DISABILITY RESOURCES

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  • Services for people who are deaf

    BLINDNESS ORGANISATIONS

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    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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