----- Organization publications:
-- Telephone Pioneer, quarterly.
Not yet verified by the organization.
- Vision Foundation
818 Mount Auburn Street
Watertown
Massachusetts 02172
U.S.A.
(617)926-4232 Voice
(800)852-3029 Toll Free
Not yet verified by the organization.
- World Blind
Union
(Union Mondiale des Aveugles)
58, avenue Bosquet
75007 Paris
France
E-Mail:
- umc@once.es
----- Organization publications:
-- The World Blind Magazine.
Not yet verified by the organization.
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