BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

• Organizations & Associations.

• Assistive Technology. 

• Education Related sites.

• Travel Related sites.

• Service Animals.

• Publications, Newsletters, etc.

• Information about Vision Impairments.

• Just for Kids.

• Miscellaneous.

ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS.

• American Blind Skiing Foundation.

• American Council of the Blind.

• The American Foundation for the Blind.
  
  

• American Macular Degeneration Foundation.

• American Nystagmus Network.

• American Printing House for the Blind.

• Aniridia Network.

• Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

• Art for the Blind.

• Associated Services for the Blind.
  Philadelphia organization that does custom Braille
  work and produces cassette magazines available by subscription.

• Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired.

• Blind Childrens Center Inc.

• Blind Children's Fund.

• Blinded Veterans Association.

• Braille International, Inc.

• Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

• Christian Record Services.
  Christian publications and programs and services.

• The Foundation Fighting Blindness.

• Genetic Eye Foundation, Ltd.

• Glaucoma Research Foundation.

• Horizons for the Blind.

• International Blind Sports Federation.

• Jewish Heritage for the Blind.

• John Milton Society for the Blind.
  Christian ministry to visually impaired.

• Lighthouse International.

• Lions World Services for the Blind.

• Low Vision Information Center.

• Macular Degeneration Foundation.

• Macular Degeneration International.

• Massachusetts Association for the Blind.

• National Association for Visually Handicapped.

• National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments.

• National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM).
  Making movie theaters accessible to disabled audiences.

• National Eye Institute.

• National Federation of the Blind.

• National Industries for the Blind.

• National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

• Royal National Institute for the Blind.

• Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped.

• Ski For Light. 
  Pairs visually handicapped skiers with sighted
  guides/instructors.

• United States Association of Blind Athletes.

• Vision Impaired Preschool Services, Inc. (VIPS).
  Kentucky school, but information for all.

• Vision World Wide.
  

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

• Ai Squared.
  Producer of Zoom Text Xtra and Big Shot Screen
  Magnifier.

• AmbuTech Canes.

• Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc.
  Variety of products.

• Ash Technologies.
  CCTV, magnifiers, etc.

• ASSIST with Windows.
  Tutorials and keyboard guides that help with the use of popular Windows programs.

• Assistive Media.
  Uses RealPlayer to provide literary works in audio format.

• Audio Editions.
  Commercial cassette and CD books.

• BLIND-DEV.
  E-mail list regarding software development.

• Braille Bookstore.

• Choice Magazine Listening.
  Free audio anthology from over 100 leading magazines.

• Clarity Solutions.
  Autofocusing videomagnifiers/ CCTVs.

• Descriptive Video Service.
  Information on the descriptive video and television
  service of WGBH.  Descriptive Video Service Home Video Catalog.

• Duxbury Systems.
  Braille software.

• EduGlobe.
  The globe in relief.

• Enabling Technologies.
  Braille printers.

• First Byte Text-To-Speech.

• Freedom Scientific, Inc.
  Product information from Arkenstone, Blazie, and
   Henter-Joyce.

• FreedomBox.
  A computer that uses voice commands to access the Web and Internet.

• Hey Anita.
  Access information or e-mail via a toll-free number.

• Home Page Reader.
  IBM self voicing WEB browser.

• Home Readers.
  Non-profit corporation that provides catalogs, cookbooks, magazines, and a few books to the blind and visually-impaired on 4-track audio tape.

• HotBraille.
  Send a Braille letter to someone.  Learn about Braille.

• Huge Print Press.
  16-36 point type books in hardback, paperback, looseleaf, or e-text.

• HumanWare, Inc.
  Assistive technology for persons with vision and
  learning disabilities.

• I Can See: The Braille Bookstore.
  On-line bookstore specializing in children's materials, cookbooks, and Braille transcription.

• independent living aids, inc.
  Products for independent living.

• Innoventions, Inc.
  Electronic magnifier for people with low vision.

• JBliss Imaging Systems.
  PC based reading and magnifying systems which
  help people with visual impairments efficiently
  access the rapidly growing stream of information from printed documents, CD-ROMs, E-mail, and the Internet.

• Key2Speak.
  Allows you to hear your documents read as soon as you type them.

• Kurzweil Educational Systems.
  Scanning and reading products.

• Large Print and Low Vision Resource Network.

• Louis Database of Accessible Materials For People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.

• My Audiopoint.
  Use the phone to access information.

• Narrative Television Network.
  Described movies on the Web.

• National Braille Press.
  Nonprofit Braille printing and publishing house.

• Net-by-Phone Voice Internet Service.
  E-Mail & web access by phone.

• On Island Communications.
  Customized PCs with Braille or speech devices.

• Optelec.
  Magnifiers, other products, and vision information.

• Ostrich Software.
  Road Runner, a self-contained, handheld text to
  speech reader.

• Pip Squeakers.
  Baby/toddler shoes that squeak to allow you to keep track of the child.

• Recorded Books, LLC.
  Unabridged audio books on cassette or CD for rent or purchase.

