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• RADAR the disability newywork
  RADAR is a national UK organisation run by and working with disabled people. It campaigns for equal rights fordisabled people, promoting good practice and legislation that enables them to live independently in the community. RADAR aims to voice the wishes and concerns of disabled people and supports nearly 500 member groups locally and nationally to help them become more effective in their work with disabled people.
• Radio Blind Power
  Radio station run by the students of schoold for the blind and visdually impaired in Zollikofen, Switzerland. (In German)
• Radio For the Print Handicapped
  RPH Australia is the national peak body for a network of unique, independent radio reading services striving to meet the daily information needs of over three million Australians with a print disability.
• Rand Eye Institute
  The Rand Eye Institute is one of the largest and most advanced eye surgical centers in the United States. We maintain a tradition of excellence and a firm commitment to quality care.
• Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America (RSVA)
  RSVA is a national membership organization, composed of blind and visually impaired vendors. RSVA is committed to improving the working conditions of blind vendors by promoting their independent and effective participation in the systems which serve them, as well as in all material aspects of their work.
• RC Systems
  RC Systems has been involved in text-to-speech synthesis products since 1983. You'll find RC Systems' synthesizers in a wide range of products.
• Reader's Digest Partnership for Sight Foundation
  Partners for Sight is dedicated to increasing the self-reliance and dignity of blind and visually impaired persons. king the world easier to navigate for thousands of people, every day.

• ReadingMachines.com
  We are the North American Distributors of the Bookcourier, a tiny portable device which is designed to provide access to text, Braille and mp3 sound files for those with print-related disabilities.

• Readsmart
  This Web site is an initiative of the Sensory Tools division of the Robotron Group, an organisation committed to assisting people with vision-impairment, blindness and other forms of disabilities. These pages are all about reading machines, marvelous examples of advanced technology applied to human welfare.
• Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic
  Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) is a national nonprofit organization that serves people who cannot read standard print because of a visual, perceptual or other physical disability.
• Refractive Surgery Patient Resource Center
  Information on surgery to correct focusing disorders of the eye.
• Regroupement des aveugles et amblyopes du Québec (RAAQ)
  Le RAAQ est un organisme provincial regroupant des organismes locaux de personnes ayant une déficience visuelle. Leur but est de favoriser leur intégration pleine et entière à la société québécoise. (In French)
• Regroupement des Aveygles et Amblyopes du Montréal Métropolitan
  Le RAAMM regroupe principalement des personnes aveugles et amblyopes qui sont seules habilitées à siéger à son conseil d'administration. (In French)
• Rehabilitation International
  Rehabilitation International is a federation of national and international organizations and agencies working for the prevention of disability, the rehabilitation of people with disabilities and the equalization of opportunities within society on behalf of persons with disabilities and their families throughout the world.
• Rehabilitation International Denmark
  Rehabilitation International Denmark is a new organization, and its purpose is to focus on rehabilitation of people with disability.
• REHAN
  REHAN is an international organization dedicated to the design, development, production and sales of various kinds of medical equipment. Among our products are electronic low vision video magnifiers (CCTV units) for the visual impaired.
• Reinecker Reha Technik
  For three decades, Reinecker Reha-Technik GmbH has been helping visually impaired and blind people regaining greater independence in their daily life by developing, manufacturing, selling, marketing and servicing a wide range of high quality products.
• Reinecker Reha-Technik Nederland
  The Dutch branch of the German company manufacturing assistive technology for people with visual impairment.
• Renwick College
  A centre for research and professional studies in the field of education for children who have sensory disabilities. The College is administered by the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and affiliated with the University of Newcastle.
• Repro-Tronic Inc.
  Repro - Tronics is the designer and manufacturer of the Tactile Image Enhancer, Flexi -Paper tactile imaging paper, the Thermo Pen II, and Tactile AudioGRAPHICS.
• Resources for the Blind
  Resources for the Blind provides a full spectrum of services to blind persons nationwide.
• Retina Australia
  Retina Australia is a voluntary organisation that provides scientific research and support to people and families affected by retinal degenerative diseases.
• Retina Finland
  Retina Finland (formerly The Finnish Retinitis Society) was founded in 1973. It is thus one of the oldest RP Societies in the world.

• Retina France
  RETINA FRANCE is the leading French association for people with retinal degenerations such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration (MD), Usher's syndrome and many more.

• Retina Hong Kong
  Retina Hong Kong (formerly known as "Hong Kong Retinitis Pigmentosa Society") was formed in March, 1995 by a group of people suffering from Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases.
• Retina International
  The International Retinitis Pigmentosa Association (IRPA) is a voluntary charitable umbrella association of 34 national societies each of which is formed by people with Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Usher Syndrome, Macular Degeneration and allied retinal dystrophies, their families and friends.
• Retina Nederlands
  The Dutch organization for people suffering from visual problems due to the retina. (In Dutch)
• Retina New Zealand
  Retina New Zealand Inc is committed to finding the cause, prevention and treatment of retinal degenerative disorders. Formerly known as the New Zealand Retinitis Pigmentosa Society, Retina New Zealand Inc was formed in 1988.
• Retina Panama
  RP organization in Panama. (In Spanish)
• Retina Suisse
  A Swiss organixation for people with RP (formerly Swiss Retinitis Pigmentosa Association). (In French, German and Italian).
• Retina Reference (Lance Hahn)
  A lot of information about the retina and retina research.
• Retinal Information Network (RetNet)
  RetNet provides tables of genes causing inherited retinal diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and Usher syndrome, and related information.
• Retinal Preservation Foundation of South Africa
  Organization for RP-people in South Africa.
• Retinitis Pigmentosa Society of Norway
  We exist as an independent society since 1993 and achieved after a few years full membership in Retina International. Currently we have about 500 members. The total number of persons with RP in Norway is thought to be around 1500.
• Retinoblastoma.com
  Here you can read A Parent's Guide to Understanding Retinoblastoma by David H. Abrahamson.
• Retinoblastoma Society
  A national charity in United Kingdom offering support and information to people with retinoblastoma and their families.

• Retonosis.org
  Information about Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) in Spaish.

• Retinostop
  French site on retinoblasoma. (In French)

