International Links
Seeing Eye Dogs Australia
Breeding and training of Seeing Eye Dogs
Provision of Seeing Eye Dogs and training to people who are blind
or vision impaired.
The
Deaf-Blind Association - Victoria
The Association represents the interests of people with a multi-sensory
impairment, to provide community support for them and their families,
to provide short term care and long term accommodation and respite care.
Guide Dog Association - Victoria
Breeding & Training of Guide Dogs
Free Educational Programs for Children and Adults
Neurological Mobility Service
Pets as Therapy
Children's Mobility Service
Training Centre
Intensive Orientation & Mobility
Occupational Therapy
Guide
Dogs Association of New South Wales
We train people who are vision impaired to use canes, canines
and electronic aids to improve their mobility and thus independence
and quality of life. We train companion dogs for children and
adults who are disabled or disadvantaged.
Association
for the Blind of Western Australia
Guide Eogs
Mobility training with long cane
State wide Braille and Talking Book Library
Low vision clinics and advisory services
Day therapy facilities
Employment and job skills training
Independent living services in the home
Computer training
Early intervention support for young children
"Burswood House" training and support program offering life skills
to young people
Braille and audio transcription services
Recreational activities
Braille teaching
Regional services
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland
Mobility training with Guide Dog, long cane, identification cane,
support cane, electronic mobility aids
Guide Dogs breeding and training
Counselling to individuals and their families
Regional services throughout the State.
Community workshops and professional in-service programs
VisPat and Pets for Therapy programs
Blind Citizens Australia
Our mission is to achieve equity and equality by our empowerment,
by promoting positive community attitudes, and by striving for
high quality and accessible services which meet our needs.
Statewide Vision Resource Centre
Promote an understanding of the educational needs of students
who are blind or have low vision provide professional development
to school communities provide students with text books in their
preferred format e.g. large print, braille, audio, electronic
text.
Royal Institute
for Deaf and Blind Children
We provide a wide range of educational services to children who have
significant hearing and/or vision loss, including children who have
additional disabilities.
Royal Society for the Blind
of South Australia
Home support and counselling
Employment and education services
Braille and computer training
Low vision assessment
Recreational opportunities
Braille and talking book library
DeafBlind Association of South Australia
The aims of the South Australian Deafblind Association are:
To advocate and lobby for better services for people with Deafblindness,
inform and promote awareness of Deafblindness and the special needs a person with deafblindness has and
to assist in the education of teachers and healthcare workers,to be able to teach Deafblind children and adults.
To encourage people with Deafblindness to advocate for themselves at all levels of policy, planning and service delivery,
to seek changes in laws and policies to assist people with this disability:
Townsend House
Townsend House offers a comprehensive range of services to South
Australian Children aged from 0 to 25 years.
Assistive Technology Services
Early Childhood Support Service (Blind / Vision Impaired)
Early Childhood Support Service (Deaf / Hearing Impaired)
Child and Youth Services
Occupational Therapy
Vision Australia
Library and Information Services including reading material in
a wide range of formats, including audio and braille.
to enable audio access to newspapers.
Orientation and mobility training
Occupational therapy.
Children’s education services and programs.
Computer training.
Adult braille and literacy training.
Employment training and placement.
Adaptive equipment sales and consultancy.
Daily living skills training.
Training in the use of remaining vision.
Advice and support for tertiary students.
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INTERNATIONAL BLINDNESS ORGANISATIONS
Royal
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
Communications, Orientation and Mobility, Techniques of Daily
Living, Counselling, Child and Family Social Work, Vocational
Advice, Sport and Recreation, DeafBlind, Guide Dog Services.
Library and Information Services, Equipment Services, Accessible
Format Production, Volunteer Services, Financial Services.
Royal National Institute
for the Blind - England
RNIB offers practical support and advice to anyone with a sight
problem.
Canadian National Institute
for the Blind
Counselling and referral.
Rehabilitation and skills for daily living.
Orientation and mobility training.
High-and low-tech devices.
Employment services.
CNIB library services..
American
Foundation for the Blind
Audiodescription/Videodescription
Braille/Audio/Large-Print Production
Community Outreach Programs
Computer Training
Consultation/Technical Program Assistance
Counselling/Social Work/Self-Help
Distance Education
Dog Guide Training and Orientation and Mobility
Early Intervention/Infants and
Education Services and Literacy Programs
Employment/Job Training
Health Services and Low Vision Centers and Services
Independent Living/Rehabilitation Services
Library Services and Newspaper Reading Services
Perkins School
for the Blind
Preschool, Lower School,
Secondary Program or the Deafblind Program
Community Living, Infant/Toddler Program, Preschool
Services, Outreach (for visually handicapped students in public
schools), Vision Rehabilitation Clinic, Outreach to Elders, and
Professional Outreach.
Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library.
The Carroll
Center for
the Blind
Rehabilitation
Technology
Computer Training
Summer Youth Programs
Computer Services for Youth
Educational Services
The Braille Challenge
Recreation
Outdoor Enrichment Program
Sail Blind
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
The Center operates an extensive system of Field Services nationwide
for people who are deaf-blind within their local communities and
for their families, as well as for public and private service
providers and professionals.
Lighthouse International
Lighthouse International is a leading resource worldwide on vision
impairment and vision rehabilitation. Lighthouse International enables
people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted to lead independent
and productive lives.
National
Federation of the
Blind
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, development
and evaluation of technology, and support for blind persons and
their families.
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