• Recording For The Blind & Dyslexic.
  Educational library for those with print disabilities.

• Seedlings Braille Books for Children.

• Sendero Group.
  GPS information and navigation system for persons who are blind or visually impaired.

• Shadows in the Dark.
  Provider of Braille Cards and Gift items.

• SightConnection.
  Products for living with vision loss.

• Sighted Electronics.
  Adaptive technology for the visually handicapped.

• Sonic Pathfinder.
  An electronic travel aid.

• Sony-Ericsson.
  Free Braille, cassette, CD-Rom, and large print manuals for several models of its cell phones.  Information about other products for people with disabilities.

• Speak To Me.
  Catalog of talking projects.

• Tack-Tiles Home Page.
  Braille teaching tool.

• Talking Rx.
  Talking prescription container.

• Talking Signs.
  Infrared wireless communications system that
  provides remote directional human voice
  messages that make confident, independent travel
  possible.

• TeleSensory Corporation.
   Video magnifiers (CCTVs), scanners (OCR) and
   screen magnification products.

• Tinytalk Screen Reader.

• Ulverscroft Large Print Books (USA), Inc.

• Vendors specializing in technology for the blind.

• VideoEye.
  Screen magnification device.

• The vOICe.
  Vision substitution technology.

• wemedia.
  Free talking browser.

• Whirlpool Special Needs.
  Braille overlays, large print, and audio instruction
  manuals for Whirlpool products.

• Window-Eyes screen reader.

EDUCATION RELATED SITES.

• Hadley School for the Blind. 
  Provides distance learning courses for visually
  handicapped individuals and their families.

• Perkins School for theBlind.
  Located in Watertown, MA.

• TAVEIS Online.   (Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students).
  Provides Braille and tactile materials to students at
  Purdue University.

•  Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc. 
   Louisville, Kentucky, site.
  

• Western Michigan University Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies.
  Graduate and undergraduate programs to prepare professionals to serve persons with visual impairments.

TRAVEL RELATED SITES.

• The Campanian Society.

SERVICE ANIMALS.

• Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation.

• Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind.

• Guide Dog Users, Inc.

• Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.

• Guiding Eyes for the Blind.

• Leader Dogs for the Blind.

• The Seeing Eye.

• Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS, NEWSLETTERS, ETC.

• AccessWorld: Technology for Consumers With Visual Impairments.

• The Braille Forum: American Council of the Blind.

• Dialogue - Published by Blindskills, Inc.

• Computer Users Network News.

• Vision Enhancement.

• Vision Worldwide.

• Words from Washington.

INFORMATION ABOUT VISION IMPAIRMENTS.

• Adjustment to Blindness.

• Ask NOAH About: The Eye.

• Bio-eye Hydroxyapatite Orbital Implants.

• Disability Resource Directory: Vision Impaired and Blindness.
  Resources include  communications, educational,
  rehabilitation and research institutions as well as
  software and hardware products.

• LVRGNet--Low Vision Research Group Network.
  Provides a resource for researchers, clinicians, and others with an interest in low vision.

• Leber's Links - Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, Blindness & V.I.

• Macular Degeneration Help Center.

• Microphthalmia, a Singular View.

• Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia and other eye disorders.

• Rand Eye Institute.

• Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins: If you have an eye problem.

• Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins: Macular Degeneration Center.

MISCELLANEOUS.

• ABC Radio.
  Four channels for the blind community.

• AFB CareerConnect.
  Employment planning for people who are blind or visually impaired. 

• The Blind Leading the Blind.

• Blind Links.

• Blind Net.
  Links to organizations OF the disabled, FOR the
  disabled, who work WITH the disabled, companies
  that provide equipment, and other resources.

• Blind Readers' Page.

• Blind Sports and Recreation Resources.

• Blindness-Related Emailing Lists.

• Blindness-Related Resources on the Web and Beyond.

• Blindness Resource Center.

• Blindness/Visual Impairment with Melany Noltnius.
  Links to over 700 sources.

• Braille Formats: Principles of Print to Braille
  Transcription 1997.

• BVI Parents Mailing List.
  Discussion of issues related to parenting a blind child.

• Computer Users Network.

• EnableLink.

• Fred's Head Database.
  Designed for blind persons to share valuable tips and techniques.

• General Braille Information.

• Judo for Blind Athletes.

• Low Vision Gateway.
  Contains a variety of information for visually impaired.

•  Missouri Web-Braille.
   Missouri information available in Braille on the Web.

•  myEyenet.
   Links.

• Natural History Education, Science, Technology.
  Hear and identify bird sounds.  This group promotes
  nature education for the blind and partially blind.

• New Vision.
  Contains a variety of information of interest to the visually impaired.

• The Outpost.
  Specializes in information for blind computer users,
  but has a lot more to offer.

• Prevent Blindness America.

• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision at Mississippi State University.
  Database of a variety of resources.

• Sport for the Blind.
  Russian site for rehabilitation.

• V. I. Guide.
  Internet resources for parents and teachers.

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Updated October 17, 2002.