Agencies Serving Blind & Partially Sighted People
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20.11.2009
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American Association of the Deafblind (AADB)
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 121, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910-3803, United States of America.
Tel: +1 301 495 4403
TTY: +1 301 495 4402
Fax: +1 301 495 4404
Email: AADB-Info@aadb.org
Web: www.aadb.org
Activities: The AADB's Information Clearinghouse provides technical assistance; information and referral; and publications and informational materials on deaf-blindness and related issues. People can use these materials to learn about available programs and services, and/or to educate others about the needs of the deaf-blind community. The Mentoring Pilot Project trains deaf-blind adults to be mentors to deaf-blind youth, and strives to develop new deaf-blind leaders. The AADB organises Biannual National Conferences giving deaf-blind people and supporters from all over the USA and other countries an opportunity to come together for support and networking. Advocacy projects involve trainings; presentations and outreach; collaboration with organizations and agencies on issues important to deaf-blind people; and involvement with legislators, manufacturers, and other entities on behalf of people with combined vision and hearing losses.
Last updated: 12/05/2006
Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
3345 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21227, United States of America.
Tel: +1 410 737 2600
Fax: +1 410 737 2665
Web: bism.org
Activities: Provides innovative rehabilitation services, training and stable employment opportunities as a major manufacturer and retailer of quality goods, employing over 400 blind and partially sighted associates. Blind Industries is a participating agency in the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program, and a direct source for more than 2000 quality SKILCRAFT products made by Americans who are blind or severely disabled. Provide comprehensive, job-related computer training programs. Blind Industries also provides computerized Braille production services to both commercial and government customers for a wide variety of documents and publications.
Last updated: 12/05/2006
Foundation Fighting Blindness
11435 Cronhill Drive, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117-2220, United States of America.
Tel: +1 410 568 0150
Email: info@blindness.org
Web: www.blindness.org
Activities: The Foundation Fighting Blindness is a national eye research organization that
funds laboratory and clinical research at over 40 prominent institutions in the United States and
foreign countries.
Last updated: 12/05/2006
Inter-American Institute on Disability
c/o Rosangela Berman Bieler, 711 Brent Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United Sates of America.
Tel: +1 301 838 3031
Fax: +1 301 838 3029
Email: iidisab@aol.com
Last updated: 17/02/2003
International Eye Foundation (IEF)
10801 Connecticut Avenue, Kensington, Maryland, 20895, United States of America.
Tel: +1 240 290 0263
Fax: +1 301 290 0269
Email: ief@iefusa.org
Web: www.iefusa.org
Activities: IEF's core blindness prevention and sight restoration activities in the developing world include: Fighting cataract, trachoma, "river blindness," and childhood blindness; Improving the quality of eye care services; Providing affordable ophthalmic supplies, equipment, and medicines; Building the management and financial capacity of eye hospitals that serve everyone, especially the poor. As IEF continue to develop eye-health services, train ophthalmologists and paramedicals, and fight vitamin A deficiency, trachoma and "river blindness," they are also strengthening the management, quality of service, and income-generating activities so that eye clinics are less dependent on outside donors and government funds.
Last updated: 12/05/2006
Maryland School for the Blind
3501 Taylor Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21236, United States of America.
Contact person: Elaine Sveen, President & CEO
Tel: +1 410 444 5000
Fax: +1 410 319 5700
Email: info@mdschblind.org
Web: www.mdschblind.org
Activities: The Maryland School for the Blind is a statewide educational resource for individuals
(particularly ages 0-21) who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities.
Providing a traditional classroom education, including math, reading and science, in addition to
a wide range of other services, including: Braille & low vision instruction, orientation &
mobility, assistive technology, therapeutic recreation, residential services, career education, health
& dental services, psychology, social work, speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy,
outreach, transition, audiology and infant/toddler services.
Last updated: 12/05/2006
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 6A32, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2510, United States of America.
Tel: +1 301 496 5248
Fax: +1 301 402 1065
Email: 2020@nei.nih.gov
Web: www.nei.nih.gov
Activities: The National Eye Institute (NEI) supports and conducts research aimed at improving
the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of diseases that affect the eye and vision.
The NEI, a Federal government agency, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
An internationally recognized team of scientists conducts research in the NEI's own laboratory and
clinical facilities located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The NEI also supports extramural
research at universities, medical schools, hospitals, and other institutions throughout the United
States and abroad. Through its Office of Communication, Health Education, and Public Liaison (OC),
the NEI responds to requests from both professional and lay audiences. The OC provides information
directly, distributes publications, and provides referrals to other organizations and agencies, when
appropriate.
Last updated: 12/05/2006
National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21230, United States of America.
Tel: +1 410 659 9314
Fax: +1 410 685 5653
Web: www.nfb.org
Activities: The ultimate purpose of the NFB is the complete integration of the blind into society
on a basis of equality. The objective involves the removal of legal, economic, and social discriminations;
the education of the public to new concepts concerning blindness; and the achievement by all blind
people of the right to exercise their fullest individual talents and capacities. The NFB's International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind is a complete evaluation and demonstration center for all speech and Braille technology used by the blind from around the world.
Last updated: 12/05/2006
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