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Organizations
American
Council of the Blind
1155 15th
Street,
NW, Suite 1004
Washington,
DC 20005
Tel.:
(800) 424-8666
http://www.acb.org
Provides
information and referral,
legislative and
disability
related
advocacy, publishes monthly
magazine, The
Braille Forum.
American
Foundation for the
Blind
11 Penn
Plaza, Suite
300
New York, New
York
10001
Tel.:
(800)
232-5463
http://www.afb.org/
Offers books on aging and blindness.
American
Printing House for
the Blind
1839
Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box
6085
Louisville,
KY 40206-0085
Tel.:
(502) 895-2405
http://www.aph.org
The Adult Life Products
catalog features braille
products,
books and supplies, large-print books,
computer
software and access products, labeling
and
marking products, lighting, low vision devices,
personal
care, recreation and leisure products,
talking
products and writing and reading devices.
Provides
referrals for disadvantaged
individuals
over 65 who do not have
access to an
ophthalmologist.
Lighthouse
International
111
East 59th
Street
New
York, New
York 10022
Tel.:
(800) 334-5497
http://www.lighthouse.org/
Provides
services to individuals of all
ages:
including
low vision
exams, mental
health services, vision
rehabilition services,
orientation
and mobility
training, adaptive
computer
services, child and youth
services
and
the
Lighthouse store. They
publish a guidebook
entitled
Sound &
sight: Your Second
Fifty Years.
National
Association for Parents of Children
with Visual
Impairments
P.O. Box 317
Watertown, MA
02272-0317
Tel.: (800)
562-6265
http://www.viguide.com/mapvi/index.htm
NAPCVI
is an organization of, by and for
parents
committed
to providing support to the
parents of
children
who have visual impairments.
National
Association for Visually
Handicapped
22
West 21st
Street 6th Floor
New
York, NY
10010
Tel.:
(212)
889-3141 or (212) 255-2804
http://www.navh.org
NAVH is a
nonprofit organization
dedicated to providing
assistance to the partially sighted. Services include:
low vision services, eye information, low vision aids,
large print loan library, support group facilitation and
education.
National
Eye Institute Information Center
National Institute of
Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 31, Room 6A03
Besthesda, MD 20892
Tel.: (301) 496-5248
http://www.nei.nih.gov
Finances and
conducts research on
the eye and vision disorders; supports
training of eye researchers; and
publishes materials on visual impairments
(many are free).
The National Information clearinghouse
on Children Who
are
Deaf-Blind
Northwestern Oregon State University
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
Tel.: (800) 438-9376
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/
Identifies, coordinates and disseminates
information related to children ages 0-21
who are deaf-blind.
Products
and Information for Independent Living
Adaptive Technology
Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 778
Amesbury, MA 01913
Tel.:
978-462-3817
http://www.adaptivetech.net/index.htm
ADT sells low
vision products for
individuals with
blindness, low vision and
learning disabilities.
Products include: magnifiers, lighting, CCTV's,
braille
products, scanning systems and products
for daily living skills. The
company also provides
product demonstrations, technology assessments
for education and
low vision evaluations.
Assisted
Access, Inc.
P.O.
Box 230
Lake Villa,
Ill 60046-0230
Tel.:
(800) 950-9655
http://www.assistedaccess.com
Provides a
large range of assistive products
for the
blind/vision disabled including: braille
and tactile
products, big print items, computer
screen
enlargement software, magnifiers, money
identifiers,
cassette players and transcribers.
Sells products for the blind and
visually impaired:
including
clocks, watches, kitchen aids, games,
health and beauty
products, writing and mobility aids,
lamps, magnifiers,
note takers, recorders and video
magnifiers.
Independent Living Aids, Inc.,
P.O. Box 9022
Hicksville, New York 11753
Tel. (800) 537-2118
http://www.independentliving.com/
Independent
Living Aids,
Inc.,
sells a
variety of low
vision, hearing and health
care products.
LS&S, LLC
P.O. Box 673
Northbrook,
ILL 60065
Tel.:
(800)
468-4789
http://www.lssproducts.com
Braille
products and supplies,
adapted
clocks and
watches, computer software
and access
products, daily living skills
items, labeling
and marking products,
lighting, low
vision devices, recreational
products, talking
products, telephones
and
accessories, and writing and reading
devices.
