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Provides advocacy, referral services, daily living skills and mobility training, low vision exams, and education on available financial and living aid assistance.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Braille Instruction
Visual Impairments
Specialized Information and Referral
Organizational Consultation / Technical Assistance
Mobility Aids
Vision Screening
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

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Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Offers independent and working skills training in a variety of communications, household, personal, technology and related areas. Orientation and mobility training may include how to move about in a specific environment such as a home, school or work place. It usually involves teaching proper techniques for safe and effective travel with a long (white) cane. It also includes training on how to be aware of clues from the environment and knowing your location. Provides an open resource room for individuals to test and purchase accessible computer technology as well as additional low vision and mobility aids. Also offers Braille instruction, early intervention services for children and specialty services for older individuals.

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Mobility Aids
Computer Access Aids
Special Needs Job Development
Descriptive Video Services
Voice / Audio Output Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille and Tactile Aids
Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include:

Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment.

Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services.

Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance.

Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Information
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Braille Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Disability Rights Groups
Orientation and Mobility Training
* 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.
* 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 science, technology, engineering, and math.
  • NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars.
  • Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child.
  • Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

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Assistive Technology Training
Braille Instruction
Scholarships
* 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 science, technology, engineering, and math. NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child. Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

Categories

Braille Instruction
Literacy Programs
Scholarships
Assistive Technology Training
Provides advocacy, referral services, daily living skills and mobility training, low vision exams, and education on available financial and living aid assistance.

Categories

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Braille Instruction
Visual Impairments
Specialized Information and Referral
Organizational Consultation / Technical Assistance
Mobility Aids
Vision Screening
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

Categories

Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

Categories

Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Services are available to blind and partially sighted students in their home schools. The itinerant teacher carries out an ongoing program with local school staff so they can help a student develop those skills needed to function optimally in the regular school setting. These skills can include the use of optical and visual aids, tactile and auditory aids, braille reading and writing, listening and oral communication, orientation, mobility, travel, proficiency in the skills of daily living, counseling in social adjustment, independence, efficient use of resources and personal organization. Call for more detailed information.

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Educational Support Services
Student Disability Services
Special Education
Braille Instruction
Visual / Reading Aids
Educational Programs
Dedicated to creating, publishing and distributing tactile illustrations for readers who are blind or visually impaired. Creative Adaptations for Learning (CAL) produces books, flash cards, and other educational materials which use raised lines and textured shapes to help visually impaired people recognize shapes and objects the product is particularly useful for developing reading readiness (braille or print), orientation and mobility and communication skills. Young children, their parents, siblings, teachers and Occupational Therapists, any of whom may be blind or visually impaired, use these materials...as well as children who have dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy or learning delays. Serves a national geographic area.

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Visual Impairments
Special Education
Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille Instruction
Braille Materials / Collections
Braille and Tactile Aids
Blindness
Low Vision Aids
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

Categories

Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Year round rehabilitative and recreational activities within fully adapted and equipped facility for blind persons of all ages. Braille classes, support groups, respite care for adults who have developmental disabilities in addition to visual impairments. Owned and operated by Visions/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of New York City. Facilities available for rental use by other nonprofit agencies throughout the year.

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Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Braille Instruction
Centers for Independent Living
Athletic Fields / Courts
Teaches blind or visually impaired individuals skills of daily living such as cooking, sewing and self-care, as well as communication skills, including the use of talking book machines, Braille, script writing, and typing. Provides work site evaluations.

Categories

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Workplace Evaluation/Modification
Braille Instruction
* 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 science, technology, engineering, and math. NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child. Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

Categories

Braille Instruction
Literacy Programs
Scholarships
Assistive Technology Training

Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include:

Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment.

Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services.

Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance.

Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.

Categories

Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Assistive Technology Information
Vocational Rehabilitation
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Assistive Technology Training
Blind Mobility Aids
Braille and Tactile Aids
Braille Instruction
Disability Rights Groups
* 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 science, technology, engineering, and math.
  • NFB Scholarship program - gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars.
  • Braille Pals Club - an early literacy program that fosters positive attitudes about Braille for children and their families and promotes a love of reading by encouraging parents to read daily with their blind or low vision child.
  • Early Explorers- designed to introduce young blind children and their families to the long white cane.

Categories

Assistive Technology Training
Braille Instruction
Scholarships
Provides rehabilitation teaching to the blind and visually impaired including braille, keyboarding, travel training, independent living skills, and low-vision services. Also offers social casework and counseling services

Categories

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille Instruction
Provides rehabilitation teaching to the blind and visually impaired including braille, keyboarding, travel training, independent living skills, social casework and counseling services.

Categories

Orientation and Mobility Training
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Braille Instruction
Offers independent and working skills training in a variety of communications, household, personal, technology and related areas. Orientation and mobility training may include how to move about in a specific environment such as a home, school or work place. It usually involves teaching proper techniques for safe and effective travel with a long (white) cane. It also includes training on how to be aware of clues from the environment and knowing your location. Provides an open resource room for individuals to test and purchase accessible computer technology as well as additional low vision and mobility aids. Also offers Braille instruction, early intervention services for children and specialty services for older individuals.

Categories

Mobility Aids
Computer Access Aids
Special Needs Job Development
Descriptive Video Services
Voice / Audio Output Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille and Tactile Aids