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Resources
Advocacy Organizations
American Council of the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind
Foundation Fighting Blindness
National Federation of the Blind
Catalogs for People With Special Needs
American Thermoform
Corporation
Catalog of Braille supplies.
Independent Living
Aids
Various products including talking watches and other products for blind people.
LS & S
Catalog of products for individuals who are blind or hard of hearing.
Optelec
A catalog of various products for both blind and visually impaired people such
as Braille displays and low vision equipment.
View Finder
Store which sells products for both blind and visually impaired people.
Educational Institutions
American Printing House for the
Blind
Commercial Braille production house as well as a catalog of educational products
for people who are blind or visually impaired.
The Hadley School for the Blind
Offers correspondence courses for blind people on various subjects.
The Perkins School for the
Blind
An educational resource center for blind children.
Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired
A school with resource information for blind children.
Entertainment
Descriptive
Video Service
Provides information about audio descriptions for programs on TV, Hollywood
movies on home video and Theatrical movies.
Library Services Book Share
Company which provides all types of books online for blind and visually impaired
individuals.
National Library Service for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped
A national lending library for Braille, electronic and recorded books.
San Antonio Public
Library
Offers many useful aids for low vision patrons.
Texas State Library
Free talking book program and library services for the visually impaired.
Rehabilitation, Orientation and Mobility
Blinded Veterans Association
Guide Dogs of Texas
San Antonio based non-profit organization providing guide dogs for the visually
impaired.
San Antonio Lighthouse
Texas Department of
Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Technology
Freedom Scientific
A computer company which sells Braille note takers, screen readers, screen
enlargement programs and other adaptive products for computers.
Human Ware
Computer company which sells Braille note takers and other adaptive computer
equipment.
Kurzweil Educational
Systems Inc.
A company which sells reading machines and reading software for individuals who
are blind or visually impaired.
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