Blindness
- Adaptive Technology
- Advocacy and Training
- Books and Magazines
- Commercial
- Employment
- Medical Links
- Mobility and Braille
- Schools
- U.S. Government Links
- WWW and Homepages
- More
Adaptive Technology
- Adaptive Technology Resource Centre , part of the Information Commons Dept., University of Toronto, Canada.
- Assistive Technology
- Assistive Technology For The Disabled Computer User
- ADA Information Center On-Line
- ADA & Disability Information
- ABLEDATA Assistive Technology Database
- Audio Description
- The Archimedes Project Improve access to information for individuals with disabilities by influencing the early design stages of tomorrow's technology.
- Blind Computer Use - by and for the Blind
- Computers Resources for the Disabled
- DVS: A New Service for the Blind and Visually Impaired gopher
- Equal Access to Software and Information
- Equal Access to Software and Information gopher
- Workstation for Access to Math for Blind Users by Cahill, McCarthy gopher
- Windows Tips for Users with Low Vision
- Stereolithography Models for Blind Scientists by Skawinski, et. al. gopher
- Books for Blind Scientists by Barry, et. al. Gopher
- Blind Information Resources Gopher
- Blind Access Systems Gopher
- Australian Royal Society Interface for Blind Users Gopher
- American Printing House for the Blind Gopher
- IBM Special Needs Gopher
- Disabilities Access Online
- DOS WWW Browser - Lynx FTP site
- Handicap Software FTP
- Speech Friendly Software from Kansys, Inc. including Turbo Braille Contains many items that are not shareware products; no fee is required or expected for using, copying, or modifying any of them. Look for files with names like MEMO10.ZIP (the Memo DataBase Program), NAMES35.ZIP (the NAMES DataBase Program), ABRL15.ZIP (AutoBraille 1.5), PRVX61.ZIP (Provox 6.1), and BARB11.ZIP (Barb The Browser 1.1 and related utilities).
- Olivetti FTP Handicap
- Seaside Education Associates, Inc. Home Automation
- Sensory Disability Research Unit, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- University of Missouri - Columbia Adaptive Computing Technology Center
- Windows Tips for Users with Low Vision If your a new Windows User then this should be your first stop.
- White Paper: PDF and the Visually Impaired
- Handicap Software Archive gopher
- UCLA Disability Computing Programs gopher
Advocacy Groups, Training and Assistance
- Action for Blind People Gopher
- American Foundation for the Blind
- The American Council for the Blind
- Associated Services for the Blind Part of Liberty Net in Philidelphia. Contains information for Blind and Visually Impaired Computer Users in the Philidelphia area and informational links for all blind.
- Blind Organizations
- Center for Independent Living Berkeley, CA
- Center for Independent Living
- Deaf-Blind Online Resources and discussions sourounding dual sensory impairments, Great Lakes Area Regional Center for Deaf Blind Education.
- DBLink The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
- National Federation of the Blind
- National Federation of the Blind, Scholarship program: (Gopher)
- National Federation of the Blind, Scholarship Program: (Gopher II)
- Royal National Institute for the Blind Services and information for visually impaired people, their carers and professionals.
- British Computer Association of the Blind
- Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
- Financing Assistive Technology: Handbook For Funding
- Special Needs Education Network (SNE) Canada's best disability education site. Through SchoolNet
- Blind Childrens Center has information and publications for parents and professional working with blind and handicapped children.
- Blind Education and Rehabilitation gopher
- Texas Commission for the Blind
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Boston Aid to the Blind
- Boston Aid to the Blind #2
- Indiana School for the Blind
- The Carroll Center for the Blind (CCB) Home Page
- New Hampshire Association for the Blind
- Vermont Divison for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
- Nurit Noy Blind
and V.I. information in Israel
is a consultant with over 25 years of experience in training of blind and V.I persons and teaching professionals in the field of blindness. He is involved in education and rehabilitation of the blind and visually impaired in Israel and would be willing to provide information to individuals and/or agencies regarding services for/of the blind in Israel. - Education of the Visually Impaired
Books and Magazines
- B&R SAMIZDAT EXPRESS, index (Richard Seltzer) "Vanilla Press" books on diskette for National Braille Press.
- Blind People's access to graphics Publications
- Archive of ``blind-l'' mailing list archive of `Computer Use by and for the Blind'
- Dialogue magazine published by Blindskills, Inc., a non-profit organization in Salem, Oregon. Issues and lifestyles of the blind and Visually impaired. (Excellant)
- Electronic Magazines
- On Line Magazines
- Ecola's Newsstand -- Computer Publications
- University of Cincinnati Libraries
- Movements, the opthalmic newsletter from Integrated Orbital Implants, Inc. (IOI) On-Line the most comprehensive source of information on ocular implants, artificial eyes, and care of the anophthalmic patient.
