Visually Impaired Related Websites
Schools for the Blind in the United
States
- Academy for Certification of Vision
Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP)
- AERBVI-Association for Education and
Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
-
AFB
National Technology Center
- APH: Louis Database of
Accessible Materials - formerly CARL ET AL
- APH Fred's Head Database
- The Hall of Fame
for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field is dedicated to
preserving, honoring, and promoting the tradition of excellence manifested
by the specific individuals inducted into the Hall of Fame and through the
history of outstanding services provided to people who are blind or visually
impaired.
- IRCBVI (formerly
AIRC) Membership Directory
- American Council of the Blind
- American Foundation for the Blind
- American Council of the Blind of
Texas
- The American Printing House for
the Blind, Inc.
- Blind Children's Center Inc. Home
Page
- Braille Authority of North
America
-
BrailleRoaders - an international group of braillists dedicated to the
advancement into the 21st century of education of the blind.
- California Association of Orientation
and Mobility Specialists
- The Clovernook Center
- Council of Schools for the
Blind (COSB)
- Christian Blind Mission International (CBMI)
- CTEVH California Transcribers &
Educators of the Visually Handicapped
- Dallas Lighthouse For The
Blind
- Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association
of Texas
- Division on Visual
Impairment of the Council for Exceptional Children
-
European Blind Union
- Helen Keller National Center for
Deaf-Blind Youth and Adult
- Information Resource for
Professionals Who Work in the Field of Visual Disabilities (TIRESIAS)
- International Blind
Sports Federation Homepage.
- International Information on
Visual Disability - This web
site is an information resource for professionals who work in the field of
visual disabilities. The site has evolved from work carried out by Dr Janet
Silver of Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Dr John Gill of the Royal
National Institute for the Blind.
- The Low Vision Gateway - created
to be your starting point to access information on the World Wide Web
related to the fields of low vision and blindness. The purpose is not to
present one approach or bias but to provide access to all
related information on the Internet.
- Louisiana Center for the Blind
- NAPVI - National Association
of Parents of the Visually Impaired
- National Alliance of Blind
Students To provide a forum for blind and visually-impaired students to
discuss issues of concern to them.
- National Association for Visually
Handicapped (NAVH)
- National Braille Association
- National Center for Leadership in
Visual Impairment (NCLVI)
- The National Center on
Low-Incidence Disabilities (NCILD)
- National Federation of the Blind
- National Library for the Blind United
Kingdom
- Rehabilitation
Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision Site at Mississippi
State University
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
(RNIB)
- Royal National
Institute for the Blind (RNIB): Library services - Research Library
- San Antonio Chapter of the National
Federation of the Blind
- Texas Association of Blind
Students
- The Texas Association for Parents of
Children with Visual Impairments
- Texas Department of Assistive and
Rehabilitative Services (formerly known as Texas Commision for the Blind)
Home Page
- Texas Education Agency
- Division of Special Education Home Page
- Texas Governor's
Committee on People with Disabilities
- VIP Home Page -
Visually Impaired Program Information from Stephen F. Austin State
University
-
VIP Home Page
- Visually Impaired Program Information from Texas Tech University
- Virginia Sowell Center Home
Page - The Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in
Visual Impairment is an opportunity to continue the work begun by Dr.
Virginia Sowell at Texas Tech University in Visual Impairment. It is
designed to include an annual Distinguished Lecturer Series on the topic of
visual impairment. The Center will eventually offer scholarships to students
participating in the Visual Impairment, Orientation and Mobility, and Dual
Sensory degree and certification programs. The Center is also designed to
support faculty research and public service. Still in its infancy, the
Center is evolving on a daily basis.
- VisionConnection - a
one-stop, accessible online resource on vision impairment and vision
rehabilitation for people who are partially sighted or blind, the
professionals who work with them, the families and friends who support them
-- and anyone looking for the latest information on prevention, research and
treatment.
- THE ACHROMATOPSIA NETWORK
- American Nystagmus Network
- A-Z to Deafblindness
- Blindness-Visual
Impairment - Home Page - a good comprehensive portal to the field.
- California DeafBlind
Services English Language Fact Sheet
- College of
Optometrists in Vision Development
-
Deafblind Children Home Page
- A Deafblindness Web Resource
- DJO - Eye
Patient Information Site
- Eye Diseases and Conditions
-
Eye/Vision Review
- Eye Simulation Page
This application simulates eye motion and demonstrates the effects of
disabling one or more of the 12 eyes muscles and one or more of the 6
cranial nerves that control eye motion. The purpose of this simulator is to
teach medical students and doctors how the eye motion will change with
pathology of the eye muscles and cranial nerves and what to look for during
a standard neurological eye exam.
