Our “partners” are organizations that have received funding from Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation.
There is a vast array of services to help folks who have visual impairments. The list that follows cannot possibly be comprehensive, but it will give you an idea of what is available. Check your local library and telephone listings for additional services in your area.
For easier navigation, we have divided our “partners” list into three categories:
Education and Information
Organizations that educate and inform the blind and visually impaired community of services available, such as: accessing websites providing a wealth of “free” information and help for the visually impaired, eyeglass programs, education services, Braille literacy, educational ‘recorded” library, etc.
Guide Dogs
Organizations whose dogs are trained to guide the blind and visually impaired through their daily lives so they can continue to lead independent lives. The guide dog organizations listed provide dogs free-of-charge to their consumers.
Vision Rehabilitation and Visual Aids
Organizations that provide Vision Rehabilitation which is training and therapy that ensures development of skills needed to achieve the goals you have set for yourself, i.e., walking to the market, transportation to and from the doctor or your job, orientation and mobility training to help maintain or obtain employment, cooking, etc.
Organizations that provide Visual Aids which are products that assist in daily life. For example, a magnifier so you can continue to read, lamps that provide special lighting in your home, talking watches that tell you the time, signature guides so you can sign your own checks, phones and remote controls in large (big) numbering, etc.
