Blindness-Related Resources
on the Web and Beyond

General Resources

• American Academy of Ophthalmology's collection of Resource Listings for the Visually Impaired
• AeonAccess' Access Technology Links
• American Printing House for the Blind
  1. Fred's Head: A Database of Tips, Tricks & Techniques for the Blind/VI, a project of American Printing House for the Blind, is an invaluable resource for everyone and anyone
     1. Fred's Head Database Quick Search
     2. Fred's Head Database Advanced Search
     3. Browse Fred's Head by Category
     4. Tips for new users of Fred's Head
     5. Ask Fred: Questions & Suggestions
• Associations pour Déficients Visuels (list of Francophone associations in French, with addresses, phone numbers, and -- where applicable -- email addresses and links to web sites)
• BLIND-L--quite possibly the most important link you'll ever follow...
• Blind Net
• Blind Resources, from Access Ability Alaska
• BLINDSPOTS: Movie Reviews for Visually Impaired People
• The Official DALnet #BlindTalk IRQ Channel Web Page
• Choice Magazine is a monthly audio anthology of articles, short stories and poetry selected from current magazines
  1. subscribe to Choice Magazine Listening
  2. cancel your subscription to Choice Magazine Listening
  3. Choice Magazine Listening change of address form
  4. contact Choice Magazine Listening via email
• Deafblind Link
  1. Blindness Links
  2. Deafblindness Links
  3. Deafness Links
  4. Other Disabilities Links
• Dialogue, a magazine published by Blindskills, Inc.
  1. When I meet a blind person...
• Glen Bracegirdle's GBNet is an online technology resource centre for blind and visually impaired people. GBNet contains a cornucopia of important, up-to-date information and tutorials including resources and information about web accessibility, adaptive technology, electronic books, web site tools, Java tools, related downloads, an extensive links directory, and much much more, including Glen's Personal Blog and Glen's Technology Blog.
• General Information About Blindness
• The Human Potential to Live With Blindness
• INDIE, the Integrated Network of Disability Information and Education maintains a list of Sites Pertaining to Visual Impairments
• LOVNET: the Low-Vision Network
• Macular Degeneration Foundation's Eyesight Informer
• Mady's Resources Related To Blindness and Diabetes
• New Zealand Resource Guide for the Visually Impaired
• Project Enable's Visual Impairments and Blindness Directory
• VI Guide: A Parent's Guide to Resources About Visual Impairments
• Virtual Vision Unlimited
• The Vision Network's Web Site features eyecare information and resources, including:
  • The 20/20 WebSearch Engine
    • Internal Data Search Engine
  • Visual Impairments and Blindness Expert System (VIBES)
  • Vision Chat Room
  • Vision Enhancement

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Blind BBSes Online

• GBX: The Global Blind Exchange suddenly and sadly disappeared from the internet sometime in 1998.
• telnet to NFBnet, the BBS of the National Federation of the Blind

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Deaf-Blind Resources

Info About Deaf-Blindness | Deaf-Blind Organizations

Information About Deaf-Blindness

• DeafBlind Info (Minnesota's Deafblindness Resource)
• A Deafblindness Web Resource
• A to Z Deafblindness
  1. Deafblindness Links
  2. Blindness Links
  3. Deafness Links
  4. Equipment for Deafblind Individuals
  5. Equipment & Suppliers of Equipment for the Deaf & Blind
  6. Other Disabilities Links
• Deaf-Blind Online features free software for persons who are deaf-blind
• the current issue of Deaf-Blind Perspectives, a publication of the Teaching Resources Center at Western Oregon State University
• DB-LINK: The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
• Deafblind Children: A Resource for Parents
• NTAC: National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children & Young Adults who are Deaf-Blind
• Infantile Refsum's Disease
• My Life with Usher Syndrome, the personal testimony of Lawrence W. Lee, president of Esceptional Students at Creighton University and a board member of the NFB of Nebraska

Deaf-Blind Organizations & Associations
(organized alphabetically)

