• Disability Resources for Students

  • Financial Resources and Discounts for Students With Disabilities​

  • Speech Disorder Resources for College Students

  • The Complete Guide for Deaf & Hearing Impaired College Students

  • Navigating College with Visual Impairments    *** February 2021

• Addiction Treatment For Individuals with Disabilities: Rehab Centers For The Deaf And Blind

• Addiction Treatment and Recovery (Addiction Group)  *** October 2020

• Transportation Resources for Older Adults

• Selling a Home with Modifications for Older Adults

• Fall Prevention

• Assistive Technology Buying Guide

• Home Organization for Newly Disabled Seniors

• Home Modifications and Accommendations for Seniors (Five Star Painting)  *** Oct. 2020

• Special Needs Seniors: Planning for the Future of this Vulnerable Population

• Legal Guide for Newly Disabled Seniors

• Advocacy Organizations

• Caregivers Toolkit  (Successfully Aging & Living in San Antonio) ***February 2024

• Catalogues for People with Special Needs

• Educational Institutions

• Entertainment

• Rehabilitation, Orientation and Mobility Services

• Technology

• Home Accessibility Resources 

• Medication Management

• Open Eyes Life Coaching and Consulting

• Senior Housing Assistant Living Resource

• Financial & Support Resources for Individuals with Vision Impairments   *** Aug. 2021

• A Guide to Driving with Vision Loss *** Aug. 2021

• Vision Center (provides medically accurate content for all things vision) *** Jan. 2021

  • Vision Center -- Eye Twitching

• Fall Prevention Guide for Older Adults   ***Oct. 2021

• Medicare Plans for Texas ***Nov. 2021

• Retirement Guide (Medicare) ***Dec. 2021

  • Senior Discounts and Benefits ***Dec. 2021​

• Senior Care Guide  ***May 2022​

• Improve Internet Accessibility for Individuals with Impaired Vision ***May 2022

• Vision Aware ( informational service for adults with vision loss) ***June 2023

• Vision Therapy Techniques  ***August 2023

• Educational Resources For Individuals Working With Blind & Visually Impaired Children ***Sept. 2023

 

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
Independent Living Aids

 

Catalogs

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.

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  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.

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Rehabilitation, Orientation and Mobility
 

• Blinded Veterans Association

 

• Guide Dogs of Texas--San Antonio based non-profit organization providing guide dogs for the visually impaired.

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• San Antonio Lighthouse

• Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services

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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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Hadley's Technical Instructional Videos

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Low Vision Shopping

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Vision Center (One stop shop for all things vision)  *** March 2022

https://www.visioncenter.org/blog/aging-and-eyesight/

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Christal Vision

Address: 6303 Southern Hills
San Antonio, TX 78244

Telephone: 210-666-0700 (local)
800-299-0700 (toll-free)

Website:  www.christal-vision.com

CCTVs (stand-alone, SVGA, portable), OCR scanners, adaptive software, braille devices, adaptive PCs and more.

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Enhanced Vision

Address:17911 Sampson Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Website:  www.enhancedvision.com

Magnifier Products: Merlin, Max, MaxPort, Flipper, FlipperPort, JORDY System and LCD Panel products

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ShopLowVision.com

Address:3030 Enterprise Court, Suite D
Vista, California 92081

Telephone:(866) 999-9188

Website:  www.shoplowvision.com

E-mail:  info@shoplowvision.com

ShopLowVision.com is the first e-commerce website with the most comprehensive line (4000+) of low vision solutions with daily living products, video magnifiers, optical products, and professional tools.  It is also the first ever low vision e-commerce store to be aligned with best practice model for low vision rehabilitation (AOA, AAO, AOTA, AER).

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Home Accessibility Resources 

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1. Guide to Room-by-Room Repairs for Easy Accessibility for Disabled Loved Ones

2. 20 Home Modifications for People with Vision Loss

3. Contrast and Color

4. Lighting in and around the home: A guide to better lighting for people with sight loss

5. Creating Accessible Kitchens for the Visually Impaired

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