low vision resource guide - Foundation Fighting Blindness

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LOW VISION RESOURCE GUIDE
Table of Contents
Introduction
Assistive Technology & Low Vision Product Providers
Career Selection & Employment
Education Resources
Mobility Service Providers
National Resource & Service Organizations
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Introduction
Living with vision loss can be a constant
challenge. As day-to-day activities
become more difficult, it is important
to remember that it is possible to live a
productive, independent and fulfilling
life in spite of your vision loss.
The Foundation Fighting Blindness
is proud to provide resources and
support for patients affected by retinal
degenerative diseases like macular
degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa,
Usher syndrome and Stargardt disease.
In the following pages you will find
information on companies, agencies
and organizations nationwide, wich
offer services, resources and assistance
for people living with vision loss. Each
one of these sources provides some
form of assistance, many free of charge.
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Assistive Technology &
Low Vision Product Providers
The following organizations provide low vision products.
ABLEDATA
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 930
Silver Spring, MD 20910
800-227-0216
www.abledata.com
A.T. Kratter & Company
12062 Valley View Street, Suite 109
Garden Grove, CA 92845
714-799-3000
www.atkratter.com
Al Squared
PO Box 669
Manchester Center, VT 05255
802-362-3612
802-362-1670
www.aisquared.com
Benetech
480 South California Avenue, Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609
650-644-3400
www.benetech.org
American Thermoform Corp.
1758 Brackett Street
LaVerne, CA 91750
909-593-6711
www.americanthermoform.com
Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 9022
Hicksville, NY 11802-9022
800-537-2118
516-937-3906
www.annmorris.com
Bernell Vision Therapy Products
4016 North Home Street
Mishawaka, IN 46545
800-348-2225
574-259-2070
www.bernell.com
Beyond Sight, Inc
5650 South Windemere Street
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-6455
www.beyondsight.com
Apple Computer, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-996-1010
www.apple.com
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Blazie Engineering
105 East Jarrettsville Road
Forest Hill, MD 21050
410-893-9333
www.blazie.co.uk
Corning Incorporated Ophthalmic
12609 Ashdown Drive
Odessa, FL 33556
813-758-1065
www.corning.com/ophthalmic
Bossert Specialties, Inc.
3620 East Thomas Road, Suite D-124
Phoenix, AZ 85018
800-776-5885
602-956-6637
www.bossertspecialties.com
Cross Educational Software
PO Box 1536
Ruston, LA 71270
800-768-1969
318-255-8921
Braille Planet, Inc.
408 South Baldwin Street
Madison, WI 53703
800-347-9594
608-257-9595
www.brailleplanet.org
Carolyn’s Low Vision Products
3938 South Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34231-3622
800-648-2266
941-373-9100
www.carolynscatalog.com
Dazor Manufacturing Corporation
2079 Congressional
St. Louis, MO 63146
800-345-9103
314-652-2400
www.dazor.com
Duxbury Systems, Inc.
270 Littleton Road, Unit 6
Westford, MA 01886-3523
978-692-3000
www.duxburysystems.com
Clarity Solutions
6776 Preston Avenue
Livermore, CA 94551
800-575-1456
www.clarityusa.com
Computer Challenges
3201 Coquelin Terrace
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-986-9369
301-986-9357
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E.W. Pike & Co., Inc.
2149 Price Street
Rahway, NJ 07065
732-396-0002
www.ewpike.com
Edroy Products Co., Inc.
PO Box 998
Nyack, NY 10960
800-233-8803
845-358-6600
www.edroyproducts.com
Edwards Optical Corporation
2441 Windward Shore Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
800-426-1700
757-496-2550
Electronic Visual Aids Specialists (EVAS)
PO Box 371
Westerly, RI 02891
800-872-3827
401-596-3155
www.evas.com
Enabling Technologies Company
1601 North East Braille Place
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
800-777-3687
561-225-3687
www.brailler.com
Enhanced Vision Systems
5882 Machine Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
888-811-3161
717-374-1829
www.enhancedvision.com
Ferguson Enterprises
205 Joliet Avenue, South East, Suite 101
De Smet, SD 57231-2411
605-854-9280
www.fergusonenterprises.com
Freedom Scientific
11800 31st Court North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805
800-444-4443
727-803-8000
www.freedomscientific.com
Gladys E. Loeb Foundation
2002 Forest Hill Drive
301-434-7748
GW Micro, Inc.
725 Airport North Office Park
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260-489-3671
www.gwmicro.com
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Helen Keller National Center
111 Middleneck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050
516-944-8900
516-944-8637 (TTY)
www.helenkeller.org
Innovative Rehabilitation Technology
13465 Colfax Highway
Grass Valley, CA 95945
800-322-4784
530-274-2090
www.irti.net
Hooleon Corporation
PO Box 589
304 West Denby Avenue
Melrose, NM 88124
928-634-7515
www.hooleon.com
JBliss Low Vision Systems
PO Box 7382
Menlo Park, CA 94026
888-452-5477
650-327-5477
www.jbliss.com
Hitec Special Needs Center
1743 Quincy Avenue, Unit 155
Naperville, IL 60540
800-288-8303
800-536-8890 (TTY)
www.hitec.com
Kurzweil Educational Systems
24 Prime Parkway
Natick, MA 01760
800-547-6747
www.kurzweiledu.com
HumanWare, Inc.