- Graves' Disease
-
Graves' disease
- A Guide to the Eye
- University of Michigan- Kellogg
Eye Center
- Lea-Test Ltd lots of
information about assessing visual functioning
- Leber's Congenital
Amaurosis Listserv. This is for everyone interested in sharing and
sourcing information relating to LCA, adults with LCA, families of LCA
children, interested professionals, etc.
-
Leber's
Links Discussion Forum
-
Leber's Links - Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, Blindness & V.I
-
Low
Vision FAQs
- The Low Vision Gateway
- Marinesco-Sjogren Syndrome -
home page
-
Medical/Ophthalmological Links
-
THE MERCK MANUAL, Section 20: Eye Disorders
-
Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research
- Mississippi
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center - Information on Specific Eye
Diseases
- National Eye Institute
- National Eye Institute
Educators' Information
- NOAH - The National Organization for
Albinism and Hypopigmentation
- ONH/SOD (optic nerve hypoplasia/septo optic dysplasia). To Send your
Message to the S.O.D. list, E-mail:
sod-l@egroups.com
- ONH/SOD Family Focus
(optic nerve hypoplasia/septo optic dysplasia)
- A Parent's
Guide to Understanding Retinoblastoma
- ROPARD Association for Retinopathy of
Prematurity and Related Retinal Diseases
-
Selected
Anomalies and Diseases of the Eye -Compiled by Virginia E. Bishop, Ph.D.
- Stickler
Syndrome
- The United
Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
- VisionConnection - a
one-stop, accessible online resource on vision impairment and vision
rehabilitation for people who are partially sighted or blind, the
professionals who work with them, the families and friends who support them
-- and anyone looking for the latest information on prevention, research and
treatment.
- Visual Supports:
Helping Your Child Understand and Communicate
-
What Causes
Blindness
Links for Parents and Family
- Abilityhub for disability and
disabilities - assistive technology solutions
- THE ACHROMATOPSIA NETWORK
- Autism Today, latest news and
resources for autism and autism related issues
- Beep Baseball-LAB Retrievers
Beep Baseball Team - information about beep baseball
-
The BIG
Page of Special Education Links
- Bioptic Driving
- Blindness-Visual
Impairment - Home Page - a good comprehensive portal to the field.
- Braille School,
also known as BRL (Blindness Related Learning) is a provider of web-based
communication learning tools for the visually impaired, their friends and
family. They offer the ability to learn blindness related subjects such as
Braille at your own pace, the best feature about this site is that all
services are free.
-
BVI-Parents
Mailing List - a list where parents of blind and visually impaired
children can come to find information and support. The list membership is
comprised mostly of parents, but there are some professionals and blind
individuals on the list as well.
- Carolyn's Catalog - low
vision and CCTV's
- Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association
of Texas
-
Deafblind
Children Homepage
- Exceptional Resources
your source for autism books and other autism resources
- Family Village
- Florida Families of Children with Visual
Impairments
- Growing Strong
Resources for Parents of Blind Children
- Helpful Websites
for Eye, Low Vision, and Medical Information
- HomeReaders - a non-profit
organization that provides catalogs, cookbooks and other reading materials
to the blind and visually-impaired on a 4-track tape.
- Help for the Family of a
Special Needs Child
- I CAN SEE BOOKS FOR ALL TO READ
AND ENJOY! - produces hundreds of Braille, cassette and print/Braille
books for all age categories
- IDEA Practices Home Page -
This site answers your questions about the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, keeps you informed about IDEAs That Work, and supports your
efforts to help ALL children learn, progress, and realize their dreams.
- IPIN-Indiana Parent Information
Network
- NAPVI - National Association
for Parents of the Visually Impaired
-
New Vision Equality through Education - a large array of news, opinion,
and information related to blindness and visual impairment.
-
OREGON Project Information - The Oregon Project for Visually Impaired
and Blind Preschool Children (The OR Project) is a comprehensive curriculum
designed for use with children birth to six who are visually impaired or
blind. It can be used by teachers or counselors in the home or classroom
setting, by preschool classroom teachers who are working with young blind
children, or by parents, nurses, psychologists, or paraprofessionals who
wish to provide instruction to preschool visually impaired children.
- A Parent's
Guide to Understanding Retinoblastoma
- Parent Pals
- PHPV & Aphakia Support
Pages for Parents
- PHPV support group listserv
- Project PAVE: Providing
Access to the Visual Environment
- Resources for Parents &
Teachers of Blind Kids - Debbie Day's excellent site!
- ROPARD Association for Retinopathy of
Prematurity and Related Retinal Diseases
- Sparkle -
The name SPARKLE, stands for Supporting Parent Access to Resources,
Knowledge, Linkages, and Education. Project SPARKLE purposes to develop a
new model of individualized learning that will enhance the ability of
parents of children who are deafblind to fulfill their critical and expanded
role in the development and education of their children, in accordance with
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I.D.E.A.) 1997.
