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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.
Categories
Visual Impairments
Disease/Disability Information
Specialized Information and Referral
Support Group Clearinghouses
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.
Categories
Visual Impairments
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
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.
Categories
Visual Impairments
Dog Guides
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.
Categories
Computer Access Aids
Independent Living Skills Instruction
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.
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.
Categories
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Parent Support Groups
Visual Impairments
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.
Categories
Scholarships
Visual Impairments
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
Categories
Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments
Computer Access Aids
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Braille Instruction