Blind / Visual impairment
aniridia, glaucoma, opthalmoplegia,
strabismus, Leber optic atrophy, retinal anomalies, retinoblastoma, retinitis
pigmentosa, other eye conditions, accessibility
- National
Federation of the Blind
- 1800 Johnson St., Baltimore, MD
21230
- Phone: 410.659.9314 or
301.659.9314 - Fax: 410.685.5653
- E-mail:
nfb@iamdigex.net
- Web site: www.nfb.org
- includes Courtesy
Rules of Blindness and
Questions from Kids about Blindness
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- American
Council of the Blind
- 1155 15th St., NW, Suite 720,
Washington, DC 20005
- Phone: 800.424.8666 or 202.467.5081
- Fax: 202.467.5085
E-mail: info@acb.org
Web site: www.acb.org
- American
Foundation for the Blind
- 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New
York, NY 10001
- Phone: 800.232.5463 or
212.507.7600 TDD: 212.502.7662
- E-mail: ifbinfo@afb.net
- Web site: www.afb.org
- Guide
to Toys for Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
- American
Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
- 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Mailing
Address: P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085 U.S.A.
Phone: 502-895-2405 - Customer Service: 800-223-1839
(U.S. and Canada) - Fax: 502-899-2274
E-mail: info@aph.org
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- Canadian
National Institute for the Blind
- 1929 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON,
CN M4G 3E8
- Phone: 416.480.7415 - Fax: 416.480.7699
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- Council
of Citizens with Low Vision
- 5707 Brockton Dr., Indianapolis,
IN 46220-5481
- Phone: 800.733.2258 - Fax: 317.251.6588
- Council
of Families with Visual Impairment
- 6212 West Franklin Street, Richmond,
VA 23226
Phone: 804.288.0395
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- National
Alliance of Blind Students
- 1155 15th St. NW, Ste, Washington,
DC 20005
- Phone: 800.424.8666 - Fax: 202.467.5081
- Mailing List e-mail: listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu
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- National
Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired
- PO Box 317, Watertown, MA 02471
- Phone: 800.562.6265 or 617.972.7441
- Fax: 617.972.7444
- Web site: www.spedex.com/napvi
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- National
Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
- 22 W 21st St., 6th Floor, New
York, NY 10010
- Phone: 212.889.3141 - Fax: 212.727.2931
- Web site: www.navh.org
- Blind
Children's Center
- 4120 Marathon Street, Los Angeles,
CA 90029
- Phone: 800)222.3566 or 323)664.2153
- Fax: 323)665.3828
- E-mail: info@blindcntr.org
- Web site: www.blindcntr.org
- Carroll
Center for the Blind, Inc.
- 770 Centre St., Newton, MA 02158-2597
- Phone: 800.852.3131 or 617.969.6200
- Fax: 617.969.6204
- Web site: www.carroll.org/
- International
Foundation for Optic Nerve Disease (IFOND)
- PO Box 777, Cornwall, NY 12518
- Phone: 845)534.7250 - Fax: 845)534.7250
- E-mail: ifond@aol.com
- Web site: www.ifond.org
- NIH/National
Eye Institute
- Building 31 Rm 6A32, 31 Center
Dr MSC 2510, Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
- Phone: 301.496.5248 - Fax: 3014021065
- E-mail: 2020@nei.nih.gov
- Web site: www.nei.nih.gov/
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- Prevent
Blindness America
- 500 E. Remington Rd., Schaumburg,
IL 60173-4557
- Phone: 800.331.2020 or 847.843.2020
- Fax: 847.843.8458
- Recording
for the Blind and Dyslexic
- 20 Roszel Road, Princeton, NJ
08540
- Phone: 609.452.0606
- VISION
Community Services
- 818 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown,
MA 02172
- Phone: 617.926.4232 - Fax: 617.926.1412
Low Vision Assessment and Rehabilitation Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia (added Dec 2011)
Vision and Visual Disabilities - An Introduction by Gerd Waloszek, SAP User Experience, SAP AG, 2011 (added Dec 2011)
- Specific conditions
- Aniridia and W.A.G.R.,
Canadian Foundation for Aniridia Research
- Aniridia,
Canadian Foundation for Aniridia Research (C.F.A.R.), 3780 Verdun Avenue,
Suite 2, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4G 1K6, E-mail: cfar@generation.net
- Chronic
Progressive External Opthalmoplegia (CPEO), United Mitochondrial
Disease Foundation (UMDF)
- Glacoma,
Pediatric Glaucoma Family Association, c/o
6 Winsland Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9B 6A2
- Leber Hereditary
Optic Neuropathy Syndrome
- RetNet:
Retinal Information Network
- Retinoblastoma
resources
- Retinitis
Pigmentosa and Retinal Degeneration, Australia
- United
Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
- Strabismus, Heritability
of Strabismus, OPaul, M.D. , Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research
Institute, San Francisco, CA
- WAGR
Syndrome/Aniridia Network (Wilms' Tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary
anomalies/gonadoblastoma and Mental Retardation), and family site, WAGR Wheels Support
Also See:
- National
organizations information on genetic conditions or birth defects
- Blind
Net
- National
Alliance of Blind Students of Texas
- Blindness
resources, National Health Information Center (NHIC)
- National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS),
Library of Congress
- Blindness-Related
E-mailing Lists
- Deaf/
Blind Links (by a family)
- National
Eye Institute - Ophthalmic Genetics, Clinical Services, Bethesda,
MD
- V.I.
Guide, BWalker medical resources for parents & teachers
of blind, visually impaired children
- Low
Vision Ring (of web sites)
- Guiding
Eyes for the Blind, Inc.
- National
Agenda for Blind and Visually Impaired Youths, including
those with additional disabilities, PA
Accessibility & Computer Resources for
Individuals with Visual Limitations
- Making
Your Web Site Accessible to the Blind (guidelines), Technology
for the blind [Braille Monitor, Jan 2000], Resources,
International Braille Technology Center, Software and Devices List, Voice
Synthesizers), National Federation of the Blind
- Email
Without a Computer,
voice email, send & receive email via phone
- Project
dERE, (disABLED Electronic Resource Exchange), technology information
- Voice Recognition Software
programs which allow computer to recognize and transcribe spoken
words
- Display Magnification
Software:
Books-on-tape:
To locate
a genetic counselor or clinical geneticist:
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