• American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)
• Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB)
• The Australian DeafBlind Council
• The Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association
• Center for Deaf-Blind Persons (Beth David Institute, Tel Aviv)
• DeafBlind Association NSW (Australia)
• Florida Outreach Project for Individuals with Deaf-Blindness
• Royal Institute for Deaf-Blind Children (Australia)
• Föreningen Sveriges Dövblinda (Swedish Deaf-Blind Organization)
• The Great Lakes Area Regional Center for Deafblind Education is a federally funded program, physically located at the University of Dayton, which provides technical and educational assistance and support to deafblind individuals under the age of twenty-one in Ohio and Wisconsin
• Helen Keller National Center
• Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
• The web site of the North Carolina Deafblind Associates (NCDBA) is available in the following three flavors:
  1. text-only version of the NCDBA site
  2. high-contrast version of the NCDBA site
  3. graphical version of the NCDBA site
• Statens sentralteam for døvblinde
  1. The National Central Team for the Deafblind (Norway)
• National Family Association for the Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
• National Federation of the Blind's Deaf-Blind Division
• Vermont Project for Children & Youth With Deafblindness
• Virginia School for the Blind (Hampton, Virginia)
• Virginia School for the Deaf & the Blind (Staunton, Virginia)

NOTE: an excellent, albeit non-deafblind specific, site containing a plethora of resources pertaining to deafness is Deaf Watch

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Vision Loss & Low Vision
Information & Resources

Vision Loss/Low Vision Sub-Index

1. General Vision Loss & Low Vision Information & Resources

2. Cataracts

3. Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)

4. Glaucoma

5. Keratoconus

6. Macular Degeneration

7. Nystagmus

8. Optic Nerve Diseases

9. Presbyopia

10. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)

11. Retinitis Pigmentosa

12. Septo-Optic Dysplasia/Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

13. Usher Syndrome

14. Uveitis

15. Xeroderma Pigmentosum

16. Prevention of Vision Loss

17. Research-Related Resources

18. Large Print Resources

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General Information About Vision Loss & Low Vision Resources

• Adjustment to Blindness and Visual Impairment
• Bartimèus: "The Low Vision Experts"
• Eye Diseases (MedLine/NIH)
• Eye Surgery Education Council
• International Society for Low-Vision Research and Rehabilitation
• Operation Eyesight, a non-profit organization that has been helping those threatened with preventable and treatable blindness conditions for over 40 years. Volunteer opportunities available.
  1. Operation Eyesight: information en français
• SightLoss--information about vision loss from Susan L. McNeish and dog guide Balsa.

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Cataracts

• While the information contained in the Cataract Surgery Patient Information section of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery is of great utility, the ASCRS site itself is hardly a paragon of accessibility--its front page utilizes TABLEs for layout and features graphical hyperlinks, none of which contain any alternative text. Therefore, I have re-indexed the information contained in the ASCRS site below:
  • Cataract in Adults: A Patient's Guide,
  • Cataract and Refractive Eye Care Glossary
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Cataracts
  • Refractive Eye Surgery: New Options in Vision Correction
  • White Paper on Cataract Surgery
• Mayo Report: Cataracts

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Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)

• Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)
• RNIB Fact Sheet on Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)

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Glaucoma

• The Glaucoma Home Page is a disappointingly inaccessibly-encoded page--especially for anyone with low vision... don't take my word for it--ask Bobby!

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Keratoconus

• Center for Keratoconus
• Frequently Asked Questions about Keratoconus
• National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF)

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Leber's Disease/LHON

• Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)
• Leber's Disease
• Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Trust
  • Research
  • Bulletin Board
• "Misconceptions About Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy" by David Mackey (The Medical Journal of Australia, 1994)

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Macular Degeneration

• the obscenely over-graphical and none-too-accessible interface of Macular Degeneration Help Center no longer offers a "text-only" interface
• Macular Degeneration Foundation's Eyesight Informer
  1. The Magnifier: the newsletter of the MDF
• Macular Degeneration Support: The eyes of the Macular Degeneration Community
• Las Vegas Vision Specialists for Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma & Diabetes

