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  • American Academy of Ophthalmology

    Eye professionals providing information on eye health care, consumer advocacy, and public service.

  • American Council of the Blind

    Membership organization of blind and visually impaired people that provides services that includes a Jobs Bank, resources, and advocacy.

  • American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery/American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators

    Includes links to the latest information on eye care, medical developments, advocacy activities, consumer products, and publications.

  • Blinded Veterans Association

    Organization specifically established to promote the welfare of blinded veterans.

  • Blindness Resource Center

    Includes links to resources on access, blindness, braille history, braille literacy, deaf-blind, disabilities and more.

  • Computer Center for the Visually Impaired, Baruch College, The City University of New York

    Offers non-credit computer classes for beginners and experienced users who need synthetic speech, large print, and braille adaptive technology.

  • Computer Center for Visually Impaired People

    Established in 1978, the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP) at Baruch College, offers a range of non-credit computer classes in a college environment for beginners and experienced users. The Center provides information and training on assistive computer technology for professionals and the business community, and conducts research to explore innovative ways of using the computer to improve the quality of life for visually impaired people.

  • eSight Careers Network

    A great place to find the perfect job. Also offers helpful hits and articles on finding a job.

  • Glaucoma Foundation

    Clearinghouse of information, including referrals, public service announcements, medical developments, and links to related topics.

  • Guide to Services for Individuals who are Blind

    From the New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped

  • Helen Keller Services for the Blind

    Provides services to blind and visually impaired seniors, including Elderly Vision Screening and Social Integration for Seniors.

  • International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)

    ICDRI is a United States non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization. Its mission is to compile outstanding disability resources. Also includes calendar of disability events around the world.

  • JBI International

    Formerly The Jewish Braille Institute of America, JBI helps men, women and children around the world who are blind, visually impaired, reading disabled and physically handicapped, to integrate into their community and society in general.

  • Jewish Guild for the Blind, The

    The Jewish Guild for the Blind (The Guild) is one of the country's foremost vision care agencies. The Guild has been assists visually impaired, blind and multi-disabled people of all ages through a wide range of programs designed to support and enhance physical, emotional and intellectual functioning. The Guild is nonsectarian.

  • Lighthouse Inc.

    Services, programs, and products for the blind and visually disabled.

  • Louis Braille Center

    The Louis Braille Center supplies a guide to braille books for children and adults, a Saturday program for children who are blind or visually impaired, and an information section for schoolchildren interested in learning about braille.

  • Macular Degeneration Foundation

    Information about the disease, newsletter, and useful links.

  • National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH)

    Comprehensive information for people with low vision, including a Low Vision Aids department and links to other agencies and services.

  • National Eye Institute

    For researchers, health care professionals, educators, the media, and the general public.

  • National Federation of the Blind

    Membership organization that helps blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect by providing services that include information and referral, scholarships, public education, and advocacy.

  • New England Eye Center

    Eye care facility, website contains information on eye conditions.

  • New York State Office of Children & Family Services Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped

    The New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped (CBVH) provides vocational rehabilitation and other direct services to blind and visually impaired New York State residents, including children, adults, and elderly persons.

  • Prevent Blindness America

    Dedicated to saving sight, this foundation offers public and professional education and community services. The website includes a newsletter.

  • Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

    Library contains more than 80,000 taped textbooks in a variety of subjects, from literature and history to math and the sciences, at all academic levels from kindergarten through postgraduate.

  • Steen-Hall Eye Institute

    Website of a medical facility in Louisanna that provides information on eyes, eye care, and eye conditions.

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