• Review of Optometry Online
  Lots of information on optometry and optics.
• Rheinische Schule für Sehbehinderte
  German special school for the visually impaired, located in Düsseldorf. (In German)
• Riverside Training Partnership
  We offer one to one training throughout the UK either in the workplace or at the client’s home. In addition, we provide group training sessions for support workers.
• RNIB New College Worcester
  RNIB New College is a co-educational secondary school for the blind and partially sighted pupils with academic ability. The school can accommodate 115 students whose age range is 11 to 19.
• RNIB Sunshine School
  Special school for children who are blind or partially sighted with multiple disabilities located in Northwood near London.
• RNIB Vocational College
  RNIB Vocational College works in partnership with Loughborough Colleges so that blind and partially sighted people can develop the skills and personal qualities they need to progress in their lives.
• Robert Coppes Stichting (RCS)
  Dutch organization supporting people with visual impairment. (In Dutch)
• RoboBraille
  RoboBraille automates the translation of text documents into Braille and speech. The service is available free of charge to all non-commercial users.
• Ronolog
  Ronolog is software running under Microsoft Windows® 95 and 98 which opens up the world of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to the blind and vision-impaired.
• ROPARD - Association for Retinopathy of Prematurity and Related Diseases
  Founded in 1990 by a concerned group of physicians and volunteers, ROPARD is the first organization 'in the country dedicated to eliminating the problems of low vision and blindness in children caused by premature birth and retinal disease.
• Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  Serves visually impaired people in San Francisco.
• Royal Blind Braeside House
  Braeside House in Scotland opened in 1999 as a purpose built Care Home for older people who are blind or visually impaired.
• Royal Blind School
  The Royal Blind School is a day and residential school located in Edinburgh.
• Royal Guide Dogs Association of Tasmania
  The association is a rehabilitation agency. We exist to provide a range of high quality services to people who are blind or vision impaired with the primary objective of improving their quality of life within the Tasmanian community.
• Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC)
  Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC), Australia’s premier provider of educational services to children with hearing and/or vision impairment.
• Royal London Society for the Blind
  Established in 1838, the Royal London Society for the Blind (RLSB) is one of the oldest charities set up to look after the needs of blind and partially sighted people. The Society is a national, and international, provider of education, training and employment opportunities for people who are visually impaired.
• Royal National College for the Blind
  A college for the blind and visually impaired, located in Hereford, UK.
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
  RNIB is the leading UK charity offering practical support and advice to anyone with a sight problem. We offer over 60 different services for around 2 million people with serious sight problems throughout the country.
• Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
  Provides services for blind and visually impaired people in New Zealand.
• Royal School for the Blind
  More than two centuries of educating the visually impaired have placed the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool as one of the leading schools of its kind in the world. The school was founded in 1791 by Edward Rushton and was the first such school in Britain, second only to Paris in the world.
• Royal Society for the Blind of South Australia
  The Royal Society For The Blind is a non-profit organisation providing services to South Australians who have a severe vision impairment.
• Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
  RVIB provides a wide range of services for people who are blind or vision impaired in Victoria, Australia.
• RP Friends
  Welcome to the RP-Friends Home Page. The RP-Friends Mailing List is a place where people whose lives have been touched by RP gather for friendship and support.
• RP International
  California based organisation supporting research about Retinitis Pigementosa. The RP Center offers facilities for demonstrating the latest in visual aids for the partially sighted.
• RP Links (Wenberg)
  A lot of RP-related links and information.
• RPResearch
  We have the most comprehensive opthamology directory on Web.
• Russian State Library for the Blind
  The Russian State Library for the Blind (RGBS) is the largest specialized library for the visually-impaired in the country.

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• Sabah Society for the Blind
  Sabah Society for the Blind (SSB) established to help those with little or no sight to optimize their opportunities by providing specialist staff, information and technology resources to meet individual needs.
• Sächsisches Förderzentrum Chemnitz (SFZ)
  German vocational rehabilitation centre for the blind and visually impaired located in Chemnitz.
• Saint Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  Founded in 1911, Saint Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a private not-for-profit organization providing services to help individuals who are blind or visually impaired remain independent.
• Sankara Eye Centre
  We are a state-of-the-art eye hospital with ideal infrastructure that has been developed on 5.26 acres of gifted land on the outskirts of Coimbatore, India, with total community participation.
• Sankara Nethralaya
  In 1978 His Holiness the Sankaracharya of kanchi revealed a vision of an institution of excellence with a missionary spirit. That vision was shared by Dr.S.S.Badrinath and his colleagues. From it emerged Sankara Nethralaya - the Temple of the Eye.
• Santa Rosa Low Vision Clinic
  Low vision clinic in San Antonio, Texas.
• Sarnia Lambton CCB White Cane Club
  Founded in 1952, it exists as an active, vibrant, progressive club within the community of Sarnia, and county of Lambton. The initial focus was peer support through social interactions. While this remains an integral element in the Club's philosophy, over the years the club mandate has expanded and continues to evolve.
• Saskatchewan Blind Sports Association
  The Saskatchewan Blind Sports Association is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit organization that facilitates provincial, national, and international sport opportunities for Saskatchewan residents who are legally blind or visually impaired.
• Saudi-Bahraini Institute for the Blind
  Embodying the brotherly relationship between the State of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and stemming from the two countries concern to continue with the mission of the previously known Alnoor Institute for the Arabian Gulf, it was agreed that the new name of the institute to be the Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind effective 1st January 1997.
• Savez Slepih Srbije
  The national organisation of the blind and visually impaired in Serbia.
• Schepens Eye Research Institute
  The institute is the largest independent eye research institute in America. The research conducted there has contributed greatly to the body of knowledge embraced by the visual sciences, and has had a major impact on ophthalmic practice internationally.
• Scale Dogs
  Belgian guide dog centre. (In Flemish)

• Schul- und Beratungszentrum für Sehbehinderte Karlsruhe
  Special school for the visually impaired in Karlsruhe, Germany. (In German)

• Schule für Blinde und Sehbehinderte Hamburg
  Special school for the visually impaired in Hamburg, Germany. (In German)

• Schule für Sehbehinderte
  Special school for visually impaired in Vienna.

• Schweizerische Bibliothek für Blinde und Sehbehinderte (SBS)
  The Swiss library for visually impaired people.
• Schweizerische Caritasaktion der Blinden (CAB)
  Swiss center for the visually impaired and deafblind located in Zürich. (In German)
• Scojo Foundation
  A nonprofit social enterprise based in New York that uses market solutions to distribute inexpensive corrective glasses in the developing world.
• ScreenReader.net
  At ScreenReader.net we have freeware for blindness and visual impairment special needs throughout the world. It is free only to individual blind people for their personal use at home: it is not free to organisations.

• Scottish Braille Press
  The Scottish Braille Press is a leading provider of high quality alternative formats such as Braille, Large Print and Audio.

• Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded
  Founded in 1915 to provide care and welfare to Scottish ex-servicemen and women blinded or visually impaired in the World Wars or subsequent conflicts.

• Scottish Sensory Centre
  Scottish Sensory Centre promotes and supports new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments.
• Screen Magnifiers
  Lots of information about screen magnifying solutions.

• Scuola Nazionale Cani Guida per Ciechi
  Italian guide dog training centre. (In Italian)

• Section of Blind and WeakSight sportsmen of Slovakia
  The Slovakian site for sport for the visually impaired.
• Section 508
  Section 508 requires that US Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. The Center for Information Technology Accommodation (CITA) has been charged with the task of educating Federal employees and building the infrastructure necessary to support the implementation.
• SeeAbility
  SeeAbility works with adults who are visually impaired and have other disabilities to explore their potential, develop skills/independence and enhance the quality of their lives.
• Seedlings Braille Books for Children
  Seedlings Braille Books for Children is providing high quality, low-cost Braille books for children.
• Seeing Dogs Alliance
  Originally founded in 1979 to provide mobility training and guide dogs, the charity has been in operation only on a limited basis. During 2002, The Seeing Dogs Alliance was relaunched with the sole aim of providing an alternative source of dogs to guide blind people.
• Seeing Eye
  Guide dog center in New Jersey.
• Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA)
  SEDA is a national organisation, providing Seeing Eye Dogs free of charge to blind people in Australia.
• Seeing is Believing
  In 2003, to celebrate the Bank's 150th anniversary, Standard Chartered in UK, in collaboration with leading eye care agencies, launched Seeing is Believing, with the aim of restoring the sight of 28,000 people across the world.
• Sehbehinderten- und Blinden-Zentrum Südbayern
  German educational centre for the visually impaired located near Munich. (In German)
• Sehbehindertenhilfe Basel
  Rehabilitation center in Basel, Switzerland. (In German)
• Sehgeschädigtengerechter Katalog Online (SehKOn)
  Der Service für Blinde und Sehbehinderte an der Universität Dortmund berät als Info-Zentrum in allen Belangen der Literaturversorgung, besonders Studierende und andere wissenschaftlich arbeitende blinde und sehbehinderte Menschen. (In German)
• SensAble Technologies
  SensAble Technologies is dedicated to revolutionizing the human-computer interface with 3D Touch. SensAble's PHANToM product family and GHOST Software Development Kit enable a new world of applications.
• Sense
  Sense is the UK's leading organisation for people who are deafblind or have associated disabilities.
• Sense International India
  Sense International (India) is an organisation, set up in 1997 to support the development of services for deafblind people throughout the country.
• Sense Scotland
  Sense Scotland is part of the UK National Deafblind and Rubella Association and is registered as a company with charitable purposes in its own right in Scotland.
• Senses Foundation
  The Senses Foundation is a non government, not for profit organisation which was formed in 2001 from the amalgamation of two organisations, the Royal WA Institute for the Blind and the Deafblind Association.