- RFB&D National Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic. Includes old gopher server
- RFB&D Resources California branch of Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic. LA based page
- RFB (Recording For the Blind) (Computerized Books for the Blind) Gopher
- Search Handicap Digest Archive
- handicap news bbs archives. check the Index First.
- Verbiage Magazine New Stories and Authors, Submit a story yourself.
- New York State Library for the Blind
- Internet-On-A-Disk points to a variety of sites that maintain archives of electronic texts
- OBI Online Book Initiative gopher
- OBI Online Book Initiative FTP
- Alex: Electronic Books gopher
- Talking Book Topics Bi-Monthly List gopher
- Electronic Texts on the Internet a Source listing
- Libraries for the blind and visually impaired
- Electronic Books FTP
- Project Gutenberg The primary goal of Project Gutenberg is to encourage the creation and distribution of electronic text. They hope to have a trillion etexts in distribution by the end of 2001.
- Gutenberg Project (electronic books) FTP
- The World's 100 Greatest Books audiocassette collections, also The World's 100 Greatest People.
Commercial Sites
- Acrontech offers computer technology for blind and VI.
- A to Z Assistive Technology A non-profit for people with disabilities.
- Adaptek Systems Kurzwell, voice recognition, Voice input & output
- Adaptive Solutions David Ogletree, an adaptive technology consultant, trains people in Windows 3.X and Win95.
- Apple's Disability Solutions
- Blazie Engineering
- Duxbury Braille Software products
- DVS: A New Service for the Blind and Visually Impaired gopher
- Enabling Technologies Braille printer manufacturer located in Stuart, FL.
- Evan Kemp Associates Inc Lots of Disability and ADA material, The more I explore this link the more I find that I like about it. This is a must surf for the blind and disabled.
- Frontier Computing Total Solutions
- Henter Joyce for JAWS and JAWS for Windows FTP
- HumanWare, INC. Computer and V.I. Products.
- IBM Special Needs GopherFrom Screen Reader Guru Dr. Jim Thatcher
- International Monovision Association
- JTS Micro Consulting Ltd. Shareware for Windows. Applications using speech synthesis/recognition. Text readers, PAM, a Personal Talking Scheduler and more.
- LS&S Group Inc. Products for Visually Impaired
- LAB Resources disability related computer equipment near Milwaukee.
- Magni-Cam from Innoventions. For low vision.
- MicroTalk Home Page Screen Reader Software - ASAP for DOS and ASAW for Windows and Win95.
- NCSA Mosaic Access Page for Blind
- Olive Tree Software, Inc dealer of adaptive technology for Arkenstone, AICOM, AI Squared, Blazie, Dragon Systems, Kolvox, etc. serving MO and IL.
- Pulse Data InternationalComputer Equipment for the blind and VI from Australia.
- Raised Dot Computing
- Talking Signs website
- Talking Caller ID from Magnavox
- Tony Heyes- ETAs Aids for mobility of the blind
- Tiny Talk Screen Reader for DOS by Eric Bohlman FTP - Powerful, efficient, and inexpensive Screen Reader for the blind
- TINYTALK from Eric Bohlman OMS Development (gopher) Powerful, efficient, and inexpensive Screen Reader for the blind
- Telesensory Corporation Blind and Low Vision products.
- Trace R&D Center
- Trace Center gopher
- Financing Assistive Technology: Handbook For Funding
Employment
- Project Do-IT a disabilities resource center
- Project PURSUIT Helps find jobs in Science, Electronics, and Math.
- Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
- MN Dept. of Economic Security MN Employment and Blind Services
Medical
- "Medical List"Text only version of most internet medical resources.
- Digital Journal of Opthalmology
- HyperDOC at US National Library of Medicine
- MedWeb
- Med Help
- Med Help - FTP
- MEDLAR II and Medlars
- Medscape is a free medical web site designed for clinicians and interested consumers
- List of Internet resources on medicine
- Einet Galaxy: Opthalmology
- Pointer to Vision/EyeCare FAQ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: Vision and EyeCare
- Other Gopher Resources
- Vision Research Links from UC Irvine
- Vision Research at Yale Medical School
Mobility and Braille
- Aster DotsPlus Blind access to scientific documents
- Access 20/20 Braille Services
- Blind Mobility Research Blind Mobility Research Unit from Nottingham, Englandfrom Nottingham, England
- Braille Translation Service
- Braille Transcribing
- BLIND SIGHT BRAILLE TRANSCRIBING Producing all types of Braille hardcopy documents from almost any text source
- Courage Center Rehab Facility and Handi-Hams
- THe GEB WEB - home of Guiding Eyes for the Blind provides professionally trained guide dogs to the blind, deaf blind, and blind and special needs person.