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Nystagmus

• American Nystagmus Network (ANN)
  1. General Information about Nystagmus
  2. Frequently Asked Questions about Nystagmus
  3. information for parents with school-aged children with Nystagmus
• Nystagmus Network (U.K.)
• Deutsches Nystagmus Netzwerk

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Optic Nerve Diseases

• International Foundation for Optic Nerve Disease

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Presbyopia

• Presbyopia
  1. Options for today's Presbyopes

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PXE (Pseudoxanthoma elasticum)

• The Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) Page
  • PXE FAQ
  • PXE Support Groups
  • PXE News Center
  • Current PXE Research
• PXE Info from Gene Clinics (funded by NIH)

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Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)

• RPLIST: the retinal degeneration discussion list
  1. subscribe to RPLIST
  2. search RPLIST's archives
• Retina International
  1. Retina International's Scientific Newsletter
• British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
  1. BRPS' List of RP-Related Web Sites
• Retina Hong Kong (formerly known as Hong Kong Retinitis Pigmentosa Society)
• Retina Implant News from the University of Bonn
• Associazione Italiana per la Retinite Pigmentosa e l'Ipovisione
• Retina Australia
• Western Australia Retinitis Pigmentosa Association
• Swiss RP Association
  1. Retina Suisse (deutsch)
  2. Retina Suisse (français)
  3. Retina Suisse (italiano)

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Septo-Optic Dysplasia (SLO) & Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH)

• Information for Parents of Children with SLO/ONH

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Stevens Johnson Syndrome (Erythema multiforme)

• Stevens Johnson Syndrome Foundation
• Stevens Johnson Syndrome Health Information Portal
• Erythema multiforme (Stevens Johnson Syndrome) Information (NIH)

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Usher Syndrome

• Usher Syndrome (NIDCD)
  1. no graphics version of NIDCD Usher Syndrome information
• The Usher Syndrome Page (A to Z of Deafblindness)
• Usher Syndrome (Foundation Fighting Blindness)
• Usher Syndrome Information (Family Village) (a service of the University of Wisconsin, Madison)
• Genetic Analysis of Usher Syndrome in Ashkenazi Jews (Clinical Trial)

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Uveitis

• Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation, a resource from the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, maintained (for the most part) by C. Stephen Foster, M.D.
  1. Uveitis
     1. Uveitis Specialists
  2. Frequently Asked Questions About Uveitis and Ocular Inflamatory Disease
  3. American Uveitis Society's list of Uveitis Specialists
  4. Patient Information from the American Uveitis Society
  5. Online Uveitis Support Groups
  6. Recent Literature in Ocular Immunology
  7. American Uveitis Society's List of Links pertaining to Ocular Immunology
  8. Information on Ocular Inflammatory Disease (American Uveitis Society)
     1. Acute Anterior Uveitis
     2. Chronic Anterior Uveitis (PDF document)
        1. Chronic Anterior Uveitis (hypertext version)
     3. Behçet's Disease (PDF document)
        1. Behçet's Disease Information (hypertext version)
     4. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Retinitis
     5. Etanercept
     6. Fuchs' Heterochromic Uveitis (PDF document)
        1. Fuchs' Heterochromic Uveitis (hypertext document
     7. Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (PDF document)
        1. hypertext version of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus information
     8. Junior Idiopathic Arthritis-associated Uveitis
     9. Morren's Ulcer
     10. Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid
     11. Posner-Schlossman Syndrome
     12. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
     13. Retinal Vasculitis
     14. Wegener's Glanulomastosis
  9. Laboratory Research in Ocular Immunology
• Uveitis Info (RNIB)
• The Uveitis Information Group (United Kingdom)
• Uveitis Support Group (Boston, MA)
  1. My Experience with Idiopathic Uveitis: A Patient's Perspective, an essay by Mary Herden

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Xeroderma Pigmentosum

• Xeroderma Pigmentosum Society

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Prevention

• The Foundation Fighting Blindness
  • Mission Statement
  • The Latest Research
• National Eye Institute
• Prevent Blindness America
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)

