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Agencies National
Federation of the Blind (NFB)
Founded
in 1940, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the nation's largest and
most influential membership organization of blind
persons. With fifty thousand members, the NFB has affiliates
in all fifty states plus The
purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is two-fold—to help blind
persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a vehicle for
collective self-expression by the blind. By providing public education about
blindness, information and referral services, scholarships,
literature and
publications about blindness, aids
and appliances and other adaptive equipment for the blind, advocacy
services and protection of civil rights, Job Opportunities for the Blind,
development and evaluation of technology,
and support for blind persons and their families, members of the NFB strive to
educate the public that the blind are normal individuals who can compete on
terms of equality. Special
services of the National Federation of the Blind include Job
Opportunities for the Blind (JOB), a free service to blind persons
seeking competitive employment and a Materials Center containing over eleven
hundred pieces of literature about blindness and four hundred different aids and
appliances used by the blind. In addition, the International
Braille and Technology Center for the Blind is the world's largest and
most complete evaluation and demonstration center for all speech and Braille
technology used by the blind from around the world. Newsline®
for the Blind, the world's first free talking newspaper service, offers the
blind the complete text of leading national and local newspapers with the use of
only a touch-tone telephone. Jobline®
offers national employment listings and job openings through a telephone
menu system to anyone free of charge. National
Federation of the Blind Narrative
Television Network
The Narrative
Television Network makes movies and television programming accessible to blind
and visually impaired people through narration, an "extra" voice added
to the show to describe the visual elements of the story. Since 1988, NTN has
narrated hundreds of hours of movies and television series, as well as several
Broadway theatre productions and museum tours.
Lighthouse
International
Lighthouse
International is a leading resource worldwide on vision impairment and vision
rehabilitation. Through its pioneering work in vision rehabilitation services,
education, research and advocacy, Lighthouse International enables people of all
ages who are blind or partially sighted to lead independent and productive
lives. Founded in 1905 and headquartered in New
York City Headquarters Athletics National
Beep Baseball Association (NBBA)
American
Blind Bowling Association American
Blind Skiing Foundation Ski
for Light, Inc. International
Bicycling Achilles
Track Club The
Achilles Track Club is a resource for people with impaired vision who enjoy long
distance running. Other
Recreation Resources Cleveland
Sight Center Blind
Outdoor Leisure Development The
Campanian Society, Inc. The Campanian
Society, Inc.
Choice Magazine Listening A
free audio anthology for a special audience of blind, visually impaired or
physically handicapped subscribers. CML selects and records memorable writing from over 100 leading
magazines. Every other month, this unique, free service offers its subscribers
eight hours of outstanding unabridged articles, fiction and poetry read by
professional voices and recorded on four-track cassette tapes. Web:
http://members.aol.com/CHOICEMAG/ The
Library of Congress National Library Services for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped The
National Library Service (NLS) loans books and magazines on tape,
“talking-book” players and Braille publications free of charge to people who
are unable to read standard print due to impaired vision or other physical
disabilities.
The Bible in large
print and on cassette. Jewish
Braille Institute of America, Inc. TeleSensory Personal readers
scan printed material and translate it into simulated human speech |