• Sensis
  Provides education and rehabilitation of all visually impaired individuals living in the southern part of the Netherlands. Sensis is an maerger between Theofaan, De Blauwe Kamer and Convergo. (In Dutch)

• Sensory Access Foundation
  Founded by Dr. John Linvill, the father of the Optacon, our mission is to assist people who are blind or visually impaired to obtain or retain competitive employment by providing the highest quality access technology assessment, computer training, job placement and accommodation. services.
• Sensory Solutions
  South Afrucan distributor of assistive technology for the visually impaired.
• Sensorytools
  We are researchers in the fields of applied speech synthesis and optical character recognition; we apply our research to manufacture a wide range of assistive technology devices including talking personal computers, reading machines, Braille translation software and talking mobility devices.
• Sensotec
  Sensotec, established in 1986, is a Belgian company providing aids for visually impaired.
• Sensus ApS
  Sensus is an independent Danish consultancy organisation with an international focus. We have specialised in accessibility and accessible design. Since 1987 we have worked on accessibility and IT-based tools for people with special needs.
• Serve
  Serve, a Christian charity, has been working with Afghan refugees since 1980 in Pakistan and has gradually moved both its project work and its head office into Afghanistan itself. Serve's projects emphasise community development, education and vocational training fand public health/nutrition education.
• Servizio Nazionale Cani Guida
  Italian guide dog centre. (In Italian)
• Seva Foundation Sight Program
  For two decades, Seva has played a vital role in international efforts to reduce avoidable blindness around the globe. Seva's sight program team develops and disseminates effective methods to restore sight to cataract-blind people, and to build comprehensive, sustainable blindness prevention programs.
• Shadows in the Dark
  We are one of the largest providers for Personalized Braille Greeting Cards for the blind and visually impaired. Have your own personalized message placed on each card in large printand in Braille.
• Shree Swami Samartha Braille Publications
  Braille producer in India.
• ShrinkWrap Computer Products
  Dealer and consultant for accessible computer technology for the blind and print handicapped.
• Sight & Hearing Association
  The Sight & Hearing Association is dedicated to preventing the needless loss of vision and hearing through effective screening, education, and research.
• Sight Loss Services
  Sight Loss Services is a non-profit corporation servicing the Blind and Visually Impaired on Cape Cod and the Islands.
• Sight Savers International
  Sight Savers International is involved in preventing blindness and supporting education and rehabilitation in developing countries.
• Sight Savers of Alabama
  Many Alabama children suffer a lifetime of learning and social difficulties because the expense of eye care is out of reach for their families. In 1997 Sight Savers of Alabama began building a network of agencies and individuals to help underserved children obtain eye care.
• Sight & Sound Technology
  Sight & Sound Technology, formed in 1982, is one of the leading suppliers of equipment to blind and visually impaired people in UK.
• SightCity
  The SightCity in Frankfurt is the biggest exhibition for aids for the blind and the visually impaired in Germany.
• Sighted Electronics
  We carry a full line of braille translation software and screen access software. 
• Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
  The Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped, formerly the Singapore Association for the Blind, is a voluntary welfare organisation.
• Site for Sore Eyes
  Mid-Fife Audio Newstape Website.
• Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped (SABAH)
  SABAH was formed as a Buffalo-based not-for-profit educational corporation in 1977. Soon after its initial efforts, SABAH expanded to include children, youth, and adults with all types of disabilities.
• Ski for Lights
  Ski for Light is a program of cross-country skiing benefiting blind, visually-impaired, and mobility-impaired individuals and their guides.
• Slechtziend.nl
  Dutch we site for people with low vision. (In Dutch)
• Slovak Blind and Partially Sigted Union (UNSS)
  Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union is a civic organisation established in 1990. It pursues the objective to improve the quality of life of visually impaired Slovak people.
• Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
  The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, a nonprofit independent research institute, is located at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Dedicated to research on human vision, it was founded to encourage a productive collaboration between the medical clinic and the scientific laboratory.
• Sociedade de Assistência aos Cegos (SAC)
  Brazilian organisation founded in 1942 for support to the blind and visually impaired. (In Portuguese)
• Software and Tools Improving the Screen (SATIS)
  Collection of software and advices for the use of computers by people with visual impairments. The collection contains public domain or shareware software and hints for customizing important programs.
• Software In Zicht
  Dutch site presenting software for people with visual impairment. (In Dutch)
• Sonneheerdt
  Dutch organization for people with visual impairment. (In Dutch)

• Sonokids
  Sonokids.com is a site, which is totally accessible without the use of a mouse. It includes games and remixers which can be played by blind and visually impaired children. Also our chat can be used with screenreaders. All games and remixers can of course be played by seeing children as well. (Also in Dutch and Danish)

• Sort it!
  Draws together a range of social and educational resources for young people while highlighting the problems of visual impairment and how they can be dealt with.
• South Australian Blind Cricket Club
  Welcome to the Official Website of the South Australian Blind Cricket Club. On this site, you will find all you need to know about the club, and Blind Cricket in General.
• Sound Foresight
  Producer of UltraCane, a collapsible electronic primary aid, modelled on the traditional white cane, using ultrasonic echoes to find out what objects are in the vicinity.
• Soundaround
  The International Interactive Sound Magazine for the blind.
• Soundings
  Soundings is a free, impartial and editorially independent monthly information service for anyone in the United Kingdom who is blind or partially sighted.
• South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind
  The South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind is a welfare organisation and fully dependent on fund raising and the generosity of the public. SAGA is a Founder Member of the International Federation of Guide-Dog School for the Blind of which there are 71 schools in 29 countries.
• South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB)
  SANCB is a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) striving to meet the needs of all blind and partially sighted people in South Africa.
• South Australia Disability Information & Resource Centre SA (DIRC)
  DIRC's role is to ""point people in the right direction"" - to end the confusion concerning where to go for information about disability - to refer people to the most appropriate place to meet their needs.
• South Carolina Commision for the Blind
  The Commission is committed to the promotion of dignity and the development of opportunities for independence, including employment, for South Carolina residents of all ages who are blind or severely visually impaired.
• South Dakota School for the Visually Handicapped
  The South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is your statewide resource in the education of children with vision loss.
• Southeastern Guide Dogs
  Purpose: to provide the blind and visually impaired with highly trained guide dogs to enhance their mobility and travel, with confidence, safety, and dignity.
• Speak to me
  The catalog of talking products.
• Special Education Exchange (SpEdEx)
  SpEdEx was started by Dr. Brad R. Walker in 1994 as a place where all persons interested in the field of Special Education could visit to find a wealth of information.
• Special Education Technology British Columbia (SET-BC)
  SET-BC is a Provincial Resource Program designed to assist school districts in British Columbia in meeting the technology needs of students with physical disabilities and visual impairments.
• Special Needs Computer Solutions
  Special Needs Computer Solutions (ADP Vendor) provides the latest in Assistive Technology (AT) solutions for disabled children and adults in Canada.
• SpecialEd Solutions
  We offer high quality educational equipment for special education programs with little room for budgetary waste.

• Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno Wychowawczy dla Dzieci i Mlodziezy Slabo Widzacej i Niewidomej im. L.Braille'a w Bydgoszczy
  Polish special school for the visually impaired located i Bydgoszcz. (In Polish)

• Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy dla Dzieci Niewidomych i Słabo Widzących
  Polish special school for the visually impaired located i Radom. (In Polish)

• Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy dla Dzieci Niewidomych i Słabowidzących
  Polish special school for the visually impaired located i Cracow. (In Polish)

• Specific Eye Conditions
  SPECS is a not-for-profit organisation which provides support to a wide range of organisations dedicated to helping people with eye conditions. We work in partnership with support groups and professionals to raise awareness and develop co-operative working.
• Spektra
  Spektra, cooperative of the blind was founded in 1989. Spektra has been specialised in developing, manufacturing and selling devices for visually handicapped since 1990.
• Squeakey Shoes
  Aids for parents to blind and visually impaired children as well as for children.
• Sri Lanka Council for the Blind
  The beginning of this service provider organization dates back to 1956 when it was called the National Council for the Welfare of the Deaf and the Blind.
• SRF Hantverk
  Visually impaired craftsmen have been manufacturing brushes at SRF Hantverk using traditional Swedish methods for more than a hundred years. Most of the brushes are produced entirely from natural materials. At the site's Brush School you will learn more about the material used for different brushes.
• Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Coimbatore
  The IHRDC specialises in the services to the disabled. Particularly, the visually and hearing impaired. It is supported by the CBM International, Germany, other Government and Non-Government Agencies, and the Vidyalaya Central Management.
• St Dunstan's
  St Dunstan's, founded during the First World War, aims to restore quality of life to those who were blinded in the First and Second World Wars, and all conflicts between and since, as well as peacetime accidents.

• St. Joseph's School for the Blind
  St. Joseph's provides educational, residential, and supportive therapy services to infants, children, young adults, and adults from throughout New Jersey.

• St Edmund's School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  St. Edmund's School is a Catholic day and residential school committed to the education and care of blind and visually impaired youth with additional disabilities. The school is located in Wahroonga, NSW, Australia.
• St Joseph's School for the Visually Impaired
  Since 1884 St. Joseph's has been a centre of education and learning for people with a visual impairment. It is located in Dublin. The organisation provides specialised primary education, an integrated secondary education, pre-school services, support services for families of children with a visual impairment, vocational training, as well as braille, audio and large print production facilities.
• St. Nicolas' Home
  Our Mission is to provide education, training and employment opportunities for visually impaired in Malaysia.
• St Vincent's School for Blind and Partially Sighted Children
  St Vincent's is a non-maintained school of charitable status offering both day places and weekly boarding. The school is approved by the Department for Education and Employment, with a long and successful tradition dating back to 1850, of education and care for blind and partially sighted children.
• Staatliche Schule für Sehbehinderte Waldkirch
  A school for low vision students, located in Waldkirch, Germany. (In German)
• in the education of these children and youth, counselling and supporting services.
• Stamperia Braille
  The Stamperia of Florence is unique as the only public-owned Braille press in Italy. It is the property of the Tuscan Regional government.
• Stamps with Ophthalmic Themes
  Presents stamps featuring opthalmic and visual impairment themes.
• State Diagnostic and Counselling Center
  The State Diagnostic and Counselling Center is the main evaluation and habilitation center in Iceland for children and adolescents with various types of developmental disabilities.
• Statewide Vision Resource Centre
  The Statewide Vision Resource Centre provides support for students who are blind or have low vision. The aim of the centre is to promote an understanding of the educational needs of students who are blind or have low vision and provide adaptive resources and information to schools. The Statewide Vision Resource Centre is a Department of Education, Employment and Training facility in the state of Victoria.
• Steller Technology
  Steller is a New Generation Technology innovator in Visual Impairment (VI) solutions.
• Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Geleidehonden Fonds (KNGF)
  Guide dog centre in the Netherlands. (In Dutch)
• Stichting Meerzicht
  Dutch organization for people with visual impairment. (In Dutch)
• Stichting Spits
  Dutch distributor of assistive tecknology. (In Dutch)
• Steller Systemtechnik
  German company specialized in assistive technology for the visually impaired.
• Stiftung Centralbibliothek für Blinde & Norddeutschen Blindenhörbücherei
  A joint site for the Braille and the Talking book libraries in Hamburg, Germany.
• Stiftung für Blinde und Senbehinderte Kinder und Jugendliche
  Private Swiss organization supporting blind and visually impaired children and young people. (In German)
• Stiftung Schweizerische Schule für Blindenführhunde
  Swiss training center for guide dogs. (Also in French, German and Italian)
• Stockton Blind People's Voice
  Stockton Blind People's Voice is fighting for improved access for blind and visually handicapped people. We are anxious to make contact with the blind from all over the world and to learn from their experiences and successes.
• to the mobile phone.
• Strategy With Vision
  SWV is a team of eyewear and eyecare consultants in the UK and Europe . Our vision care market research data consultants carry out missions in the UK , Europe, Eastern Europe, the USA and Japan.
• Sun Sounds
  Radio reading service for Arizona's, visually, physically,and learning disabled individuals.
• Subretinal Implant Project
  This is the homepage of the "Subretinal Implant Project", a joint project of several German Institutions and Universities, to develop a chip, which can be implanted into the eye to replace the photoreceptors of the retina, thus restoring some impression of vision to patients suffering from photoreceptor degeneration as caused e.g. by the common eye disease "Retinitis Pigmentosa".
• Subvision
  Italian distributor of assistive tecknology for the blind and visually impaired. (In Italian)
• Support-EAM
  The objective of Support-EAM (Supporting the creation of a e-Accessibility Quality Mark) is to create an e-Accessibility Quality Mark for Web services, as part of the Action Plan eEurope 2005: An information society for all.
• Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired
  For three-quarters of a century the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired has been helping restore autonomy and independence to people in Lancaster and Lebanon county in Pennsylvania, USA.
• ŠVEC a SPOL
  Manufacturer of Tatrapoint braille typewriters.
• Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF)
  The Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF) is the main organisation of the blind and partially sighted in Sweden.
• Swedish Association of Visually Impaired Youth (Unga Synskadade, US)
  US is an organization acting for the interests of visually impaired young people in Sweden aged 12 to 30 years.
• Swedish Braille Authority
  The Swedish Braille Authority is a governmental council under the auspices of The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille (TPB). The Authority sets rules and recommendations for Swedish braille and promotes the use of braille.
• Swedish Development Centre for Disability Sport
  SUH, which center is located in Bollnäs, is working to develop Swedish disability sport on all levels. (also in Swedish)
• Swedish RP Association
  The Swedish national organization of people with RP.

• Swedish School for the Visually Impaired
  The Swedish school for the visually impaired is run by the Finnish state. The school is also a resource centre for Swedish speaking students in mainstream schools all over Finland.

• Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
  The largest self-help organization of people with a total or severe visual handicap in Switzerland.
• Swiss National Association of and for the Blind
  SNAB is the Swiss umbrella organization for blind and visually impaired people. (Also in German, French and Italian)
• Synapse
  Adaptive and assistive technologies for productivity enhancement and to mitigate the limitations imposed on people with disabilities.
• Syndicat National des Ophtalmologistes de France (SNOF)
  French organization of ophthalmologists. (In French)
• Synscenter Refsnaes
  As a nationwide institution, Synscenter Refsnaes provides services for some 1,800 blind and partially sighted pupils aged 6-15 throughout Denmark.
• SynSupport
  We develop, manufacture and market magnifying cameras for the visually impaired.

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• T&T Consultancy
  We at T&T Consultancy specialise in making computers accessible to people with sight disabilities, physical disabilities and dyslexia.
• Tack-Tiles
  Tack-Tiles Braille Systems are interchangeable with standard LEGO-type blocks. They provide a unique bridge, a smoother, shorter, more interesting path to Braille literacy.
• Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students (TAEVIS)
  TAEVIS at Purdue University produces braille and tactile materials for blind students.
• Tactile Colour
  Tactile Colour is an intuitive system of twelve bold colours, each with a distinctive texture, designed to make information normally displayed in colour accessible to people with visual impairments.
• Tactile Interactive Multimedia Computer Games for Visually Impaired Children (TIM)
  The aim of the TIM project is to provide young visually impaired children with multimedia computer games they can access independently. The project is developing an authoring that will enable the design of computer games based on existing resource, and that can be used with various interfaces.
• Tactile Vision
  Developer of a raised printing method that produces easily readable tactile graphics and Braille for the Blind and Vision Impaired. Tactile Vision Inc. has developed a new raised printing method which involves the deposition of a polymer on a wide range of papers.
• TACTUS
  The European Tactus Award was set up to stimulate the design and production of tactile books for young blind and partially-sighted children. (Also in French and other languages)
• Tagarno
  Danish manufacturer of CCTV systems for the visually impaired and other opto-electronic magnification products.
• Tagarno Deutschland
  German branch of Tagarno, specialized in CCTV systems for the visually impaired. (In German)
• Tagarno Finland
  Finnsh branch of Tagarno, specialized in CCTV systems for the visually impaired.
• Taiwan Guide Dog Association
  Guide dog centre in Taiwan. (In Chinese)
• Taktyle Signs
  Taktyle Signs produce signs that increase access for the vision-impaired by incorporating high contrast colours, raised type and braille.
• Talking Newspapers Association UK (TNAUK)
  TNAUK is the UK's leading charity providing national and local newspapers and magazines on audio tape, computer disk, e-mail, internet download and CD-ROM for visually impaired and disabled people who find reading a strain.
• Talking Products
  UK company specialized in talking products.
• Talking Rx
  Talking Rx is a simple, easy-to-use device, that tells you exactly how many pills to take, when, and what for.Your doctor or pharmacist records the prescription information right into the Talking Rx.
• Talking Signs
  Talking Signs technology is an infrared wireless communications system that provides remote directional human voice messages that make confident, independent travel possible for vision impaired and print-handicapped individuals. The technology was pioneered and developed at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center in San Francisco, California.
• Talking Tabs
  Talking Tabs provides innovative, entertaining lessons for teaching blind and visually impaired how to play their favorite songs on the guitar.
• Talking Tapes
  Talking Tapes is a national, not-for-profit, special education library. We provide textbooks, novels, and other materials on cassette tapes to those who have difficulty reading due to physical, cognitive, visual or learning disabilities.
• Talking Touch Tablet
  The T3 is basically a simple computer peripheral device that consists of a touch screen in a plastic holder. Tactile sheets are embossed with raised lines and textures that describe images, maps and diagrams. When various symbols, icons, and regions on the tactile surface are pressed, audio information on what the user is feeling comes from a connected computer.

• Tandem-aid.de
  On occasion of the Paralympics in Athens 2004 two tandem teams cycle from Berlin to Athens this summer to hand over during their six week 3,500 kilometers long tour a range of technical aids for blind and partially sighted people in nine countries. (Also in German)

• Tape Aids for the Blind
  Produce and provides recreational and educational books and magazines on tape, for blind and print-handicapped people, free of charge in South Africa.
• Tartu Emajõe Kool
  The special school for visually impaired children in Estonia.
• TCB Basel
  Goalball club in Basel, Switzerland. (In German)
• TechAdapt
  The company's driving goal is to use a combination of advanced Braille transcription techniques, emerging technologies and supporting software to provide open access to print and electronic materials to blind and visually handicapped individuals throughout the world.
• Techshare
  UK conference aimed at professionals who work in the field of sight loss, or have an interest in technology.
• Technibraille
  French producer of assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired.
• by the European Union.
• Technisch Onderzoekscentrum Visueel Gehandicapten (TOVG)
  Dutch centre working in the field of assistive technology for the visually impaired. (In Dutch)
• Techno Tiger
  TechnoTiger.com provides Computer Training for the World Blind.
• Techno-Vision Systems
  Supplier of equipment and systems for visually impaired people, both in Britain and abroad.

• Technoing
  Italian distributor of assistive technology for the visually impaired. (in Italian)

• Technologies for the Visually Impaired (TVI)
  TVI offers an array of adaptive devices, software and accessories specifically designed for use by blind or visually impaired individuals.
• Telesensory
  Telesensory manufactures video magnifiers (CCTVs), scanners (OCR) and screen magnification products for low vision and blind people.
• Tennessee School for the Blind
  The Tennessee School for the Blind serves Tennesseans from birth through high school who are blind or visually impaired and for others who provide them with care and services.
• Texas Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (TAPVI)
  TAPVI is a state wide organization serving families of children who are visually impaired or blind, including those who have multiple disabilities.
• Texas Association of Retinitis Pigmentosa (TARP)
  TARP serves as a national information sharing center to provide services to persons with progressive vision loss.
• Texas School for the Blind
  Large information resource on the internet. The school is located in Austin, Texas.
• Thailand Association of the Blind Group
  The purpose of establishment is to support the strengthening of Thailand Association of the Blind and its engagement in social activities.
• The Link
  The Link is a computer training centre for people who are deafblind, situated in the heart of Melbourne, It is used as a drop-in-centre to catch up with friends and check email and Internet.
• Theater by the blind (TBTB)
  Theater By The Blind (TBTB), an integrated company of blind, visually impaired and sighted artists.
• Thomas Pocklington Trust
  Thomas Pocklington Trust is the leading provider of housing, care and support services for people with sight loss in the UK.
• Tieman GmbH
  The German branch of the Dutch company Tieman. (In German)
• TIFLOLIBROS
  Library services for the visually impaired in Argentina. (In Spanish).
• Tiflosystem
  Italian vendor of technical aids for the visually impaired. (In Italian)
• TIM - Der Blindenmonitor
  Presents a research project using a 256 dots tactile graphical display. (In German)
• TIM Games
  TiM, Tactile Interactive Multimedia computer games for visually impaired children, is a Research Project funded by the European Commission .The overall aim of the project is to provide young visually impaired children with multimedia computer games they can access independently without the assistance of a sighted person.
• TIRESIAS - Information for Professionals Working With Visually Disabled People
  This web site is an information resource for professionals who work in the field of visual disabilities. The site has evolved from work carried out by Dr Janet Silver of Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Dr John Gill of the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
• Tomoe Sorban Co
  Soroban is the name given to the traditional Japanese abacus, or calculating frame, which is increasingly being seen as a valuable mathematical tool for a technological age.
• Torch Trust for the Blind
  The Torch Trust for the Blind is a UK based registered charity which publishes Christian material in braille, large print, on tape and in moon in many languages for use by blind and partially sighted.
• Torsten Brand Software Service
  German company specialized in software for the visually impaired. (In German)
• Touchart.com
  From meeting artists with a visual impairment and teachers I have come to realise that there are many individuals and groups around the world who work in isolation, even within their own country.
• Touch the Top of the World
  Erik Weihenmayer is a world class athlete: acrobatic skydiver, long distance biker, and marathon runner, skier, mountaineer, ice climber, rock climber. He is also a prolific speaker and author of Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See.
• TouchType
  Touchtype signs were developed with guidance and assistance from the Joint Mobility Unit [JMU] and conform to all the requirements identified from research carried out by them on various user groups.
• Trace Research & Development Center
  The Trace Center is an interdisciplinary research, development and resource center on technology and disability at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
• Transdanubia
  Austrian vendor of assistive technology. (In German)
• Traveleyes
  Traveleyes is a travel company with a difference. It aims to provide holidays for both visually impaired and sighted travellers, journeying together in a spirit of mutual independence.
• Triumph Technology
  Minneapolis-based company that is owned and operated by business professionals with visual impairments. In addition to our own innovative and cost-effective low vision solutions, we distribute cutting-edge products in the assistive technology industry.
• Tver Region Special Library for the Blind
  The library was based in 1964. The library got the status of regional Russian library in 1979. It serves the users with handicapped vision.
• Typhlophile
  Le Typhlophile is a virtual place for those who are concerned with blindness. (In French)

