DISABILITY AND ADVOCACY RESOURCES

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Accommodations

  1. Job Accommodation Network:   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,
    3. Educating callers about self-employment options.

  2. ADA Homepage:  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":  All of your questions answered about what your rights are as a blind or visually impaired worker.

  4. Sensory Access Foundation:  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

  2. Revolution Enterprises, Inc.:  800-382-5132

  3. Ambutech Canes:   800-561-3340

  4. American Printing House for the Blind:  800-223-1839

  5. Bossert Specialties, Inc.:  800-776-5885

  6. Howe Press:  617-924-3490

  7. Independent Living Aids (ILA):  800-537-2118

  8. Innovative Rehabilitation TechnolRogy Inc.:  800-322-4784

  9. LS&S Group:  800-468-4789

  10. MaxiAids

  11. Physical Disabilities: The Ultimate Teen Guide

  12. Welcoming Students with Visual Impairment to Your School

Service Providers And Agencies For The Blind And Visually Impaired

Northern California: This region includes the counties of: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskyou, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba
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Southern California: This region includes the counties of:   Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego,  San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

Peer Resources

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

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