Audio Books and Magazines, Available by Mail or by Downloading to a Device
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
888-657-7323 (books and player provided free) - Bookshare
Accessible online library: $50 annually; free for students.
Read on your computer, tablet, smart phone or assistive device - Choice Magazine Listening
(quarterly issues of recorded magazine selections, unabridged) | 888-724-6423 - Audio Bibles for the Blind
- NFB-NEWSLINE ®
- Pinellas Talking Book Library |866-619-9568
Large Print Materials and Visual Devices
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Learning Sight & Sound (LS&S) | 800-468-4789
- MaxiAids | 800-522-6294
- Independent Living Aids | 800-537-2118
- New York Times Large Print Weekly | 800-631-2580
- Enhanced Vision | 888-811-3161
- Vispero
Technologies: Computers, Cell Phones, Video Magnifiers
- Search “voice to text software”
- Apple and Mac devices
- Apple accessibility information | 877-204-3930
- AppleVis user community
- Facebook accessibility
- Microsoft Accessibility tutorials | 800-936-5900
- Accessible cellphones
- Computers for the Blind (CFTB)
- ZoomText magnification computer software
- Video magnifiers: List of products and descriptions
National Organizations for Support, Information and Research Updates
- American Diabetes Association | 800-342-2383
- American Foundation for the Blind | 212-502-7633
- Glaucoma Research Foundation | 800-826-6693
- Hadley School for the Blind online courses | 800-323-4238
- Macular Degeneration Association | 855-962-2852
- National Eye Health Education Program, English and Spanish
- National Federation of the Blind | 410-659-9314 (toll call)
- National Industries for the Blind | 703-310-0500 (toll call)
- National Institutes of Health database of privately and publicly funded clinical trials around the world
- Prevent Blindness | 800-331-2020
- Vision AwareTM
- In Canada
- Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada | 844-887-8572
- CNIB Foundation | 800-265-4127
Vision Rehabilitation Self-Help Materials
- VisionAwareTM Emotional Adjustment to Vision Loss from the American Printing House for the Blind
- Fall prevention brochure from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- A Self-Help Guide to Nonvisual Skills (PDF), D. Roberts, 2011
- Making Life More Livable: Simple Adaptations for Living at Home After Vision Loss, M. Duffy, American Printing House for the Blind; 800-223-1839
Locate Vision Rehabilitation Services Near You
Ask if services include a vision rehabilitation consultation by an MD or OD; device recommendations; devices for loan; rehabilitation training for reading, writing, shopping, cooking, lighting, glare control; home assessment; mobility training; support groups. Ask about cost: Are these services free, billed to insurance or paid another way? Medicare covers most services but not devices.
Support Groups
- Sight Matters™
- Our Macular Degeneration Journey
- Owl Radio
- My Macular Degeneration Journey/Journal
- All About Vision
- American Optometric Association (AOA)
- American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)
- My Home In Sight Kit
- Look To Your Future
Low Vision
- International Academy of Low Vision Specialist (IALVS)
- San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired
- The Chicago Lighthouse
- Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Center
- Lighthouse of Pinellas
- En-Vision America
- DBS Division of Blind Services
- IrisVision Wearable visual assistive device
AMD Monitoring Tools
A home-based monitoring program supporting earlier detection of wet AMD in intermediate dry AMD patients.
Clinical Trials
Veterans
Veterans can receive services and devices free of charge.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | 844-698-2311
Nutrition
Financial help