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Schools for the Blind in the United States
- THE ACHROMATOPSIA NETWORK
- ADVISOR - Assisting the Development of Visually Impaired Students through Online Resources
- 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 Resources on the Internet
- 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
- 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.
- Low Vision FAQs
- The Low Vision Gateway
- Low Vision Online - online training in low vision
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Seedlings Braille Books for Children
- 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.
- WonderBaby.org - a site dedicated to helping parents of visually impaired children
- 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
- Described and Captioned Media Program - Offers free-loan described and captioned educational media and provides a clearinghouse of information related to educational media access.
- 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
- 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
- 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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