1 UPS Way
PO Box 800
Champlain, NY 12919
800-722-3393
888-871-4828
www.humanware.com
Independent Living Aids, LLC
200 Robbins Lane
Jericho, NY 11753
800-537-2118
516-937-3906
www.independentliving.com
LS&S Group
PO Box 673
Northbrook, IL 60065
800-468-4789
866-317-8533 (TTY)
www.lssgroup.com
Maxi Aids, Inc.
42 Executive Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
800-522-6294
631-752-0521
www.MaxiAids.com
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National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
888-965-8965
www.nbp.org
Optelec US, Inc.
3030 Enterprise Court, Suite C
Vista, CA 92081
800-826-4200
www.optelec.com
National Federation for the Blind
International Braille &
Technology Center
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314
www.nfb.org
RC Systems
1609 England Avenue
Everett, WA 98203
425-355-3800
www.rcsys.com
The New Vision Store
919 Walnut Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-629-2990
www.thenewvisionstore.com
Nuance
1 Wayside Road
Burlington, MA 01803
781-565-5000
www.nuance.com
Tactic
Clovernook Center
7000 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45231-5297
513-522-3860
www.clovernook.org
Telesensory
4545 Stockdale Highway, Suite F
Bakersfield, CA 93309
650-743-9515
www.telesensory.com
NoIR Medical Technologies
6155 Pontiac Trial
South Lyon, MI 48178
800-521-9746
www.noir-medical.com
Ocutech
109 Conner Drive, Suite 2105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
800-326-6460
919-967-6460
www.ocutech.com
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Career Selection
& Employment
The following national organizations provide resources for job-seeking adults who are
blind or visually impaired. For services offered strictly in your region, please contact
the vocational rehabilitation agency in your state.
American Council for the Blind (ACB)
2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201
703-465-5085
www.acb.org
Computer/Electronic
Council of Citizens with Low Vision
International (CCLVI)
800-733-2258
www.cclvi.org
American Foundation for the Blind
Careers and Technology Information
Bank
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
212-502-7642
www.afb.org
DB-LINK: The National Information
Clearinghouse on Children Who Are
Deaf-Blind
345 Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
800-438-9376
800-854-7013 (TTY)
www.tr.wou.edu/dblink
American Society for Deaf Children
800 Florida Avenue, #2047
Washington, DC 20002-3695
800-942-2732
www.deafchildren.org
Association for Education and
Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually
Impaired (AER)
1703 North Beauregard Street, Suite 440
Alexandria, VA 22311
877-492-2708
www.aerbvi.org
Community Options, Inc.
16 Farber Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-951-9900
www.comop.org
Helen Keller National Center
141 Middle Neck Road
Sand Point, NY 11050
516-944-8900
516-944-7302 (TTY)
www.helenkeller.org
Job Accomodation Network
PO Box 6080
Morgantown, WV 26506
800-526-7234
304-293-7186
www.jan.wvu.edu
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Career Selection
& Employment
Job Opportunities for the Blind
National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314
www.nfb.org
The National Able Network
567 West Lake Street, Suite 1150
Chicago, IL 60661-1405
312-994-4200
www.nationalable.org
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
301-587-1788
301-587-1789 TDD
www.nad.org
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
585-475-6400
www.ntid.rit.edu
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Education Resources
The following organizations provide information, training, support, and product
resources to parents, educators and individuals who are blind or visually
impaired.
ABLEDATA
800-227-0216
301-608-8998
301-608-8912 (TTY)
www.abledata.com
www.ahead.org
Blind Children’s Resource Center
Parents of Blind Children
23 Alexander Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
973-377-0976
www.blindchildren.org
ACT Assessment “Special Testing Guide”
PO Box 168
Iowa City, IA 52243-0168
319-337-1270
The Center for the Partially Sighted
6101 W. Centinela Avenue, Suite 150
Culver City, CA 90230
310-988-1970
www.low-vision.org
Alliance for Technology Access
1119 Old Humboldt Road
Jackson, TN 38305
800-914-3017
731-554-5284 (TTY)
www.ataccess.org
AFB Press
New York, NY 10001
800-232-5463
212-502-7600
www.afb.org
Council for Exceptional Children
1110 N Glebe Road, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
866-915-5000
888-232-7733
www.cec.sped.org
Association on Higher Education and
Disability
107 Commerce Center Drive, Suite 204
Huntersville, NC 28078
704-947-7779
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Education Resources
The Guild for the Blind
180 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601-7463
312-236-8569
www.guildfortheblind.org
Hadley School for the Blind
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093-0299
800-323-4238
847-441-8111 (TTY)
www.hadley.edu
Higher Education and Adult Training for
People with Handicaps (HEATH)
www.heath-resource-center.org
Maryland Technology Assistance
Program (MD-TAP)
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
800-832-4827
www.mdtap.org
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
800-438-9376
800-854-7013 (TTY)
www.nationaldb.org
National Dissemination Center for
Children with Disabilities
1825 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20009
800-695-0285
202-884-8200
www.nichcy.org
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The following provide orientation and mobility training and services, including cane
and guide dog training, to individuals with vision impairment.
