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National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - http://www.loc.gov/nls
A free US program of braille and recorded materials. |
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Recording For The Blind and Dyslexic - http://www.rfbd.org
Educational library for people with print disabilities, with a 77,000-title library of taped textbooks, reference and professional materials for people who cannot read standard print because of a disability. |
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Living with Vision Loss - http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=40
If you are among the more than 10 million people in North America who are visually impaired, you know how important it is to find ways to accomplish routine daily tasks. |
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VisionConnection - http://visionconnection.org
Vision information and an accessible community for people who are partially sighted or blind. Searchable database of resources, and articles. |
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Blindness-Related Resources - http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blind.html
A comprehensive list of internet resources compiled to support the blind. |
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Louis Database - http://www.aph.org/louis.htm
Database of accessible materials for people who are blind or visually impaired. Contains information about more than 145,000 titles of accessible materials, including braille, large print, sound recordings, and computer files from over 200 agencies throughout the United States. |
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Video Description by Narrative Television Network - http://www.narrativetv.com
Makes movies and television programming accessible to blind and visually impaired people through narration. |
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Blindskills, Inc. - http://www.blindskills.com
Offers solutions and answers to questions regarding blindness, visual impairment and vision loss. |
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RNIB - Charles Bonnet Syndrome - http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_rnib003641.hcsp
Characterized by visual hallucinations in people who have a sudden change in vision such as that brought on by macular degeneration or serious sight loss. |
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The Blind Readers Page - http://blindreaders.info/
A source of information about books and reading, blindness and other disabilities and library services for the blind and physically handicapped. |
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http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm - http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm
Includes what to do when meeting a person with vision impairment, the signs of vision loss, legal blindness, braille and other health related links. |
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Blind Confidential - http://blindconfidential.blogspot.com/
Weblog serves as a commentary on issues regarding people with vision impairments. |
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AccessDome - http://www.accessdome.com
Resources for the blind. A web portal designed to enhance vision impaired and print restricted access to the web. |
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Lowell Association for the Blind - http://www.lowellassociationfortheblind.org
LAB is a non-profit, community based organization dedicated to working with the blind and visually impaired. Serving the Greater Lowell, MA / Merrimack Valley community. Find the services, news, resources and contact details. |
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Sonokids - http://www.sonokids.com/
Portal for blind and visual impaired children. Accessible games, and remixers. Make a homepage for free with screenreader. |
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C O L O R S - http://www.colorsmagazine.com/blindness/
Features an Italian magazine that provides articles with stories about lives as a blind. Also available to download in audio readings in mp3 format. |
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Kenneth Jernigan: 'power to the blind' - http://www.braillerman.com/jernigan.htm
Article on the late director of the Iowa Commission for the Blind. |
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Blindness in Depth - http://blindness.growingstrong.org
Provides articles and links to information about the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual impact of blindness. |
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SeebyTouch - http://see-by-touch.sourceforge.net/index_.html
The free of charge project, especially for the blind, provides a possibility to perceive pictures over the tactile sense - consisting of a picture transforming multi-platform software and a tactile display, built up easily with help of the construction manual. |
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SensibleGraphics - Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired - http://www.ks-huseby.no/sensiblegraphics
Information on tactile graphics for the blind and visually impaired. Graphic files free to download. |