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Provides a 2-week training program that matches individuals who are visually impaired with trained guide dogs.
Provides a 2-week training program that matches individuals who are visually impaired with trained guide dogs.
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Visual Impairments
Dog Guides
Provides information and referral on diseases, helps callers find support groups, and communicates research/information to individuals, families and physicians.
Provides information and referral on diseases, helps callers find support groups, and communicates research/information to individuals, families and physicians.
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Visual Impairments
Disease/Disability Information
Specialized Information and Referral
Support Group Clearinghouses
Assists people who have become visually impaired to regain their self-esteem and self-reliance. Provides adaptive strategies to cope with vision loss including an introduction in orientation and mobility, activities of daily living, low tech communications and introduction to technology with an iPhone/iPad.
Assists people who have become visually impaired to regain their self-esteem and self-reliance. Provides adaptive strategies to cope with vision loss including an introduction in orientation and mobility, activities of daily living, low tech communications and introduction to technology with an iPhone/iPad.
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Computer Access Aids
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments
The Tele-Support Network is a phone-based support group system that offers parents of children diagnosed with an eye condition the opportunity to share their experiences, resources, and feelings to like-minded individuals. Current support groups include: Cortical visual impairment, Retinopathy of prematurity, Leber congenital amaurosis, Autism and blindness.
The Tele-Support Network is a phone-based support group system that offers parents of children diagnosed with an eye condition the opportunity to share their experiences, resources, and feelings to like-minded individuals. Current support groups include: Cortical visual impairment, Retinopathy of prematurity, Leber congenital amaurosis, Autism and blindness.
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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Parent Support Groups
Visual Impairments
Provides a summer camp that offers educational and recreational programs for blind and visually impaired youth, aged 5 through 16. Operate overnight sessions include lodging in cabins, programs utilizing lake and swimming pool facilities, and activities in boating, hiking, music, sports, crafts, nature, and computer instruction.
Provides a summer camp that offers educational and recreational programs for blind and visually impaired youth, aged 5 through 16. Operate overnight sessions include lodging in cabins, programs utilizing lake and swimming pool facilities, and activities in boating, hiking, music, sports, crafts, nature, and computer instruction.
Lighthouse Guild is the leading not-for-profit vision and healthcare organization, with a long-standing heritage of addressing the needs of people who are blind or visually impaired. This includes those with multiple disabilities or chronic medical conditions.
Lighthouse Guild is the leading not-for-profit vision and healthcare organization, with a long-standing heritage of addressing the needs of people who are blind or visually impaired. This includes those with multiple disabilities or chronic medical conditions.
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Visual Impairments
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Provides a variety of supportive services for blind and visually impaired individuals. Services include:- Information and referral- Braille instruction- Peer support group- Advocacy- JAWS and Zoom Text computer classes- Stand Along Reading Apparatus (SARA) classes- White cane instruction assistance- Access to the latest aids and appliances
Provides a variety of supportive services for blind and visually impaired individuals. Services include:- Information and referral- Braille instruction- Peer support group- Advocacy- JAWS and Zoom Text computer classes- Stand Along Reading Apparatus (SARA) classes- White cane instruction assistance- Access to the latest aids and appliances
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Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments
Computer Access Aids
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Braille Instruction
The Lighthouse Guild provides legally blind high school students in the United States the opportunity to earn a scholarship, based upon strong academic accomplishments and merit. A single scholarship is also awarded to a current or prospective graduate student who is legally blind.
The Lighthouse Guild provides legally blind high school students in the United States the opportunity to earn a scholarship, based upon strong academic accomplishments and merit. A single scholarship is also awarded to a current or prospective graduate student who is legally blind.
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Scholarships
Visual Impairments