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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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Orientation and Mobility Training
Visual Impairments
Special Education
Braille Instruction
Braille and Tactile Aids
Low Vision Aids
Blindness
Braille Materials / Collections
Provides a wide selection of high-quality products that help make life easier for visually impaired individuals, from talking watches and clocks to magnifying mirrors, which are designed to be easy to hold and to use. Also helps individuals adapt by introducing safe, new ways to travel around town, manage household tasks, cooking, personal grooming and managing medications and finances.

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Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistive Technology Equipment
Provides a variety of services to help individuals with blindness or visual impairments through daily living skills classes, traveling and mobility training.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training
Provides education, rehabilitation teaching, and orientation and mobility training for the blind.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training
Provides a range of services to visually impaired seniors to help them independently care for themselves and their homes including individual assessments and evaluations, homemaker training, low vision services, mobility training and rehabilitation teaching. Case management provided. Serves residents of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

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Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Orientation and Mobility Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Provides information and training for individuals with developmental disabilities about traveling around their community and the county on the bus systems, and moving about in public.
Provides rehabilitation teaching to the blind and visually impaired including braille, keyboarding, travel training, independent living skills, social casework and counseling services.

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Braille Instruction
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Orientation and Mobility Training
SAIL provides assessment, advice, and training to individuals with disabilities, family members and other interested parties concerning mobility. Services focus on improving an individual's ability to fully access their home and community, and may include adaptive equipment loan and/or acquisition as well as travel training.

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Orientation and Mobility Training
Travel Training for Older Adults / People With Disabilities
Services for persons of all ages who are blind or visually impaired. Rehabilitation, counseling, orientation, mobility instruction and independent living skills education are available. Friendly visiting and support groups are also offered.

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Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Health / Disability Related Counseling
Vocational Rehabilitation
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Friendly Visiting
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.

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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
Braille and Tactile Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Low Vision Aids
Braille Instruction
Descriptive Video Services
Special Needs Job Development
Computer Access Aids
Voice / Audio Output Aids
Provides individuals with visual problems, information on available services, vision aids, appliances and education to help them maintain there independence.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Orientation and Mobility Training
Low Vision Aids
Visual Impairments
Mobility Aids
Disease / Disability Information
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
Helps consumers reach or maintain independence with homemaking, communication, outdoor mobility and employment skills and adjustment to vision loss.

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Orientation and Mobility Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Skills instruction for infants, pre-schoolers and school-age children to age 14 using teaching tools such as: speech assisted learning to teach pre-Braille skills storybooks with large-print, Braille and tactile illustrations toys using audio, motion and visual stimulation to teach pre-mobility skills

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Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille and Tactile Aids
A low vision clinic for those who are legally blind that provides exams as well as a place to receive prescribed and recommended devises.

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Daily Living Aids
Blind Mobility Aids
Eye Screening
Glasses/Contact Lenses
Large Print Materials/Collections
Eye Care
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic

The Adaptive Living Program (ALP), is for people who need training and services to assist them in living at home and in the community. In most cases, the consumer has to be over the age of 55, unless they have circumstances where they do not want to pursue employment. The ALP program provides Adjustment Counseling, Rehab Teaching, and Orientation & Mobility. NYSCB contracts with a number of private agencies for the blind who go to consumer's homes to provide services. The primary benefit of this program is to allow senior citizens who are experiencing vision loss to function more independently in daily activities.

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Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistive Technology Equipment Acquisition Assistance

Teaches blind and visually impaired individuals techniques for determining locations and traveling safely in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities. Area of instruction include indoor navigation, community travel, public transportation, street crossings, sighted guide techniques, vision and sensory training, use of a cane and other mobility tools, route planning, and spatial and environmental concept and development.

Provides consultations and advocacy, along with referrals for education and community resources. Also may provide low vision exams, mobility instruction, life skills instruction and aid in social adjustment.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Orientation and Mobility Training
Provides the rehabilitation and support for individual recovering from illness, injury or elective surgery. Services include physical and occupational therapy, disease/disability specific rehabilitation and sports-related medical care.

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Therapeutic Exercise
Occupational Therapy
Orientation and Mobility Training
Sports Medicine
Condition Specific Rehabilitation Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy
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

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Orientation and Mobility Training
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Braille Instruction
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Offers rehabilitation and education services to legally blind adults, children and seniors residing in Dutchess county. Programs and services include orientation and mobility, vision rehabilitation therapy, computer and assistive technologies instruction, case management, social case work, academic instruction and referrals for low vision services.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Orientation and Mobility Training
Trains and provides guide dogs to people who are blind or visually impaired. Each person must complete a 25 day in-residence training program at the Foundation. Each graduate receives a dog, its equipment, a comprehensive training program and after-care services without charge.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Orientation and Mobility Training
Service Animals
Mobility Aids
SAIL provides assessment, advice, and training to individuals with disabilities, family members and other interested parties concerning mobility. Services focus on improving an individual's ability to fully access their home and community, and may include adaptive equipment loan and/or acquisition as well as travel training.

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Orientation and Mobility Training
Travel Training for Older Adults / People With Disabilities
Provides the following Clinical Services for children, adolescents and adults in person or via telehealth: Counseling, Anger Management, Risk Assessments, Guardianship, Autism Testing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Feeding/Swallowing Therapy, Psychiatric Medication Services, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Wheelchair Seating/Positioning, Orientation and Mobility Training, and Psychological Evaluations. Provides the following Clinical Services: Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Psychology/Evaluation/Diagnosis.

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Speech and Language Pathology
Pediatric Feeding Disorders Programs
Psychological Assessment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Developmental Assessment
General Counseling Services
Physical Therapy
Child Guardianship Assistance
Adult Guardianship Assistance
Orientation and Mobility Training
Occupational Therapy
Seating / Positioning Aids
Psychiatric Medication Services
Anger Management