Advantage Canes Revolution
Enterprises, Inc.
12170 Dearborn Place
Poway, CA 92064
800-382-5132
www.advantagecanes.com
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
103 Old Iron Ore Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-5200
www.fidelco.org
Autofold
188 East Street
Fitchburg, MA 01420
877-472-3266
978-516-0084
www.autofold.com
Free White Cane Program
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314
www.nfb.org
B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc.
14540 NE 91st Street
Redmond, WA 98052
800-327-5648
www.bemeyers.com
Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind
1210 Hardscrabble Road
Cassville, NY 13318
315-822-5132
www.freedomguidedogs.org
Blindskills, Inc.
PO Box 5181
Salem, OR 97304-0181
800-860-4224
www.blindskills.com
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc
371 East Main Street
Smithtown, NY 11787
631-265-2121
www.guidedog.org
Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind
PO Box 519
Claremont, CA 91711
800-393-3641
www.eyedogfoundation.org
Guide Dogs of the Desert
PO Box 1692
Palm Springs, CA 92263
760-329-1282
www.guidedogsofthedesert.com
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
PO Box 151200
San Rafael, CA 94915-1200
800-295-4050
www.guidedogs.com
Leader Dogs for the Blind
1039 S. Rochester Road
Rochester Hills, MI 48307-3115
888-777-5332
248-651-9011
Guide Dogs of America
13445 Glenoaks Boulevard
Sylmar, CA 91342
818-362-5834
www.guidedogsofamerica.org
National Association of Guide Dog Users
of the Blind
1003 Papaya Drive
Tampa, FL 33619
813-626-2789
www.nagdu.org
Guide Dog Users, Inc.
14311 Astrodome Drive
866-799-8436
301-871-7591
www.gdui.org
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
611 Granite Springs Rd.
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
800-942-0149
914-245-4024
www.guidingeyes.org
Howell Mobility Products
717 Louis Avenue
Royal Oak, MI 48067
248-548-1788
www.howellmobility.com
Kansas Specialty Dog Services
124 West 7th Street
Washington, KS 66968
785-325-2256
www.ksds.org
Nightline, Inc.
13501 SW 128th, Unit 217
Miami, FL 33186
305-598-5357
www.nightline-inc.com
Pilot Dogs, Inc.
625 West Town Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614-221-6367
www.pilotdogs.org
Seeing Eye, Inc.
10 Washington Valley Road
Morristown, NJ 07963-3412
973-539-4425
www.seeingeye.org
Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.
4210 77th Street East
Palmetto, FL 34221
800-944-3647
941-729-5665
www.guidedogs.org
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Stano Components, Inc.
PO Box STANO
Silver City, NV 89428
775-246-5281
www.night-vision.com
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National Resource &
Service Organizations
Below is a list of national organizations and advocacy groups that provide information
and a variety of helpful services for the blind and visually impaired.
American Council for the Blind (ACB)
2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201
703-465-5085
www.acb.org
The Center for the Partially Sighted
6101 West Centinela Avenue, Suite 150
Culver City, CA 90230
310-988-1970
www.low-vision.org
New York, NY 10001
800-232-5463
www.afb.org
Cleveland Sight Center
1909 East 101st Street
PO Box 1988
Cleveland, OH 44106
215-791-8118
www.clevelandsightcenter.org
American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankfurt Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
800-223-1839
502-895-2405
www.aph.org
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Information Line
800-514-0301
www.ada.gov
Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 0922
Hicksville, NY 11802
800-537-2118
516-822-5135
www.annmorris.com
Council of Citizens with Low Vision
International (CCLVI)
800-733-2258
www.cclvi.org
Hadley School for the Blind
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093-0299
800-323-4238
847-441-8111 (TTY)
www.hadley.edu
Hooleon Corporation
PO Box 589
304 West Denby Avenue
Melrose, NM 88124
928-634-7515
www.hooleon.com
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National Resource &
Service Organizations
The Jewish Guild for the Blind
15 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
800-284-4422
www.jgb.org
Resources for Rehabilitation
22 Bonad Road
Winchester, MA 01890
781-368-9098
www.rfr.org
The Lighthouse, Inc.
111 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
800-829-0500
www.lighthouse.org
Services for the Visually Impaired
111 Summit Park Road
Spring Valley, NY 10977
845-354-3003
www.visionsvcb.org
MAB Community Services
200 Ivy Street
Brookline, MA 02446
617-738-5110
www.mabcommunity.org
Spectrios Institute for Low Vision
at Deicke House
219 East Cole Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187
630-690-7115
www.spectrios.org
National Association for Parents of
Children with Visual Impairments
PO Box 317
Watertown, MA 02471
800-562-6265
617-972-7441
www.spedex.com/napvi
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA, 02472
617-924-3434
www.perkins.org
Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive
Technology Society of North America
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540
Arlington, VA 22209
703-524-6686
www.resna.org
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