Maxi-Aids
42 Executive Boulevard
Farmingdale, New York
11735
Tel.: (631) 752-0521
http://maxiaids.com
Maxiaids sells Braille products and
supplies,
adapted clocks and
watches, computer
software and access
products, labeling
and marking products,
lighting, low vision
devices including
magnifiers,
monoculars
and binoculars.
The
New Vision Store
919 Walnut
Street, 1st
floor
Philadelphia,
PA 19107
Tel.:
(215 629-2990
http://www.thenewvisionstore.com
Products
include: magnifiers,
labels, radios,
sunglasses,
playing cards, writing
guides,
talking, large
print and tactile watches,
talking
calculators and canes.
Sells
primarily products with voice
adaptations
and provides
custom adaptations for anything
with a digital display. Also has
talking cash
registers,
money counting machines, scientific
calculators, scales, digital tools and
blood
glucose
monitors.
See-More
Vision Aiding Products,
P. O. Box 3413,
Farmingdale, NY
11735-0686
Tel.: (800) 428-6673
http://seemorevision.com
Sells magnifiers, monoculars, telescopes,
lighting products, non-optical products,
magnified mirrors, large print clocks and
watches, writing and reading aids and more.
Senior Store
P.O.
Box 738
Auburn,
New York 13021
Tel.:
(315) 255-2373
http://www.seniorstore.com
Low
vision jig saw puzzles,
games for
reminiscence
and movement, large
print
cross word puzzles, word searches,
large
print bingo, trivia
games and books.
SightConnection,
a division of
Community
Services for the
Blind and
Partially Sighted
9709
Third
Ave NE #100
Seattle,
WA
98115-2027
Tel.:
(800)458-4888
http://www.sightconnection.com/
Sells products for
visually impaired
including
adapted record keeping,
calendars,
clocks,
cooking/kitchen products,
sun filters,
shields,
magnifiers, lamps, health
and beauty
aids,
cassette players and
closed circuit TVs.
Products include: scanners,
videotelescope,
Braille and
talking note takers, CCTV magnifiers
and customized
computers.
Sells low
vision
binoculars
NanoPac,
Inc.
4823 South Sheridan Road
Suite 302
Tulsa, OK 74145-5717
Tel.: (918) 665-0329
http://www.nanopac.com
Sells
variety of assistive technology for the
disabled: low vision, blindness, reading
disabilities,
quadriplegia, reading machines,environmental
controls, voice
activation, augmentative
communications, hearing
impairments, voice
recognition, speech synthesis, text to speech,
switches and switch mounts, magnifiers, and
door openers.
Noir
Medical Technologies
Tel.:
(800) 521-9746
http://www.noir-medical.com/
Sells
Glare shields
Optelec US, Inc.
3030 Enterprise Court, Suite C
Vista, CA 92081
Tel.: (760) 741-0767
http://www.optelec.com
Sells
video magnification CCTV
systems.
Web Eyes
Tel.: (800) 983-6397
http://webeyes123.com/
Software enlarges and reformats website text
Lighting
Products
A.L.P. Lighting Components
6333 Gross
Point Road
Niles, ILL
60714-3915
Tel.:
(773) 774-9550
http://www.alplighting.com
Manufacturer
of a wide variety of lighting
fixtures, lamps,
light bulbs, louvers, reflectors
and compact fluorescent bulbs.
Bigger and Brighter
PO Box 3640
Nantucket, MA 02584
Tel.: (877) 777-8424
http://www.biggerandbrighter.com/
Mainly lighting products for reading
Dazor
Manufacturing Corporation
4483 Duncan
Avenue
St. Louis, MO
63110
Tel.:
(800) 345-9103
http://www.dazor.com
Manufactures a
wide variety of task lights and
lamps,including swing arm, combination
fluorescent incandescent, halogen and
magnifying.
Energy Star
Lights
Tel.: (800) 347-5483
http://energystarlights.com/
Energy Saving lighting products
http://www.visionconnection.org/Content/ForProfessionals/PatientManagement/ManagingthePatientWithLowVision/LightingandtheAgingEye.htm
Information on
lighting and the
aging eye
Phillips Lighting Company
200 Franklin Square Drive
Somerset, NJ 08875-6800
Tel.: (732) 563-1731
http://www.lightingphillips.com
Manufacturer
of a wide
variety of light bulbs,
including fluorescent, compact fluorescent,
incandescent, halogen and full spectrum.
Also provides specialty lighting and
innovative
lighting solutions.
