Agencies Serving Blind & Partially Sighted People

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American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, New York, 10001, United States of America.
Tel: +1 212 502 7600
Fax: +1 212 502 7773
Email: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org
Activities: AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

Associated Blind, Inc.
315 5th Avenue, Suite 807, New York, NY 10016, United States of America.
Contact person: Nancy O'Connell, Executive Director
Tel: +1 212 683 4950
Web: www.tabinc.org/
Activities: The Associated Blind, Inc. (TAB) is a privately funded, non-profit agency providing information resources, networking opportunities, and career building and management for blind and visually impaired people.
Last updated: 30/05/2006

Associates for World Action in Rehabilitation and Education (AWARE)
PO Box 96, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547
Contact person: Anne Yeadon, President
Tel: +1 914 528 0567
Fax: +1 914 528 3945
Email: yeadon@awareusa.org
Web: www.awareusa.org
Activities: AWARE is committed to developing unique and innovative service outreach strategies and creating/disseminating relevant information.
Last updated: 10/07/2001

AWARE
PO Box 96, Mohegan Lake, New York 10547, United States of America.
Contact person: Anne Yeadon, Founder & President
Tel: +1 914 528 5120
Email: anne.yeadon@visionaware.org
Web: www.visionaware.org
Activities: VisionAWARE is a "Self-Help for Vision Loss" website with a wealth of information designed to enhance quality of life and independence for people who are blind or have low vision. AWARE also publishes large print 'how-to' materials on a variety of topics for consumers, family members, and related professionals/paraprofessionals.
Last updated: 06/07/2007

Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI)
507 Kent Street, Utica, New York 13501, United States of America.
Tel: +1 315 797 2233
Fax: +1 315 797 2244
Email: info@cabvi.org
Web: www.cabvi.org/
Activities: CABVI is a not-for-profit agency offering comprehensive vision rehabilitation, public education and presentations, employment opportunities, and technology services to people who have visual impairments.
Last updated: 30/05/2006

Glaucoma Foundation
80 Maiden Lane, Suite 1206, New York, NY 10038, United States of America.
Contact person: Scott R. Christensen, President & CEO
Tel: +1 212 285 0080
Fax: +1 212 651 1888
Email: info@glaucomafoundation.org
Web: www.glaucomafoundation.org
Activities: The Glaucoma Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to vital research and public education worldwide. Supporting and promoting innovative scientific study as well as encouraging collaborations among researchers in different fields and laboratories.
Last updated: 30/05/2006

Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
371 East Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, New York 11787-2976, United States of America.
Contact person: Wells B. Jones, CEO
Tel: +1 631 930 9000
Fax: +1 631 930 9009
Email: info@guidedog.org
Web: www.guidedog.org
Activities: The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc. provides guide dogs, free of charge, to people who are blind or visually impaired and whom seek the increased independence, mobility and companionship that a guide dog provides.
Last updated: 30/05/2006

Guiding Eyes for the Blind
611 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, United States of America.
Tel: +1 914 245 4024 or 800 912 0149 (USA only)
Fax: +1 914 245 1609
Email: info@guiding-eyes.org
Web: www.guiding-eyes.org/
Activities: Guiding Eyes for the Blind is a non-profit, charitable organization that provides trained guide dogs for the visually impaired throughout the United States and the entire world. Our guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to be of service to lead blind or visually impaired people.
Last updated: 30/05/2006

Helen Keller Services for the Blind (HKSB)
57 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States of America.
Contact person: Fred W. McPhilliamy, President
Tel: +1 718 522 2122
Fax: +1 718 935 9463
Email: info@helenkeller.org
Web: www.helenkeller.org
Activities: HKSB is a renowned non-profit agency with a spectrum of special services including basic rehabilitation services, such as training in safe travel and daily living skills, assistive technology and low vision services. In addition, HKSB annually screen close to 25,000 youngsters for eye disorders.
Last updated: 30/05/2006

Helen Keller International
352 Park Avenue South, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010, United States of America.
Tel: +1 212 532 0544
Fax: +1 212 532 6014
Email: info@hki.org
Web: www.hkworld.org
Activities: Non-profit organization devoted to fighting and treating preventable blindness abroad. Combating the major causes of blindness, helping to obtain eye care services and helping to provide rehabilitation services to the irreversibly blind in developing countries.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

