Disability Resources - Sight Impairments
Links in this category: 21. Newest link in this category: 2009-12-09
| Link | Details Revised/Checked |
| Disability Empowerment Network DEN - Resource-Access provides quality empowerment services for people with disabilities, specialiseing in service delivery to people with visual impairments. http://www.resource-access.com/ | International interest, Norway, English language, Link checked 2012-02 |
| World Blind Union The WBU is universally accepted as the representative of the world's blind community by the United Nations and other international organisations. http://www.worldblindunion.org/en/ | International interest, Spain, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Yahoo! Groups - magnifiers Low Vision Computer Access List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/magnifiers.. | International interest, United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Low Vision Information Center A nonprofit organization offering information services and an in-house demonstration area with a variety of low vision aids and ideas. http://www.lowvisioninfo.org/ | International interest, United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH) For visually impaired and professionals, we offer an online low vision aids store, discussion list, large print lending library, newsletters, support groups, and education. http://www.navh.org/ | International interest, United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| American Council of the Blind Provides general information about the Council, including recent issues of our monthly publication, The Braille Forum. http://www.acb.org/ | International interest, United States, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Detroit, Michigan, is a non-profit agency dedicated to preventing blindness, reducing the impact of blindness, and advocating for those with severe vision loss. http://www.gdabvi.org/ | International interest, United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) A voluntary, not-for-profit rehabilitation agency that provides services for people who are blind, visually impaired and deafblind. The CNIB’s primary goal is to empower its clients to participate fully in a sighted world. http://www.cnib.ca/ | Canada, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Information about New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, blindness issues, Guide Dog Services, Library and Information Services for the Blind, Equipment for Blind people http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/ | New Zealand, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| The Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Teachers and Students [ABAPSTAS] ABAPSTAS was founded in 1970 by a small number of visually impaired people with the primary aim of supporting students, teachers and lecturers. http://www.abapstas.org.uk/ | United Kingdom, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Brighton Society for the blind Organization for the blind from the United Kingdom. http://www.bsblind.co.uk/full/ | United Kingdom, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| The Screen Magnifiers Homepage Information about screen magnifiers for people having problems reading their computer screen. Screen magnification and text-to-speech. Includes product reviews, download area, news, discussion and links. http://www.magnifiers.org/ | Netherlands, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Achromatopsia Network An information and support network for individuals and families who are affected by the rare inherited vision disorder achromatopsia. http://www.achromat.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Adaptive Technology Center for the Blind (ATCB) The ATCB is a dedicated computer trainer and Braille transcriber Center focusing on the needs of students and professionals in Ethiopia who are blind or visually impaired http://www3.sympatico.ca/tamru/ | Ethiopia, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Canadian Council of the Blind - A Lack of Sight is not a lack of vision The CCB is an organization not FOR the blind but OF the blind. A board of directors who are blind and visually impaired governs the CCB, and as a result, there is a special sensitivity to the needs of the blind community. http://www.ccbnational.net/ | Canada, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Canix http://Canix.org/ | Spain, Spanish language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted Founded as an independent nonprofit vision rehabilitation in 1965, Seattle-based Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted works with individiuals, families and communities to restore, maintain and enhance the independence and well-being of people with impaired vision, and specializes in working with age-related vision loss. Programs include counseling; safe travel and independent living training; low vision clinic; volunteer services; education, information and referral; assistive technology center; and adaptive aids sales, including an online store with hundreds of products for living with vision loss and secure transactions at www.sightconnection.com http://www.csbps.com/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Duxbury Systems Home of Raised Dot Computing and MegaDots, braille translation programs. http://www.duxburysystems.com/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Itac Consulting Ltd. sourcing and providing adaptive and assistive technologies to enable handicapped people to integrate into society http://www.itacconsulting.com/ | Kenya, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| Narrative Television Network Makes movies and television programming accessible to blind and visually impaired people through narration, an "extra" voice added to the show to describe the visual elements of the story. Since 1988, NTN has narrated hundreds of hours of movies and television series, as well as several Broadway theatre productions and museum tours. http://NarrativeTV.com/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
| National Federation of the Blind Helps blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and acts as a vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind. http://www.nfb.org/ | United States, English language, Link checked 2012-01 |
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