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Research

• CERA: Centre for Eye Research Australia (Department of Opthamology, University of Melbourne)
• Eyeville: an opthalmic resource center
• The MRC Human Genetics Unit (Western General Hospital, Edinburgh)
• RetNet, the Retinal Information Network is sponsored by the Laboratory for the Molecular Diagnosis of Inherited Eye Diseases at the University of Texas Health Science Center
  1. Cloned and/or Mapped Genes Causing Retinal Diseases
  2. Summary of Genes Causing Retinal Diseases (table)
  3. Symbols of Genes Causing Retinal Diseases (3 column table)
  4. References for Disease Tables
  5. Resources for Research on Retinal Degeneration (table)
  6. What's New in Genes Causing Retinal Diseases (table)
• description of the research being conducted at the University of Calgary's Vision and Aging Lab
• Vision Research Links from UC Irvine
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Vision Science
• Camera Obscura's index of Educational Resources Pertaining to Blindness and Vision Loss

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Blindness-Related Organizations
(listed alphabetically)

Sub-Index

1. American Organizations and Foundations

2. Asian Organizations and Foundations

3. Australian, New Zealand, and Oceanian Organizations

4. Canadian Organizations and Foundations

5. Central and South American Organizations and Foundations

6. European Organizations and Foundations

7. International Organizations and Foundations

8. Organizations & Foundations of & for the Deafblind

American Organizations and Foundations

National American Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• ACB: The American Council of the Blind
  1. ACB Affiliated Organizations
  2. BFLAG: Blind Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People, founded in 1996, in 2000, BFLAG received a charter as a special interest affiliate of the American Council of the Blind
• AFB: The American Foundation for the Blind
• American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
• The Blinded Veterans Association
• Catholic Guild for the Blind
• CSBPS: Community Services for the Blind & Partially Sighted, serving the Pacific Northwest
  1. CSBPS Programs & Services
  2. SightConnection: the CSBPS' Online Store, offering "more than 200 items designed to support the independence and well-being of people who are blind and visually impaired"
• Helen Keller Services for the Blind (New York City)
  1. framed version of the HKSB web site
• Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
• Jewish Braille Institute of America
• The Lighthouse for the Blind
• NFB: The National Federation of the Blind
  1. Comprehensive List of the web sites of NFB Chapters
  2. National Federation of the Blind's Deaf-Blind Division
  3. search NFB's web site
• National Society to Prevent Blindness/Prevent Blindness New Jersey
  1. Gallery of Visual Disorders
  2. Referral Guidelines for Vision Problems (New Jersey)
• NAVH: National Association for Visually Handicapped/Impaired (offices in NYC and San Francisco)
• National Industries for the Blind
• NOAH: The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation
• Opportunities for the Blind, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting legally blind individuals achieve their career objectives and become self-supporting

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Alabama - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Alabama State Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired
• Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind

Alaska - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Access Alaska
  1. Access Alaska - Fairbanks Branch
• Alaska Independent Blind
  1. Alaska Independant Blind Newsletter
• Alaska Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired (state agency)
• ATLA: The Assistive Technology of Alaska, connects Alaskans who have disabilities with the tools they need in order to learn, work, play, and participate in community life safely and independently; a used equipment recycling program is also coordinated by ATLA
  1. ATLA's Swap Shop
  2. ATLA's Weblog

Arizona - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Arizona: State Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired
  1. Arizona State Services for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind, & Hard-of-Hearing

Arkansas - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Arkansas Division of Services for the Blind
• E.R. Rudolphy Residence for the Blind

California - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Baytalk Computer User Group (San Francisco)
• Blind Ambition: non-profit, self-defense organization for the visually impaired. (California)
• Blind Ambition: a "Social Club for the Blind and Visually-Impaired" located in Orange County, California
• Blind Babies: serving families of infants and young children with visual imapirments in Northern and Central California
• The Blind Children's Center (Los Angeles, California)
• California Blind & Visually Impaired State Services
• California Deaf-Blind Services
• Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind and VI (San Francisco, CA)
  1. Lighthouse of the North Coast (Humboldt & Del Norte counties, California)
• San Mateo County Council of the Blind