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• UCAN Production
  Former Hollyoaks and Pobol y Cwm actor Bernard Latham and his wife Jane, set up UCAN Productions so that children with visual impairments in Wales could be given access to the arts.

• UCanDoIT
  Our mission is to bring blind, deaf and disabled people who need a computer, and can benefit from using it, into the computer age.

• UK Association of Braille Producers
  UKABP is at the heart of accessible information provision to enable its members to produce Braille cost effectively and to agreed standards. UKABP is also establishing links with other standard-setting bodies to ensure that improvements in Braille production are part of wider accessible information provision in the UK.

• UK Audio Network
  Talking website designed for blind and partially sighted people.
• União de Cegos do Rio Grande do Sul
  A União de Cegos do Rio Grande do Sul (UCERGS), fundada em 16/12/84, é uma sociedade civil sem fins lucrativos, de âmbito estadual, com sede na cidade de Porto Alegre, capital do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. (In Portuguese)
• Union Latinoamericana de Ciegos
  The umbrella for organ izations of the blind in Latin America. (In Spanish)
• Union Malienne des Aveugles
  National organization of people with visual impairment in Mali. (In French)
• Unione Italiana Ciechi
  The Italian national organization of the blind and visually impaired.
• Unitas - Associazione ciechi ed ipovedenti della Svizzera italiana
  Association of italian speaking visually impaired in Switzerland. (In Italian)
• Unite For Sight
  Unite For Sight is a non-profit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. Local and visiting volunteers work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access.
• United Nations Econimic & Social Development - Disabled Persons
  Links to UN programme sites with disability relevant information.
• United States Blind Golf Association
  The United States Blind Golf Association is organized and operated for the purposes of benefiting blind and vision-impaired persons and promoting the public good through programs that advance, and increase public awareness of, golf among the blind and vision-impaired throughout the United States.
• United States Association of Blind Athletes
  Non-profit amatuer sport organization that provides sport opportunities at the state, regional, national and international levels for the legally blind.
• United States Braille Chess Association
  The purpose of USBCA is to actively encourage and assist in the promotion and advancement of correspondence and over-the-board chess among chess enthusiasts who are blind or visually impaired.
• United Vision
  French distributor of assistive technology. (In French)
• Université Claude Bernar Mission Handicap
  The support to students with a disability at the University of Lyon. (In French)
• University of Arkansas Rehabilitation Department
  Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility.
• University of Birmingham Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research
  he University of Birmingham has a long history of work in the area of visual impairment and education. The School of Education has produced internationally recognised research and teaching programmes through the Research Centre for the Education of the Visually Handicapped and the course tutors. In 2001 these two broad functions were formally brought together under a single centre – the Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research.
• University of Delaware Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories (ASEL)
  The ASEL focuses on research and development relating to the use of advanced rehabilitation and assistive technology by people with disabilities.
• University of Hertfordshire Sensory Disabilities Research Unit (SDRU)
  SDRU was set up in 1993 within the Psychology Department of the University of Hertfordshire to study how new technologies can assist in overcoming the problems faced by disabled and elderly people in their day to day lives.
• University of Liverpool, Experimental Ophthalmology Unit
  The Experimental Ophthalmology Unit is a clinical, research and teaching centre for the control and treatment of eye disorders. Our interests include AMD/ARMD, corneal scarring, diabetes, ectodermal dysplasia, genetics, glaucoma, melanoma and PVR.
• University of Louisville V.I. Teacher Prep. Program
  The Department of Special Education has created a new delivery system which combines summer institutes and distance education courses.
• University of Melbourne, Optometry
  Besides Dept. of Optometry & Vision Sciences also information about Melbourne Optometry Clinic, Victorian Eyecare Service and National Vision Research Institute.
• University of Toronto Adaptive Technology Center
  Vision Technology Service and Internet access for the disabled.
• Universität Dortmund - Lehrgebiet Blinden- und Sehbehindertenpädagogik
  Training of teachers for the blind and visually impaired at the Univerity of Dortmund, (In German)
• Universität Karlsruhe, Studienzentrum für Sehgeschädige
  The support centre for visually impaired students at the University of Karlsruhe.
• Unsicht-Bar
  The first restaurant in Germany where there is no light and the staff can´t see. (In German)
• Uppsala University Centre for Disability Research
  Competence within social, behavioural, medical and technical sciences concerning different kinds of disabilities and related handicaps.
• Upshaw Institute for the Blind
  The Upshaw Institute for the Blind (formerly the Greater Detroit Society for the Blind) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing blindness, reducing the impact of blindness, and advocating for those with severe vision loss.
• US Access Board
  An independent agency that promotes access to services by people with disabilities across the whole of US federal government.
• Uveitis and Other Eye Conditions
  This page is dedicated an eye disease called uveitis. Uveitis is one of many little known eye conditions that can affect anyone.

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• V. I. Guide - A guide to Internet about visual impairments for parents & teacher
  This site contains information on many topics pertaining to parenting and teaching a child with visual impairments.
• van Lent Systems
  Dutch distributor of assitive technology. (In Dutch)
• Verband der Blinden- und Sehbehindertenpädagogen und -pädagoginnen (VBS)
  German association for educators of the visually impaired. (In German)
• Verein für Blindenhunde und Mobilitätshilfen (VBM)
  Swiss guide dog centre founded in 1986. (In German)

• Verein zur Förderung der Blindenbildung (VzFB)
  The VzFB's aim is to promote the social and professional rehabilitation and integration of blind and partially sighted people, and in this respect its founding principle is still as valid as ever. The VzFB has been based in Hanover since 1899, from where it runs a publishing house and braille printing press as well as the central office for aids and devices for blind persons.

