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Helpful Articles:
Going
To A Low Vision Center -
What You Should Know
and What to Expect
Getting the Most Out of Your
Low Vision Experience- LOW VISION - THE RULES OF THE GAME
The
Five-Stage Process of Being a
Successful Low Vision Patient
Hand-held Telescope
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Vision
Council of America (VCA)
1-703.548.4560
www.visionsite.org/
To create awareness of the value of vision care
and to grow the eyewear and vision care market through education, forums
and expositions,
and advocacy.
1-703.548.4560
www.visionsite.org/checkyearly_old/
eh101lowvision.asp
Eye on Low Vision is an educational magazine focused on helping you to understand low vision and the options available for people coping with the challenges of low vision.
Research Program
The University of Arizona
College of Medicine
www.eyes.arizona.edu/Research/
NDE/AMD/AMD.html
www.blindness.org
1-800-255-5002
www.lrs-largeprint.com
1-800-729-2665
www.blackstoneaudio.com
Over 1,500 unabridged titles available for rent or purchase. Free catalogue available upon request.
1-800-227-0216
www.abledata.com
A national database of services and information on over 24,000 assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment available.
Low Vision International
1-800-733-2258
www.cclvi.org
Council of Citizens With Low Vision International is a membership organization of people with low vision who help people maximize the vision they have. An information and referral hotline
Scholarships for college students.
1-800-333-1203
www.wgbh.org/dvs
Makes television broadcasts and movies on video accessible to blind and visually impaired persons. Provides narrated descriptions of a program or movie’s key visual elements. Television schedules and list of videos available upon request.
1-800-323-4238
Website: N/A
Offers over 90 courses free of charge to blind and visually impaired adults through correspondence education. Courses available in Braille, large print, and audio-tape. Free courses for parents of blind children and family members of blind adults, and professionals working in the field of
visual impairment.
Deaf – Blind Youth & Adults
1-516-944-8900 x253 info
www.hknc.org
10 regional centers to meet the social, rehabilitative and independent living needs of persons with visual and hearing impairments offering client advocacy, consultation & technical assistance, information & referral services, professional training and more.
1-301-496-5248
www.nei.nih.gov
A free booklet called
“What You Should Know About Low Vision”
(call for a copy).
Information and pictures
on diseases that cause
low vision. A variety of
low vision
program materials.
Blinded Veterans Association
(Southern Arizona regional group)
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
1-520-792-1450
For Veterans with Low Vision problems: freelow vision equipment and training. Answer questions regarding veteran’s benefits. Publish a bi-monthly newsletter for veterans.
1-520-296-2400 (Tucson)
1-602-231-0500 (Phoenix)
1-520-779-1775 (Flagstaff)
www.sunsounds.rio.maricopa.edu/
Free radio reading service to Arizonans. Daily reading of the morning & evening papers. Reading of over 250 publications.
Southern Arizona Association f/t Visually Impaired (SAAVI)
Tucson Association
for the Blind (TAB)
1-520-795-1331
www.saavi.us
GOALS (General Orientation to Adaptive Living Classes).
Social & Recreational Program. Independent Living Skills Program. Orientation &
Mobility Program.
Southwest Low Vision 1-888-534-4321
520-297-0027
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