JBI International
110 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016, Unites States of America.
Contact person: Dr. Ellen Isler, President & CEO
Tel: +1 212 889 2525
Fax: +1 212 689 3692
Email: admin@jbilibrary.org
Web: www.jewishbraille.org
Activities: Talking books and large print library. Audio and Braille translations. Counselling services. JBI in Israel provides a low vision clinic with screening sessions. Sound and recording studios. Partnerships with international organisations.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

Jewish Guild for the Blind
15 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023, United States of America.
Tel: +1 212 769 6200
Fax: +1 212 769 6266
Email: info@jgb.org
Web: www.jgb.org
Activities: The Guild is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian agency that serves persons of all ages who are visually impaired, blind and multidisabled. The Guild offers a broad range of programs that include: medical, vision, low vision, psychiatric and rehabilitative services, managed long-term care, residential services, day health programs, schools and educational training programs for independent living. In addition, The Guild's internet radio reading service, InTouch Networks, and SightCare, its vision care education and training program, address the special needs of thousands of people
nationwide.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

Lighthouse International
The Sol and Lillian Goldman Building, 111 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022-1202, United States of America.
Tel: +1 212 821 9200
Fax: +1 212 821 9707
Email: info@lighthouse.org
Web: www.lighthouse.org
Activities: Providing vision rehabilitation services (counseling and training to improve day-to-day functioning). Educating eyecare and vision rehabilitation professionals, along with the general public. Conducting vision, psychosocial, evaluation and accessibility research that provides practical solutions for everyday living. Promoting the early detection and prevention of vision loss. Urging policy change through advocacy to ensure equal access to health care, the environment and information.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

National Association for Visually Handicapped
22 West 21st Street, 6th Floor, New York, 10010, United States of America.
Tel: +1 212 255 2804
Fax: +1 212 727 2931
Email: staff@navh.org
Web: www.navh.org
Activities: Voluntary health agency serving people with low vision. Provides public and professional educational materials and counselling. Has a large print loan library as well as a large selection of visual aids and adaptive devices for the visually impaired.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

National Braille Association Inc. (NBA)
3 Townline Circle, Rochester, New York, 14623-2513, United States of America.
Tel: +1 716 4278260
Fax: +1 716 4270263
Email: nbaoffice@nationalbraille.org
Web: www.nationalbraille.org
Activities: NBA was founded to assist transcribers and narrators in the development and improvement of skills and techniques required for the production of reading materials for individuals who are print-handicapped. It also serves as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and suggestions for the improvement of Braille and tape transcription techniques. Offers direct services to the blind including Braille transcription of educational, vocational and recreational materials. Maintains the Braille Book Bank which houses and duplicates materials from its Braille collections of textbooks, foreign language, mathematics, music and general interest materials.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

National Family Association for the Deafblind (NFADB)
111 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point, New York 10050, United States of America.
Tel:/TTY: +1 516 944 8900 Ext. 275 or 800 255 0411 Ext. 275 (USA only)
Fax: +1 516 944 7302
Email: NFADB@aol.com
Activities: The NFADB is a national network of families who focus on issues surrounding deafblindness. It advocates for all deafblind people, supprts national policy to benefit people who are deafblind, encourages the founding and strengthening of family organizations in each state, provides information and referrals and collaborates with professionals who work with deafblind people.
Last updated: 04/01/2001

National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deafblind (NTAC)
Helen Keller National Center, 141 Middle Neck Rd., Sands Point, NY 11050 , United States of America.
Contact person: Kathy McNulty, Area Director & TA Specialist
Tel: +1 516 944 8900
Fax: +1 516 883 9060
TTY: +1 516 883 9059
Email: NTAC4A@attglobal.net
Web: www.tr.wou.edu/ntac/
Activities: The NTAC strives to strengthen the capacities of families, children and young adults who are deaf-blind. Strengthen the capacities of service providers and agencies serving children and young adults who are deaf-blind & their families. Link research-based practices to state and local service providers and families. Facilitate the sharing of information and practices between agencies, organizations and individuals. Facilitate collaborative systems change activities to improve services to children and young adults who are deaf-blind, their families and service providers.
Last updated: 31/05/2006

Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany (NABA)
301 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12206, United States of America.
Tel: +1 518 463 1211
Web: www.naba-vision.org/
Activities: Provides comprehensive programs and services for residents of the Albany Region (New York State) who are blind or visually impaired.
Last updated: 11/07/2001