Colorado - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Colorado Association of Blind Students

Connecticut - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Connecticut State Board of Education & Services for the Blind

Delaware - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Delaware Division for the Visually Impaired

Foundations for the Blind/VI in the District of Columbia (Washington, DC)

• Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind

Florida - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Florida Outreach Project for Individuals with Deaf-Blindness

Georgia - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Atlanta Center for the Visually Impaired
  1. Atlanta Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired - text-only version
• Georgia Industries for the Blind
  1. Georgia Industries for the Blind: Fact Sheet
• Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation

Hawaii - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Ho'opno: State of Hawaii's Blindness and Visual Impairment Services
• Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind

Idaho - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Idaho Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired (ICBVI)

Illinois - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Chicago Blind Computer Users Network
• Illinois Bureau of Blind Services

Indiana - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• EAB: Evansville Association of the Blind
• Indiana Blind & Visually Impaired State Services
• Indiana School for the Blind (Indianapolis)

Iowa - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Iowa Department For the Blind

Kentucky - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• The Blue Grass Council of the Blind, Inc., a United Way agency, provides the only full-time information and referral service in Kentucky for individuals and their families who are blind or visually impaired
• Kentucky Office for the Blind
• Kentucky Department for the Deaf-Blind

Maryland - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind

Massachusetts - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• LAB: The Lowell Association for the Blind (Massachusetts, USA)
  1. The LAB Retreivers Beep Baseball Team
• The Carroll Center for the Blind (Newton, Massachusetts)
• Massachusetts Association for the Blind (MAB)
• VIBUG: Visually Impaired and Blind User Group of Boston (Massachussetts)

Michigan - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Association for the Blind & VI
  1. Peer Support Groups for the Blind & VI in Michigan
• Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind & Visually Impaired (formerly known as the Upshaw Institute for the Blind)
  1. Michigan Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
  2. Council of Services Aiding the Blind in Greater Detroit

Minnesota - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Minnesota Services for the Blind

Missouri - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Nebraska - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Nebraska Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
  1. emailing list for the Nebraska Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired

Nevada - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Las Vegas Vision Specialists for Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma & Diabetes

New Jersey - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Associated Services for the Blind (serving Philadelphia and southern NJ since 1874)
• New Jersey Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
• New Jersey Unit of RFB&D
  1. New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards - RFB&D Textbook Lists
• New Jersey State Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
• NJ Association of County Offices for the Disabled
• SeeingEye (Morristown, NJ)
  
  
• Alliance for Disabled in Action (independent living skills/Union, Middlesex, & Somerset Counties, NJ)

New York - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• The Associated Blind (New York)
  1. eSight Careers Network
     1. What is eSight?
     2. Become an eSight Member
     3. eSight's Community News Blog
• AVI: Association for Visually Impaired (Rockland & Orange Counties, New York)
• New York Commission for the Blind & Visually Handicapped
  1. NY CBVH Programs
• Mayor's Office for Persons With Disabilities (New York City)
  1. text-only version of New York City's Mayor's Office for Persons With Disabilities site
• Theater by the Blind (New York City)
• VICUG NYC: The Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group of New York City (peer support group for the New York City metropolitan area)
  1. Meetings & Minutes
  2. Moving Targets: Topical Topics of Interest
  3. Join VIC-NYC, the emailing list of VICUG NYC

North Carolina - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind
  1. North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind's collection of blindness-related links
• Southeastern Guide Dogs Outreach Office (Concord, NC)

Ohio - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Cincinati Organization for the Blind & Visually Impaired
• Cleveland Sight Center

Oregon - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Oregon State Commission for the Blind
  1. text-only version of the Oregon State Commission for the Blind