- Canine Companions for Independence is a non-profit organization that provides highly skilled assistance dogs for people with disabilities other than blindness.
- Duxbury Braille Software products
- Raised Dot Computing
- Guiding Eyes for the Blind
- Lions Clubs and Dog Guides FTP
- The Internet Braille Wizard The English Braille alpahbet, a biography of Louis Braille and many other facts about braille and the internet.
- Interactive ASL & Braille Guide
- Interactive Braille Guide
- Enabling Technologies Braille printer manufacturer located in Stuart, FL.
- Dr. Raman's home page contains a demonstration and an explanation of AsTeR (Dr. Raman's system for verbalizing mathematical notation from a computer
- Dots Plus Project contains information about Dr. Gardner's alternative to braille mathematics using a combination of 8-dot braille plus raised representations of some print symbols.
- Music Braille
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Los Angeles Unit
- Sign Language (ASL) and Braille Guide
- Tactile Mapping
- Talking Signs for People With Visual Impairments
Schools
- Indiana School for the Blind
- New York Institute for Special Education - private, non-profit, non-sectarian facility with programs for children who are visually disabled, learning disabled and developmentally challenged
- School for the Blind and Visually Impaired - Texas State Agency.
- St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments - founded in 1955 at the request of parents who wanted their children to receive the special education services they needed in a spiritually enriching environment.
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Rehabilitation of the Blind - Personnel Preparation Program offering masters degrees. Includes info on summer programs, financial aid, faculty and more.
- Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
U.S. Government
- The Social Security Administration
- SSI payments and amount by State and County FTP
- The Center for Information Technology Accommodation
- National Library Service for Blind and Physically Handicapped
- NLS National Library Service gopher
- NLS National Library Service for Blind gopher
- Library of Congress (search manuals) FTP
- Library of Congress and Recordings for the Blind gopher
- United States Code Title 20 Chapter 6 & 167; 101Appropriations for American Printing House.
- US Code Title 20 USC Sec. 107Operation of Vending facilities
WWW Resources and Homepages
- Yahoo disabilities: Blind
- Phil Scovell's ftp site for the BLT and TMT catalog Phil maintaines one of the most uptodate lists of internet resources, commercial companies dealing in adaptive technology and hints and tips for blind and VI computer users.
- Disability Services at Univ. Minnesota lots of subjects including basic braille.
- University of Minnesota gopher
- Disability Resources (U of MD)
- Indie: The Integrated Network of Disability Information and Education a database of disability related resources
- Information for the blind and visually impaired gopher
- Widnet list of Disability ListServers
- Washington University Disability Resources List
- Blind Resources in Japan (English)
- The Grundy Truongs humble home. Blind and VI Resources, Blind Sports
- Jim Lubin's Disablity Server Lots of Social Security Information
- Jose Arthur's Visually Handicapped Homepage
- Scotter's Low Vision Land Beyond Sight
- COLORADO SKI SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
- United States Association for Blind Athletes (USABA)
- Viaticus,Inc."Financial Resources For People Facing Any Life Threatening Illness or disability.
- White Paper: PDF and the Visually Impaired
More
- Associated Services for the Blind (ASB) - Private non-profit agency serving blind and seeing impaired people of the Philadelphia region and beyond. Good resource for links to www pages dealing with blindness issues and information.
- Danish Electronic Library for the Blind
- Deafblind Online - Resources and discussions surrounding the area of persons with dual sensory impairments provided by Great Lakes Area Regional Center for Deaf Blind Education.
- Devoted to lifestyles and issues related to vision loss
- Helen Keller's Birthplace
- History of Reading Codes for the Blind
- How to Guide the Blind
- Magoo's World - A "sight" for the visually impaired with some interesting info on the eyes for everyone.
- NOAH National Organization for Albinism & Hypopigmnetation
- Orientation and Mobility Resources - including guide dog information.
- Outpost - A virtual cornucopia of links and information for the blind and visually-impaired!
- Perceptual Alternatives - Electronic Travel Aids (ETAs) for the blind and partially sighted. The Sonic Pathfinder. Mobility for the vision impaired.
- Scotter's Low Vision Land - links to low vision resources.
- Special Education Resources - special education information categorized by disability and interest.