• Vereniging van Blinden en Slechtzienden Licht en Liefde (VEBES)
  Association of the Flemish speaking visually impaired. (In Flemish)

• Vereinigte Blindenwerkstätten Bern (VBW)
  Industrial and service work for visually impaired persons in Bern, Swterland. (In German)

• Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)
  Our mission is to enable Vermonters with vision problems, whether blindness or impairment, to achieve and maintain independence.

• Vermont Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  DBVI's mission is to assist Vermonters who are blind and visually impaired.
• VERTICAL-Informatik
  German distributor of assistive technology for the visually impaired and people with other disabilities.
• Very Special Art
  Founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith as an affiliate of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, VSA is an International organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities.
• Victoria Blind Cricket Association
  This page is provided to give information about the game of blind cricket as it is played in Victoria, Australia.
• Videospec
  Videospec Ltd manufactures the EEZEE READER range of excellent, low-cost, electronic print magnifying reader/writers for the partially sighted.
• View Braille Committee
  Collection of articles on Braille.
• ViewPlus Technologies
  ViewPlus develops and manufactures products that make information accessible. Specializing in blindness accessibility, ViewPlus is best known for TIGER braille embossers that print braille and tactile graphics direct from mainstream Windows software.
• ViewsOn.ca
  Advocay and support for children who are blind or have low vision and their families in Canada.
• Victa
  Victa is a registered charity in the UK that provides support for families with visually impaired children.
• VIOLA Technology
  Provider of assistive technology and services for people suffering from macular degeneration, blindness, a learning disability or other disabilities.
• Vip News
  Links to blindness and visual impairment in the online media.
• VIP On Air
  VIP ON AIR is a powerful new online radio station for blind and partially sighted people. Broadcasting from Glasgow, VIP ON AIR is a first for the UK and Europe and has the only fully accessible radio broadcast studios in the country.
• VIP Softaware Guide
  This site contains two sets of guides: one for users of screen magnifiers, and the other for users of the Jaws screen reader.
• VIP-highstreet
  Until now, there has never been a medium who's main objective was to provide visually impaired people with a wide range of consumer information, direct them to pages containing special offers on the internet and in certain stores on the high street.
• Vipgamezone
  From our site you can download free games and demo versions of programs for blinds and visually impaired people. You can play our games without special software and hardware.
• Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
  The Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI) is committed to providing quality services to assist Virginia’s citizens who are blind, deafblind or vision impaired in achieving their maximum level of employment, education, and personal independence.
• Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Visual Impairment
  The center is an opportunity to continue the work begun by Dr. Virginia Sowell at Texas Tech University. It is designed to include an annual Distinguished Lecturer Series on the topic of visual impairment. The Center will eventually offer scholarships to students participating in the Visual Impairment, Orientation and Mobility, and Dual Sensory degree and certification programs. The Center is also designed to support faculty research and public service.
• Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
  We serve children who are hard of hearing or deaf and who are blind or visually impaired.
• Virtual Environment for the Training of Visually Impaired (ENORASI)
  The ENORASI project aims at developing a highly interactive and extensible haptic virtual reality (VR) system that will allow visually impaired people, especially those blind from birth, to study and interact with various virtual objects.
• open gate to the Internet.
• Visio
  The Dutch educational centre for the visually impaired. (In Dutch)
• Vision
  Austrial support for early intervention for visually and multiply impaired children. (In German)
• VisionAWARE
  VisionAWARE promotes self-help vision rehabilitation hints and adaptive techniques, and disseminate information on services and independent living resources to individuals with vision loss, their family members, and those who work with them.
• VisionConnection
  VisionConnection is a one-stop, accessible online resource on vision impairment and vision rehabilitation.
• Vision 2002
  Abstracts of the papers presented at the International Low Vision Coference held in Göteborg, Sweden, in 2002, are found on the website of the International Society of Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR).
• Vision 2020
  Vision 2020 - The Right to Sight is an initiative to help eliminate needless blindness by the year 2020, jointly launched by the World Health Organisation together with more than 20 international non-governmental organisations involved in eye care and prevention and management of blindness.
• Vision 2020 Australia
  Established in October 2000, Vision 2020 Australia is a part of Vision 2020 - The Right to Sight - a worldwide initiative of WHO and the International Agencey for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

• Vision For All
  We are a non-profit organization that wishes to awake the interests and consciousness of people in general and Optometrists/Opticians in Sweden and around the world, in particular, on how important and desirable their contribution can be in developing countries.