Verilux, Inc.
340 Mad River Park, Suite
1
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Tel.: (888) 544-4865
http://www.verilux.net
Sells
natural spectrum lights
En-Vision America, Inc.
1845 W. Hovey
Ave.
Normal,
IL 61761
Tel.: (309) 452-3088
http://www.envisionamerica.com
This company distributes the i.d.
mate Omni
talking
bar
code scanner to identify
products
and
ScripTalk which scans and reads
out loud
the bar
codes on medications.
MedivoxRX Technologies, Inc.
5001 Baum Blvd.,
Suite 770
Pittsburgh, PA
15213
Tel.: (866)
798-2557
http://www.rxtalks.com
Distributor
of Rex, the talking
prescription
bottle with audio
assistance for medication
directions.
Talking RX, Inc.
P.O. Box 649
Southington, CT 06489
Tel.: (888) 798-2557
http://www.talkingrx.com
Distributor of
Taking Rx, an audio
system
that
reads
prescription labels aloud. It contains
a memo
recorder
that allows a physician,
pharmacist,
caregiver or patient to record
necessary
information about the medication.
Gladys E. Loeb foundation
2002
Forest Hill Drive
Silver
Spring, MD
20903-1532
Tel.:
(301) 434-7748
Manufacturer
of
Loeb's Labels, durable
plastic
non braille food labels in the shapes
of
popular fruits and vegetables, mounted
on
durable elastic bands.
Seton
Identification Products
20 Thompson Road
P.O. Box 819
Branford, CT 06405-0819
Tel.: (800) 243-6624
http://www.seton.com
Safety signs, safety labels, sign and
label machines, reflective tape, warning
tape, marking materials and large-print
letters.
Resources
for
Reading
Choice Magazine Listening
85 Channel Drive
Port Washington, NY 11050
Tel.: (888) 724-6423
http://www.choicemagazinelistening.org
A
free monthly anthology of current articles
chosen from over 100 leading magazines,
recorded in four-track Library of Congress
format, and distributed free through regional
libraries. Also available through individual
subscription.
CIL Publications and
Audio books
500
Greenwich
Street, 3rd floor
New
York, New
York 10013
Telephone:
(888) CIL-8333
http://www.cilpubs.com
Offers self-study audiotapes and
audio books
for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Subjects
include indoor mobility,
personal
management and
sensory development.
Doubleday Large Print Home Library
1225 South Market Street
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
http://www.doubledaylargeprint.com
Offers
a large-print Book-of-the-Month Club.
Huge Print Press
North Central Plaza I
12655 N. Central Expressway
Suite 416
Dallas, TX 75243
Tel.: (866) 484-3774
http://www.hugeprint.com
Custom enlarges everything from Bibles
to textbooks to novels to cookbooks.
Tell them what book and the font size
you want and they will do the rest.
International Association of Audio
Information Services
Tel.: (800) 280-5325
http://www.iaais.org
An international
organization of radio reading
services that provides audio access to information
for people who are unable to read including
news, feature stories,
sports, advertisements,
and special programs. Connects listeners with
services in their area.
In Touch Networks
15 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
Tel.: (212) 769-6270
http://www.intouchnetworks.org
InTouch
is a national reading service
for people who are blind, visually impaired
and physically disabled. Stories from
major magazines and newspapers are
broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days
a week.
Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind
80 Eighth Avenue, Room 1304
New York, NY 10011
Tel.: (212) 242-0263
http://www.zieglermag.org
Publishes the Matilda Ziegler
Magazine for
the Blind, a free monthly general-interest
periodical, provided in braille and on
audio cassette.
National Library
Service for the Blind
and Physically
Handicapped
Library of Congress
1291 Taylor Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
Tel.: (888) 657-7323
http://www.locgov/nls
Provides a free library service for people
who are unable to read standard print
materials because of a visual or physical
impairment. Recorded Talking Books and
magazines and braille publications are
delivered to eligible borrowers by postage-
free mail and through a network of cooperative
libraries. Also distributes Talking Book machines.
New York Times Large-Type Weekly
Mail Subscription Department
P.O. Box 220
Northvale, NJ 07647-9902
Tel.: (800) 631-2580
http://www.nytimes.com
Publishes a weekly news summary
from the New York
Times.
Reader's Digest Large Print
for Easier Reading
P.O. Box 8177
Red Oak, IA 51591-1177
Telephone: (800) 807-2780
http://www.rd.com
Offers selections from
Reader's Digest,
Reader's Digest condensed books, and
other Reader's Digest publications.
