Non Profit Organizations
These organizations help blind individuals or help prevent blindness.
Click here for a list of Guide Dog schools
1819 H St NW #330
Washington DC 20006
800-840-8844 or 202-457-0046 v
202-457-0473 f
aapd@aol.com
A non-profit, non-partisan cross-disability organization
1155 15th Street NW, Suite 720
Washington DC 20005
202-467-5081 v
202-467-5085 f
One of the major organizations of the blind in the United States.
11 Penn Plaza Suite 300
New York NY 10001
212-502-7642 v
212-502-7773 f
afbinfo@afb.org
good statistical information, A permanent feature of this web site is a photo collection and biography of Hellen Keller
1839 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville KY 40206
502-895-2405 or 800-223-1839 v
502-895-1509 f
aph@iglou.com
1839 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville KY 40206
502-895-2405 or 800-223-1839 v
502-899-2274 f
aph@iglou.com
Produces many educational items for blind students. They have an extensive catalog. There is now a museum at APH that traces the early development of braille and other writing systems for the blind, and technology for the blind
4600 Duke Street #430; PO Box 22397
Alexandria VA 22397
703-823-9690 v
703-823-9695 f
specialized organization for professionals working in the field of blindness
71 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10003
212-255-0200 v
212-255-7007 f
has a School Division with a Committee on Serving Students with Disabilities that deals with the need for books in an alternative format
477 H Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20001
202-371-8880 v
202-371-8258 f
bva@bva.org
Assists blinded vetrans.
919 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19107
215-627-0600 v
215-922-0692 f
dfdodz@asb.org
Committee that decides many of the issues of braille rules and format, especially textbook format
Calibre
Aylesbury
Bucks HP22 5XQ
United Kingdom
+44 1296 432 235 v
free recorded books for the blind in the United Kingdom
1929 Bayview Ave.
Toronto Ont M4G 4C8
Canada
416-480-7580 v
416-480-7677 f
irc@lib.cnib.ca
The major service provider to the blind in Canada, IN 1976, the CNIB was Duxbury's first customer
1920 Association Drive
Reston VA 22091
703-620-3660 or 888-CEC-SPED v
703-264-9446 f
rganizationof teachers of disabled kids, little focus on blindness, but a source of good information
Executive Plaza I, Suite 800, 11350 McCormick Road
Hunt Valley MD 21031
410-785-1414 or 888-394-3937 v
410-771-9470 f
A fundraising organization devoted to fighting Retinitis Pigmentosa
1235 E. Harmont Dr.
Phoenix AZ 85020
602-331-1470 v
602-678-5819 f
mnelson@the-fbc.org
info@iceb.org
ICEB is an international organization that is trying to improve/standardize English braille around the world. Members are: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, United Kingdom, and United States. The first project is to develop a Unified Braille Code (UBC) to be used for both literary and technical purposes for 6 dot braille, preserving customary 6-dot configurations. The second project is to develop a standard for 8 dot braille.
many relavant resources on electronic text and policy issues
110 East 30th Street
New York NY 10016
212-889-2525 or 800-433-1531 v
admin@jewishbraille.org
22 West 21st Street
New York NY 10010
212-889-3141 v
212-727-2931 f
staff@navh.org
a membership organization for those with low vision (users of enlarged print)
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston MA 02115
617-266-6160 or 800-548-7343 v
617-437-0456 f
ecurran@nbp.org
a major braille press with a consumer focus. Useful titles with a low price
United Kingdom
federation of access centres in the UK colleges and universities
1800 Johnson St.
Baltimore MD 21230
410-659-9314 v
410-685-5653 f
nfb@iamdigex.net
One of the Major Organizations of the Blind in the United States.
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore MD 21230
410-659-9314 v
410-685-5653 f
The NFB is the largest blind consumer organization.
Library of Congress, 1291 Taylor Street NW
Washington DC 20542
202-707-5100 v
202-707-0712 f
nls@loc.gov
They print a number of books each year (using the services of different printing houses) to distribute to the different regional libraries for the blind.
500 East Remington Rd
Schaumburg IL 60173
800-331-2020 v
info@prevent-blindness.org
A fund raising mechanism for eye doctors
PO Box 44792
Madison WI 53744
608-845-6500 v
prevent@execpc.com
Seeks to educate the public on the dangers of fluorescent lights in hospital nuseries.
20 Roszel Rd.
Princeton NJ 08540
609-452-0606 or 800-221-4792 v
609-987-8116 f
Provides textbooks on audiocassettes and diskettes to students and professionals with a visual, perceptual, or learning disability.
4 Mitchell St.
2136 Enfield NSW
Australia
+61 2-9334-3333 v
+61 2-9747 5993 f
its@rbs.org.au
main service organization in Australia
224 Great Portland Street
London W1N 6AA
United Kingdom
+44 171 388 1266 v
+44 171 388 7747 f
webmaster@rnib.org.uk
The major blindness resource organization in the United Kingdom
ilcwa@iinet.net.au
a unique perspective from Australia
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