Blindness

  • Resources, art, videos, and other information related to people who are deafblind.
  • Short stories and links to positive approaches to the successful adjustment to blindness or visual impairment.
  • Resources for Americans who are blind or visually impaired. Resources include scholarship assistance, public education and awareness training and advocacy.
  • A national nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that the ten million Americans who are blind or visually impaired enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens.
  • APH manufactures Braille, large print, recorded, CD-ROM, and tactile graphic publications, as well as a wide assortment of educational and daily living products.
  • A compendium of resources on blindness.
  • CNIB is a nationwide, community-based, registered charity committed to research, public education, and vision health for all Canadians.
  • International professional organization providing professional development, journals, newsletters, conferences, and special education publications related to policy, standards, and advocacy for under-served individuals.
  • The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness provides a library which includes publications and articles related to deafblindness, as well as local, state, and national listings of trainings, conferences, and events.
  • Membership in DBI allows access to information, networking opportunities, conferences, and DBI Review Magazine.
  • Gathers and disseminates the professional literature, information, and resources on the education and development of individuals of all ages who have disabilities and/or who are gifted.
  • Offers online training on accessible information technology for persons with disabilities.
  • Learning Ally: RFB&D provides materials for people who are blind, low vision, or have a learning disability.
  • The National Association of Blind Students, (NABS) is a division of the National Federation of the Blind, one of the most motivated and influential organization in existence, comprised of over fifty thousand active members nation-wide.
  • The National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE) monitors and promotes electronically-mediated distance education policies and practices that enhance the lives of people with disabilities and their families.
  • Publications and information on children with disabilities, IDEA, No Child Left Behind, and research-based educational practices.
  • NEADS is a consumer organization with a mandate to encourage the self-empowerment of post-secondary students with disabilities in Canada. NEADS advocates for increased accessibility to college or university education.
  • Organization of Americans who are blind and visually impaired. Provides advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence.
  • Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
  • National Federation of the Blind sponsored email discussions.

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