- The Texas Association for Parents of
Children with Visual Impairments
- THOUGHT PROVOKER
- THOUGHT PROVOKER is an independent E-Mail discussion forum with the
purpose to educate the reader to the human potential for living successfully
with blindness and visual impairment. Each Provoker covers a specific issue
relating to blindness and visual impairment. Issues presented in THOUGHT
PROVOKER are encapsulated in a short-short story with a thesis statement
demanding a response. Responses are compiled and listed within each THOUGHT
PROVOKER.
-
Three Days
to See - 1933 article by Helen Keller
- V. I. Guide Home Page, for parents and
teachers of blind and visually impaired children
- Vision Associates - mission is
to assist in identification of vision deficits in support of the earliest
possible intervention, thus improving the quality of life for children and
adults. To achieve this mission, Vision Associates Distributes quality
vision tests and materials, and provides vision assessment workshops.
- VisionConnection - a
one-stop, accessible online resource on vision impairment and vision
rehabilitation for people who are partially sighted or blind, the
professionals who work with them, the families and friends who support them
-- and anyone looking for the latest information on prevention, research and
treatment.
- BRL, Inc. - Home Page -
At BRL, Inc., we specialize in products that aid the
disabled in educational, vocational and recreational pursuits.
- The Accessibility
Bug - links to many world wide sites (not just U.S.) concerning
technology accessibility
- AccessBooks Limited
- Adjustment to Blindness and
Visual Impairment This web site is devoted to changing what it means to
be blind through the promotion of the human potential to successfully adjust
to and live with blindness and visual impairment.
- APH InSights Art Competition and
Exhibition Showcase for Artists Who Are Visually Impaired
- Art for the
Blind
- Assistive Media Inc. - of
Ann Arbor, Michigan is a nationwide outreach literary service for persons
with text reading impairments. As a producer of spoken-word recordings, AM
creates and delivers audio-based streaming multimedia content through the
Internet. Through this on-line service, the audio recordings of the literary
works produced by AM are easily accessible and entirely free-of-charge.
- The Association for Retinopathy of
Prematurity and Related Diseases
- Blind Mobility
Research Unit Home Page
- BLIND RELATED LINKS
- Braille Novel-T's - unique
products which are in some way related to Braille, Orientation & Mobility,
education of the blind and visually impaired, and the teaching profession as
a whole.
- Captioned Media Program -
- Free-loan media (No rental fees)
- Open-captioned (no need for a decoder)
- Funded by the U.S. Department of Education
- Includes prepaid return labels
- Deaf and hard of hearing persons, teachers, parents, and others may
borrow materials
- Cathy's Newstand -- OnLine Access
Technology Training
- Choco Braille -- unique chocolate
Braille gifts for the blind from The Chocolate Experience, Inc.
- Comprehensive web
site of Listserves and other E-mail lists for people with visual
disabilities
- COMPUTER RESOURCE LIST
from NFB
-
Cow's
Eye Dissection
- Center for International
Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange - Database of International
Research
- Deafblind Projects and Clearing Houses
- Designing accessible software
"The purpose of this web site is to help developers of Microsoft
Windows-based applications to solve their access problems practically,
without impinging upon their creative and competitive license."
- Disability
Information Resources a site that hope to collect all disability
information in one place.
- eSight Careers Network - blind and
visually impaired
- Judy Dixon's Collection of
Braille and Tactile-writing Slates
-
Guitar By
Ear - music instruction in an all audio format
- Grandpa
Tucker's Rhymes and Tales - Text Index
- HotBraille Home Page Send
letters in Braille for free!
- THE INTERNATIONAL BRAILLE RESEARCH
CENTER (IBRC) The primary purpose of this web site is to provide a place
where people can find a collection of scholarly papers related to braille.
- International Center for
Disability Resources on the Internet - Books
-
Key Texas Laws & Resources for People with Disabilities, 2000
- Lilli Nielson Resource:
Lilliput North
America
- The Large Print
Literary Reader - showcasing the very best fiction, essays, and history
in large-print format
- Music V.I.
- music instruction in
an all audio format
-
New Vision - Equality Through Education
- Audio-Video
Conferencing, Hearing Impaired, Sight Impaired products
- Pyong-yang School
for the Deaf and Blind in Korea
- Royal New Zealand Foundation for the
Blind Welcomes You
-
Statistics
on Vision Impairment: A Resource Manual
- South Africa INSTITUTE FOR
THE BLIND
- St.Joseph's School for
the Visually Impaired - Dublin, Ireland
- SpecialEd Solutions, Inc.
- Special Education Exchange
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