• Vision Aid Overseas
  A UK-registered charity dedicated to helping people in developing countries whose lives are blighted by bad eyesight, particularly in those cases where spectacles can help.
• Vision Australia
  Vision Australia is a living partnership between people who are blind, sighted or have low vision.
• Vision Council of America
  Mission is o create awareness of the value of vision care and to grow the eyewear and vision care market through education, forums and expositions, industry statistics and data, technical standards, alliances and advocacy.
• Vision Dynamics
  Vision Dynamics features the latest state of the art vision aides and on site training.
• Vision for Tomorrow Foundqation
  The Vision for Tomorrow Foundation provides information on albinism (albino), aniridia and other retinal disorders causing visual impairment at birth.
• Vision Health Research Council
  The Vision Health Research Council is working to link researchers across Canada to develop an integrated research community capable of responding to the expanding health research needs of our people. (Also in French)
• Vision Impaired Sport ACT (VISACT)
  VISACT in Australia is an athlete driven association created to fill a void in the playing field of blind sport in the ACT.
• Vision Impairments' Resource Network (VIRN)
  Japanese site with information on visual impairment. (In Japanese)
• Vision of Children
  Vision of Children is working toward the eradication of hereditary childhood blindness, ocular albinism and other blindness. The Vision of Children Foundation maintains a small administrative staff at its headquarters in San Diego, California. The focus of this staff is primarily fund raising, coordination of sponsored research, and provision of support for researchers, clinicians and families.
• Vision Rehab
  Vision Rehab is a state-of-the-art low vision management company developed to meet the specialized needs of visually-impaired individuals and the professionals that assist them.
• Vision Research Corporation
  Vision Research Corporation specializes in screening systems and services for the early detection of eye problems in children. VRC produces eye screening systems for use by pediatricians and others concerned with good eyesight in children. It also provides large-scale eye screening services in schools and day care centers, typically under corporate or government sponsorship.
• Vision Rehabilitation Services (SUNY College of Optometry)
  Welcome to the Vision Rehabilitation Web Site of the Vision Rehabilitation Services at the State University of New York, State College of Optometry.
• Vision Science
  An Internet Resource for Research in Human and Animal Vision.
• Vision Technology
  VTI manufactures a diverse line of video magnification CCTV systems to help people with macular degeneration and other forms of low vision to read, write and live independently.
• Vision Trade Center
  A telemarketing business is established in Denmark, a so far unknown concept, which combines profitable business with the education of (visually) impaired people.
• Vision World Wide
  Vision World Wide, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization providing information and referral worldwide in a variety of media for individuals and professionals concerned with vision loss.
• Vision-Aid
  Our vision is to facilitate the creation of a large network of vision rehabilitation centers in under-served areas of India by 2020 (in alignment with the WHO Vision 2020 initiative).
• Visionaids Technologies
  British distributor of assistive technology.
• Visionary
  Dictionary for terminology used in the study of human and animal vision. It includes terms from the areas of biological and machine vision, visual psychophysics, visual neuroscience and other related fields.
• Visionary Imaging Systems
  VISIONARY IMAGING SYSTEMS is dedicated to bringing the latest advances in Low Vision technology to the visually impaired in the UK.
• Visionhelp
  The Vision Help Network provides nationwide referrals for optometric vision therapy and related diagnostic services. Our members include expert developmental and behavioral optometrists, college professors, and the authors of leading textbooks on vision therapy.
• Visions Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  VISIONS is a nonprofit agency in New York that promotes the independence of people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired.
• Visoparents
  Swiss organisation of parents to visually and multiply impaired children. (In German)
• Visiotech
  Distributor of assistive technology based in the United Arab Republic. (In Arabic)
• Visual Impairement in North East England
  The site contains local and national information for blind, partially sighted and deaf-blind people.
• Visual Impairment North East
  Visual Impairment North East is a registered charity that supports blind and partially sighted people in the Northeast of England and Cumbria.
• Visual Impairment Scotland
  V.I. Scotland is an national organisation of people who work together in the area of visual impairment. It is made up of Ophthalmologists, Community Pediatricians, Educationalists, Psychologists, Computer Experts, and Parent Representatives and Children. The primary aim of V.I. Scotland is to help visually impaired children and their parents. We hope to provide up-to-date information about services available and specific information about each child’s visual condition.
• Visual Prosthesis for the Totally Blind
  Peter Meijer's large site on visual substitution by sound and visual prosthesis.
• Visual-Tech Connection
  Your source in Ohio for Aladdin low vision solutions.
• Visualeyes
  Britiish vendor of CCTV/Video Magnifiers for persons with low vision.
• Visually Impaired.com
  Site contents: Support resources, non-profit and government agencies, low vision aides, large print and recorded materials, audio books, information on free audio Bible, Christian audio books, pictures and information on macular degeneration.
• Visually Impaired Forums
  These forums are here for the use of RP'ers and their families and friends. People with other visual disabilities are welcome to join and participate as well.
• Visually Impaired Masseurs
  The aim of the project is to develop a model for a uniform European vocational training course in massage for people who are visually impaired, with the emphasis being on entrepreneurship, including taking vocational tests to receive certification.
• Visually Impaired Pittsburgh Area Computer Enthusiasts (VIPACE)
  VIPACE disseminate and exchange information about computer hardware, software, related technologies and information of a less technical nature.
• Vlaamse Klank- en Braillebibliotheek (VKBB)
  Library for braille and talking books in Belgium. (In Flemish)
• Vlaamse luister- en braillebibliotheek
  The Flemish Library for the blind is a government-financed non-profit organisation, which provides talking books and braille books throughout Belgium. (In Flemish)
• Vocaleyes
  VOCALEYES enables blind and partially sighted people to experience the joy of the arts through high quality audio-description.
• Voice Diary
  Voice Diary in Israel is the manufacturer of the first electronic organizer designed for people who prefer voice to text.
• Voice Systems
  An Italian distributor of assistive technology, based in Milano. (In Italian)
• VoicePrint
  The flagship service of N.B.R.S.(National Broadcast Reading Service), VoicePrint has been broadcasting 24 hours a day since December 1, 1990. While VoicePrint's core target audience are blind or vision-impaired Canadians, more than 500,000 Canadians from all walks of life cite VoicePrint as their main source of news and information.
• Voir Plus
  Le portail au service des personnes handicapées visuelles. (In French)
• Vuphonics
  Vuphonics is concerned with researching and developing blindness-related sensory-substitution techniques, through the use of sound and corresponding haptic (touch and movement) methods.

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• W. Ross Macdonald School
  Special school in Ontario, Canada, offering alternative educational and residential living placement for students who are blind, deafblind, or have low-vision.
• Wales Council for the Blind
  WCB is the independent organisation working for visually impaired people in Wales. It was established in 1938 and became a registered charity in 1958 and a limited company in 1991.
• Washington State School for the Blind
  WSSB provides specialized educational services to visually impaired youth within the state of Washington.
• Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
  A library located in Seattle.
• WAVE Web Accessibility Toll
  With the help of WAVE you can test how accessible a web site is.
• We-Shop
  WE-SHOP (We Shall Overcome Prejudice), developed out of the need for enlightenment of society on the potential of disabled people, in order to eradicate prejudice towards them.
• WebAIM
  Our goal is to improve accessibility to online learning opportunities for all people; in particular to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities who currently may have a difficult time getting access to online learning opportunities. Contains screen reader simulatio and low vision simulation.
• WebText Reader
  WebText Reader is the fastest and easiest way for those with visual impairment or reading difficulties to access vital information on the Internet.
• West of England School and College
  The West of England School and College is the leading regional centre for the education and care of children and young people with little or no sight in the South West of England.
• Westdeutsche Blindenhörbücherei
  Library for talking books located in Muenster, Germany. (In German)
• Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children
  The mission of the school is to provide superior opportunities for training and education to students who in addition to visual impairment are disabled by other severe conditions.
• WGBH Media Access Group
  The Media Access Group at WGBH has been pioneering and delivering accessible media to disabled adults, students, and their families, teachers, and friends for over 30 years.
• White Stick - Tom Lorimer's Home Page
  Welcome to my Website, which has been set up to assist the Visually Impaired computer user locate information and services relating to blindness.
• Whitestick
  Welcome to my Website, which has been set up to assist the Visually Impaired computer user locate information and services relating to blindness.
• Wilmer Eye Institute
  Lots of information from the wellknown clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
• WinGuide
  Welcome to the WinGuide web site, dedicated to Dr. Sarah Morley's Windows books & training materials for blind and visually impaired users and their trainers.
• Wisconsin Council of the Blind
  The Wisconsin Council of the Blind (WCB) is a private, not-for-profit agency. Its mission is to promote the dignity and independence of people in Wisconsin who are blind and visually impared by providing services, advocating legislation and educating the general public.

• Wladimir Filatow Schule für Blinde und Sehschache Schüler
  Special school for visually impaired students in Leipzig, Germany. (In German)

• Worcestershire Association for the Blind (WAB)
  WAB is an independent charity that supports blind and partially sighted people throughout the county. We are based at The Bradbury Centre in Worcester.

• World Access for the Blind
  World Access for the Blind is a non-profit organization employing unique teaching strategies to help blind and sighted people throughout the world improve their quality of life.

• World Blind Union (WBU)
  WBU has member organisations in virtually every country of the world.
• World Council of Optometry (WCO)
  WCO is an international organization dedicated to the enhancement and development of eye and vision care worldwide. Representing over 50 countries, WCO serves as a forum for member organizations to respond to public health needs and opportunities around the world.
• World Federation of the Deafblind
  The web site of the World Federation of the Deafblind.
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  WHO, established on 7 April 1948, is the United Nations specialized agency for health.
• World of Ophthalmology
  Victor Zamyatin's site World of Ophthalmology is a most complete and systematic reference in all problems of ophthalmology. Here you can find over 7500 links from more than 1300 sites.
• Worldwide Vision
  Worldwide Vision is a wholesale-cum-mail order firm with a modern approach, supplying adapted aids for people with a visual impairment.

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• XBraille
  XBraille is a suite of programs to manage crosswords on the computer from MY-COMP Software Development. The programs have been designed to make it easier for blind users to solve and create crosswords.

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• Yreca Orientation Aid
  Swedish manufacturer of beacons for orientation.
• Yorkshire 2020
  The Yorkshire 2020 World Blindness Project was formed in May 1998 as a local response to Vision 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness.

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• Zveza drustev slepih in slabovidnih Slovenije
  Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia. (In Slovenian)
• Zychem
  Zychem brings you the tools to produce a world of Tactile (Raised) Graphics, Pictures, Charts and Text for the Blind and Partially Sighted.