Pennsylvania - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Associated Services for the Blind (serving Philadelphia and southern NJ since 1874)
• BOLD: Blind Outdoor Leisure Development, an organization of blind/VI individuals who participate in outdoor and cultural activities in the Pittsburgh area
• Keystone Blind Association
  1. text-only version of Keystone Blind Association site
• Pennsylvania Association for the Blind
  1. DelCo Blind the Delaware County Branch of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (Chester, Pennsylvania)
• Pittsburgh Vision Services serving residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• VIPACE: Visually Impaired Pittsburgh Area Computer Enthusiasts
  1. Helpful Resources
  2. State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies
  3. Meetings and Events
  4. A Citizens Handbook for the Rehabilitation Act
  5. DataStream: computer-related articles read over RIS in the Pittsburgh/Three Rivers Area
• VITAL: Visually Impaired Technology Advocacy League (Wilkes-Barre, PA)

Texas - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Access San Antonio (live audio description)
• Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind
• Texas Commission for the Blind
  1. Legal Authority for TCB
• Texas School for the Blind

Vermont - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Vermont Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Virginia - Organizations, Services, & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Virginia Departmet for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Virginia School For The Deaf & The Blind

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Asian Organizations and Foundations
(alphabetically arranged by country)

Organizations & Foundations for the Blind in Honk Kong

• Hong Kong Retinitis Pigmentosa Society

Organizations & Foundations for the Blind in India

• Blind Men's Association, Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad, India)
• Blindness in India
• Braille Aid from Webel Mediatronics, developers of a text-to-braille transcription system featuring text-to-braille software in 12 regional Indian languages, a braille keyboard, an automatic braille embosser, and a tactile reader, as well as braille-to-text software in English, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, and Assamese, with development of similar software in other languages in process.
• National Association for the Blind (India)
• DANPCB: National Program for the Control of Blindness (New Delhi, India)
• NPCB: National Programme for Control of Blindness (New Delhi, India)
• Disability India

Organizations & Foundations for the Blind in Malaysia

• Malaysian Association for the Blind

Organizations & Foundations for the Blind in Pakistan

• CKS: Care & Kindness Society (Pakistan) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of eye-care, visual health, free eye clinics, and vision loss prevention in Pakistan

Organizations & Foundations for the Blind in Singapore

• SAVH: Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped

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Australian, New Zealand, Micronesean, and Oceanian Organizations

• The Australian DeafBlind Council
• Blind Citizens Australia (BCA)
  1. Find the nearest audio ATM in Australia
  2. Horizons, the radio program of the BCA
     1. Horizons broadcast schedule
     2. download Horizons for off-line listening
• Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
• New Zealand Resource Guide for the Visually Impaired
• Royal Institute for Deaf-Blind Children (Australia)
• Royal Blind Society (Australia) "is the key service provider in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territories for children and adults who are blind or vision impaired. RBS offers counselling, employment support, computer training, a talking book library and talking newspaper service, transcription facilities, low vision aids and strategies for managing everyday activities and retaining independence
• Royal Guide Dogs Association of Tasmania
• Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (Australia)
• The South Australian Royal Society for the Blind
• Victorian Blind Cricket Association's web site contains informatation about the game of blind cricket as it is played in Victoria, Australia
• Vision Australia, "the largest provider of services to people who are blind or vision impaired in Australia, assisting more than 38,000 children and adults to live the lives they choose."

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Canadian Organizations and Foundations

• Coalition for Active Living (formerly Alliance for Canadians with a Disability)
  • Coalition pour la vie active
• Alberta Sports & Recreation for the Blind
• Canadian Braille Authority/L'Autorit#é canadienne du braille (ACB): "Promoting braille as a primary medium for blind persons" / «Favoriser le braille comme média privilégié»
  • Canadian Braille Authority (CBA) - english home page
  • L'Autorité canadienne du braille (ACB) - information en franèais
• CCB: Canadian Council of the Blind
  1. Le Conseil Canadien des Aveugles (CCB en français)
• Canadian Council on Disabilities
• CNIB: Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association
  1. L'Association Canadienne de la Surdicécité et de la Rubeole
• Le Bon Pilote, Inc. (Montréal)
  1. Le Bon Pilote (english version)
• MAB: Montreal Association for the Blind/Association Montréalaise pour les Aveugles
  1. English text-only version of the MAB site
  2. MAB table des matières (en français)
• National Broadcast Reading Service
• National Federation of the Blind: Advocates for Equality, is a Canadian organization which believes that "the real problem with blindness is not the loss of eyesight -- the real problem is misunderstanding and a lack of positive information about blindness and the achievements of people who are blind."
  1. The Canadian Blind Monitor, a publication of NFBAE
• Operation Eyesight, a non-profit organization that has been helping those threatened with preventable and treatable blindness conditions for over 40 years. Volunteer opportunities available.
  1. Operation Eyesight: information en français
• PRCVI: Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (British Columbia)
• Regroupement des aveugles et amblyopes du Montréal métropolitain
• RP Research Foundation (Toronto, Canada)
• Physically located in Vancouver, BC, The Western Association of Persons with Vision Impairment (WAPVI) is a non-profit organization run by and for blind and VI persons. WAPVI maintains a computer loan-bank and a text-based BBS for blind/VI individuals.
• The Ontarians With Disabilities Act Committee

