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VISION RELATED WEBSITES
About.com’s website on visual impairment and blindness contains up-to-date information about products, blindness and events.
All About Vision (eye disorders)
Amercian Academy of OphthalmologyAmerican Council of the Blind
The American Council of the Blind is one of the nation’s leading membership organization of people who are blind and visually impaired.
American Council of the Blind of Ohio
The American Foundation for the Blind is a leading national resource for people who are blind or visually impaired, the organizations that serve them and the general public. Of particular interest to employers is the detailed guides related to visually impaired workers.
American Optometric Assocation
Art Beyond Sight is a one-stop resource for bringing art and culture to people with visual impairments.
The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) is the only international organization dedicated to professionals who work with blind and visually impaired individuals.
Association of Specialists in Aging
Blind Links is a site maintained by a private individual with links to countless blindness related websites.
The Blind Readers Page is a guide to sources of information in alternative formats (Braille, recorded cassettes, large print, e-texts, web audio) accessible by people with print disabilities - those with visual and physical handicaps as well as dyslexia. There are about 2,300 individual links, all evaluated, annotated and organized by subject.
The BLIST website contains instructions on how to join over 175 blindness-related emailing lists and newsgroups.
Bookshare.org is a non-profit organization that provides access to over 32,000 alternative format books via the internet to students and people with learning disabilities, visual imapirments and others who require accessible digital books.
Braille Bug is a website about Braille designed for children.
For 90 years, Braille Institute of America has worked to eliminate barriers to a fulfilling life caused by blindness and severe sight loss. Private contributions and more than 3,600 skilled volunteers allow this organization to offer classes, training and a wide variety of other services and activities free of charge. They serve central and southern California through five regional centers, and their Mobile Solutions van brings help and hope to people in outlying areas.
Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute
Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Diabetic Retinopathy (information on diabetic retinopathy)
Eye Care America (eye care issues/concerns
Family Connect brings together parents of visually impaired children.
Free Access Pass: America the Beautiful — National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands
This is a lifetime pass for U.S. citizens or permanent residents with permanent disabilities. The pass provides access to, and use of, Federal recreation sites that charge an Entrance or Standard Amenity.
General information on areas of interest for those with visual impairments
The mission of the Glaucoma Research Foundation is to protect the sight and independence of people with glaucoma through research and education.
There’s a new website for Hadley School for the Blind, 700 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL 60093. Phone: 847-446-8111. Toll free: 800-323-4238. Fax: 847-466-9916.
The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults (HKNC) offers intensive and comprehensive rehabilitation training to individuals who are deaf-blind.
Idealist is a rich community of nonprofit and volunteering resources on the Web, with information provided by 20,000 organizations in 140 countries, and thousands of users every day.
Leading the Way is a groundbreaking program that pairs students who are blind, visually impaired and sighted together for extraordinary journeys.
Leber's Congenital Amaurosis - Foundation for Retinal Research
The Low Vision Gateway was created to be a starting point to access information on the web related to the fields of low vision and blindness.
Macular Guide (health for your eyes/vision care)
National Association for Visually Handicapped
The National Federation of the Blind is one of the nation’s largest and most influential membership organizations of blind persons, with fifty thousand members.
New York Institute for Special Education
Ohio Department of Health/Ohio Diabetes Prevention
The Ohio Educational Telecommunications Network Commission is a state-wide public telecommunications network that serves Ohio’s nine radio reading services, among other services, available to every citizen in Ohio.
Prevent Blindness America® is one of the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight.
Retina International (retina information)
Self-help group for persons with vision loss
Tools for TODAY and TOMORROW is an organization for families and professionals caring for children with chronic illnessess or disabilities.
The United States Blind Golf Association
WGBH Educational Foundation offers online schedules for programming that features Descriptive Video Service (DVS), which weaves audio descriptions about key visual elements into the program to enhance television entertainment for people with visual impairments.
