Definitions
- Blind – people who have severe visual impairments. Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).
- Visually Impaired – Having impaired vision; partially sighted.
- Visually Challenged – Having greatly reduced vision?
National Library for the blind (USA)?
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
National Library for the Blind free music classes on cassette?
http://www.loc.gov/nls/music/index.html
Royal National Library for the Blind (UK)
http://www.rnib.org.uk?
Canadian National institute for the Blind?
http://www.cnib.ca/en/services?
American Printing house for the Blind…free subscriptions to Newsweek and Readers Digest also free downloadable screen enlarger Braille Institute of America
Free cassette classes on everyday living skills for people with new vision loss. I took their classes and found them very practical. One class is cooking skills, one is how to get around, leisure skills and I think the fourth one is clothing identification, good for ON that has loss of color vision with it.?
http://www.brailleinstitute.org
The last one is a place like freecycle except it’s for low vision items or accessible media.?
Other Links
Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.asb.org/links/index.htm
Vision-Aid
http://www.visionaid.org/links.html
Visually Challenged
http://www.visuallychallenged.com/
Setting Accessibility Options for People Who Are Blind or Have Difficulty Seeing Things on the Screen
http://library.uvm.edu/services/specialneeds/visualpc.html
Google for the Visually Impaired
http://labs.google.com/accessible/
National Eye Institute
http://www.nei.nih.gov/
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