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Central and South American Organizations and Foundations
(alphabetically arranged by country)

Brazilian Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Instituto de Cegos da Bahia

Colombian Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• INCI: Instituto Nacional para Ciegos (Colombia)

Peruvian Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Asociacion Peruana de Ciegos Catolicos (Peru)
• Centro de Rehabilitacion de Ciegos de Lima (Peru)
• Instituto Nacional de Ciegos del Peru (Peru)

• SIDAR: Seminario Iberoamericano sobre Discapacidad y Accesibilidad en la Red (SIDAR)

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European Organizations and Foundations
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Austrian Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Engel auf Pfoten (textversion)
  1. Engel auf Pfoten (frames & grafik)
  2. Angels on Paws (information in English)

Croatian Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Croatian Guide Dogs and Mobility Association
• DODIR: Hrvatska udruga gluhoslijepih osoba
  1. Croatian Association of DeafBlind Persons (DODIR)
• Hrvatski Savez Slijepih (Croatian Association of the Blind)
  1. Croatian Association of the Blind (english version)
• HOMER: Hrvatska udruga prijatelja bijelog štapa
  1. Croatian Association of Long Cane Friends (english version)
• Hrvatska udruga za struènu pomoæ djeci s posebnim potrebama
• Udruga roditelja OKO (Croatian Association of Parents' of Blind Children)
• Udruga Slijepih Zagreb (Zagreb Association of Blind Persons)
• Udruga Slijepih Primorsko-Goranske Zupanije

Czech Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• BraillNet: sjednocené organizace nevidomy'ch a slabozraky'ch
  1. email the Czech Blind and Partially Sighted Union for info in english

Danish Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Fonden for Aktive Blinde
  1. Danish Foundation for the Active Blind
• Danish National Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted Children and Youth

French Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Mira France

German Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Aktion Tonband-Zeitung für Blinde
• Blinde und Sehbehinderte, Lehrerausbildung, Schulen/Schüler im Netz

Greek Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Panhellenic Association of the Blind

Ireland: Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Centre for Inclusive Technology (CFIT, pronounced see-fit)
• the National Council for the Blind of Ireland, provides practical support and services to people who are living with sight loss in Ireland. NCBI also provides a range of services to public and private organisations to make sure that their services are accessible to people who are blind and vision impaired

Italian Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Unione Italiana Ciechi

Luxemburg: Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Luxemburg Institute for Blind and Visually Impaired People
• Lëtzebuerger Blannevereenegung
  1. Association des Aveugles et Malvoyants du Luxembourg (en français)
  2. Lëtzebuerger Blannevereenegung (in deutscher Sprache)

Maltese Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Torball Blind Association (Malta)

Norwegian Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• COST 219 Information Resource Manager
  1. COST 219 Publications Database
• The National Central Team for the Deafblind (Norway)
• Statens sentralteam for døvblinde
  1. Norway's National Central Team for the Deafblind (english version)

Portuguese Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• APEDV: Associação Promotora de Emprego de Deficientes Visuais

Spanish Organizations & Foundations for the Blind/VI

• Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE)
  1. Oficina de Información de la O.N.C.E. (Texto Castellano)
  2. The ONCE Information Office (English text-only version)