Employment Services - Program
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
507 Kent Street
Utica, NY
Evaluates interests and capabilities of people who are blind providing them with the resources necessary to successfully pursue their employment goals. Services include assistance with: Determining job readiness Job searching Resume writing Interview preparedness Employer contacts and education On-the-job training
Free Slate Program - Program
National Federation of the Blind
200 E Wells Street
Baltimore, MD
Provides Braille-writing device that has the same portability, flexibility and affordability as a pen and pencil. Offers service to any blind or visually impaired person wishing to learn or who is learning Braille. May request a free slate and stylus once per year if needed.
Information and Referral - Program
Foundation Fighting Blindness
80 Broad Street
Suite 3301
New York, NY
Provides patients and families with timely and accurate information through digital and print media about retinal degenerative diseases and the research to overcome them, as well as low or no vision coping strategies, resources, and services. Motivate patients and families to increase public awareness of AMD and other retinal degenerative diseases and encourage public support for retinal disease research. Provides information about genetic testing, treatments being developed, treatments being …
Information and Referral Services - Program
American Council of the Blind
1703 N Beauregard Street
Suite 420
Alexandria, VA
Offers information and referral on programs and services for the blind and visually impaired. Provides legislative advocacy on laws affecting blind persons. Offers college scholarships to blind and visually impaired students. Provides legislative and governmental monitoring. Holds annual conference featuring a large trade show of the latest high- and low-tech gadgets for blind and visually impaired people.
National Federation of the Blind - Program
National Federation of the Blind
200 E Wells Street
Baltimore, MD
Offers training at affiliated centers for the blind. Services include: Comparing software and devices. Show new users what technology may be helpful to them. Give advice on how to comply with accessibility standards. Aide employers and employees on workplace accommodations. Provides information on where to get training and equipment. Offers youth programs that include: NFB Youth Slam - a four-day academy engages and inspires the next generation of blind youth to consider careers in …
New York State School for the Blind - Program
New York State School for the Blind
2A Richmond Avenue
Batavia, NY
Provides residential programming Sunday-Thursday for students who reside more than a 50-mile radius from the school. Works in collaboration with outside agencies including the NYS Commission for the Blind. Students receive both Regents based classroom instruction and alternate education based on cognitive, social, and developmental abilities, for children and youth who are legally blind and who have at least one additional disability.
Residential Programs - Program
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
507 Kent Street
Utica, NY
Offers comprehensive rehabilitation services on both an outpatient and inpatient basis in a structured intensive program developed in partnership with the patient. Services include: Orientation and mobility to vision rehabilitation therapy Occupational therapy Adaptive technology training Low vision Social work Fitness Recreation Nutrition and more