Suggested
Books and Articles
The author explores nutritional,
herbal,
homeopathic,
and Asian therapies for the
prevention and
reversal of most vision
disorders. Also
covers what an eye examination
can reveal
about serious health problems
and discusses
the possible damage some
prescription
and over-the-counter medications
can inflict on
the eye and vision.
Brady Frank, B., A Singular View:
The Art of Seeing with One
Eye
Published
by Frank B. Brady, 1988.
A
Singular View
The
author describes his personal
experiences
after losing
one eye as an adult. He continued to
drive, pilot an
airplane and engage in sports with
simple
adaptations and safety devices.
Buettner,
Helmut, M.D., Mayo clinic
on
Vision and Eye
Health, Mayo
Clinic Health
Information, 2002.
Mayo
Clinic on Vision and Eye Health
This consumer
text covers how the eye
functions, how vision changes
as a person
ages, the eye examination and treatment
options.
Cassel,
Gary H. M.D. et al., The Eye
Book:
A Complete guide
to
Eye Disorders and Health,
John Hopkins University Press, 1998.
The
Eye Book
This guide covers routine eye
care,
common
eye diseases,
information on treatment and an
introduction to
low vision
Chapman,
Bill, Coping with Vision Loss,
Hunter
House Publishers,CA, 2001.
Coping
with Vision Loss
The
author has macular degeneration and great
ideas to maintain function and independence.
This
guide published by the American
Foundation
for
the blind provides simple
adaptations
for
living at home after vision loss.
Randall,
Jose, T., Understanding Low Vision,
AFB Press, New York, 1983
Understanding
Low Vision
The author discusses the impact of low vision
on functioning, learning and psychosocial status.
Scheiman, Mitchel, Scheiman, Maxine, Whittaker,
Stephen, Low vision Rehabilitation,
Slack, Inc., NJ,
2007.
Low
vision Rehabilitation
The authors explain everything an occuptional
therapist needs to know to work in the low vision area.
Web
articles:
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=40&TopicID=168&DocumentID=907
Accessible
Mass Transit
info
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=36&TopicID=163&DocumentID=2104
Being a
sighted Guide
info
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=40&TopicID=215&DocumentID=2222
Basic
Housekeeping tips
info
http://www.lighthouse.org/medical/tips-for-confident-living/food-and-dining/chefs-notes/
Cooking
tips info
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=44&TopicID=188&DocumentID=1417
Creating an
Accessible
Environment info
http://www.lighthouse.org/medical/tips-for-confident-living/food-and-dining/dining-out-made-easier/
Dining Out
Made Easier
info
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=36&TopicID=163&DocumentID=2105
Giving
Directions to a
person who is blind info
http://www.visionconnection.org/Content/VisionRehabilitation/TipsforConfidentLiving/HomeSafetyandOrganization/KeepTrackofYourMedications.htm
Keeping
Track of your
medications info
http://www.visionconnection.org/Content/VisionRehabilitation/TipsforConfidentLiving/CommunicationandTechnology/WhatYouCanDotoMakeCommunicatingEasier.htm?cookie%5Ftest=1
Making
telephone use
and writing easier info
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=40&TopicID=217&DocumentID=2233
Tips for
organizing
your bedroom info
Developmental
Visual Deficits Resources
Products for teachers of students
with
visual
impairments, rehabilitation
specialists,
orientation and mobility
instructors and
parents.
Holbrook, M.Cay, Children with
Visual Impairments,
A Parents' Guide,
Woodbine House, MD, 2006
Children
with Visual Impairments
This resource for parents of childen who are blind,
legally blind, or have low vision is written by a
team of professionals and parents.
Richards,
Regina, Classroom
Visual Activities:
A Manual to Enhance the
Development of
Visual
Skills, Academic therapy Publications,
CA. 1988.
Classroom
Visual Activities
This
educator describes visual
problems that
impact a student's performance, adaptations and
motor activities to promote visual skills. She
provides objectives, suggested groupings,
materials needed, procedures and criteria for
success.
Scheiman, Mitchell, Understanding
and Managing
Vision Deficits,
Slack Inc., NJ, 1997.
Understanding
and Managing Vision Deficits
This guide, written for occupational therapists
discusses evaluation and treatment of a variety
of visual disorders.
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