DISABILITY AND ADVOCACY RESOURCES

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Accommodations

  1. Job Accommodation Network: www.jan.wvu.edu
    JAN is a free consulting service designed to increase the employability of people with disabilities by: 1) providing individualized worksite accommodations solutions, 2) providing technical assistance regarding the ADA and other disability related legislation, and 3) educating callers about self-employment options.
  2. ADA Homepage: www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
    This is the homepage for the Department of Labor’s American’s with Disabilities Act information.
  3. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “Questions and Answers about Blindness and Vision Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act”- www.eeoc.gov/facts/blindness.html
    All of your questions answered about what your rights are as a blind or visually impaired worker.
  4. Sensory Access Foundation www.sensoryaccess.com
    Assists people who are blind or visually impaired to obtain or retain competitive employment by providing the highest quality access technology assessment, computer training, job placement and accommodation services with a goal of achieving 100% job retention.

Products and Literature

  1. LightHouse Adaptations Store 888-400-8933, www.adaptationsonline.com
  2. Revolution Enterprises, Inc. 800-382-5132, www.advantagecanes.com
  3. Ambutech Canes, 800-561-3340, www.ambutech.com
  4. American Printing House for the Blind, 800-223-1839, www.aph.org
  5. Bossert Specialties, Inc. 800-776-5885, www.wemagnify.com
  6. Howe Press, 617-924-3490, www.perkins.org
  7. Independent Living Aids(ILA), 800-537-2118 www.independentliving.com
  8. Innovative Rehabilitation Technology Inc. 800-322-4784 www.irti.net
  9. LS&S Group, 800-468-4789, www.lssgroup.com
  10. MaxiAids, www.maxiaids.com
  11. Physical Disabilities: The Ultimate Teen Guide, www.scarecrowpress.com
  12. Welcoming Students with Visual Impairment to your School, www.perkins.org

Service Providers And Agencies For The Blind And Visually Impaired

  1. American Foundation for the Blind, www.afb.org
  2. Blind Babies Foundation, www.blindbabies.org
  3. Blind Children’s Center, www.blindchildrenscenter.org
  4. Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County, www.blindandlowvision.org
  5. Blindness Support Services, www.blindnesssupport.com
  6. Braille Institute of America, www.brailleinstitute.org
  7. California Association of Blind Students, www.nfbcal.org
  8. California Department of Rehabilitation, Blind Field Services, Transition Services for blind and visually impaired high school aged youth, www.dor.ca.gov
  9. California School for the Blind, www.csb-cde.ca.gov
  10. Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, www.cbvi.org
  11. Center for the Partially Sighted, www.low-vision.org
  12. Earle Baum Center of the Blind, www.earlebaum.org
  13. Guide Dogs for the Blind, www.guidedogs.com
  14. Intercommunity Blind Center, www.intercommunityblindcenter.org
  15. Junior Blind of America, www.juniorblind.org
  16. LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, www.lighthouse-sf.org
  17. Living Skills Center for the Visually Impaired, www.livingskillscenter.org
  18. Orientation Center for the Blind, www.rehab.cahwnet.gov
  19. San Diego Center for the Blind, www.sdcb.org
  20. Santa Clara Valley Blind Center Inc, www.visionbeyondsight.org
  21. Sensory Access Foundation, www.sensoryaccess.com
  22. Society for the Blind, www.societyfortheblind.org
  23. Valley Center for the Blind, www.valleycenterblind.org
  24. Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, www.vistacenter.org

Peer Resources

  1. A peer advocate's internet resource guide on vision loss survival

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