This list is not necessarily a complete listing of all organizations, manufacturers, or distributors, nor does listing imply ACB endorsement.
Organizations
Assistive Technology and Products
Organizations
American Academy of Ophthalmology
655 Beach St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 561-8500
Fax: (415) 561-8533
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.aao.org/eye-health
The American Academy of Ophthalmology distributes information about eye diseases and treatments, eye health news, and tips for good eye health.
American Council of the Blind
225 Reinekers Ln., Suite 660
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (202) 467-5081 or 1-800-424-8666
Fax: (703) 465-5085
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.acb.org
The American Council of the Blind provides services to blind and visually impaired individuals and publishes a magazine, “The ACB Braille Forum,” every other month, which is available in braille, large print, digital cartridge, podcast, and e-mail, and online.
American Foundation for the Blind
1101 Wilson Blvd., 6th Floor
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (212) 502-7600
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.afb.org
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) publishes “Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness,” a peer-reviewed journal that includes information and original research, and publishes “AccessWorld®” magazine monthly, which contains a wide variety of information, including commentary, news blasts, product reviews, and trends in information technology and visual impairment.
American Optometric Association
1505 Prince St., Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314-2874
Phone: (703) 739-9200
Fax: (703) 739-9497
To send an email, visit https://www.aoa.org/about-the-aoa/contact?sso=y
Website: https://www.aoa.org/?sso=y
The American Optometric Association (AOA) publishes “Week in Focus,” a weekly newsletter detailing professional and organizational news about eye health.
BrightFocus Foundation
22512 Gateway Center Dr.
Clarksburg, MD 20871
Phone: 1-800-437-2423
Fax: (301) 258-9454
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.brightfocus.org/
The BrightFocus Foundation funds research seeking cures for Alzheimer’s disease, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma. The BrightFocus Foundation also provides the public with information about risk factors, preventative actions, available treatments, and coping strategies.
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind
My Tools for Living
Phone: (312) 997-3646
www.chicagolighthouse.org
The Chicago Lighthouse recently launched the My Tools for Living online store, an online resource to help people find the best tools for their individual vision goals. The site offers assistive technology recommendations, demonstrations, blogs, independent living aids, and training opportunities with our team.
Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI)
Attn: Patti Cox
3817 Tuesday Way
Louisville, KY 40219
Phone: (844) 460-0625
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://cclvi.info/
CCLVI is an international advocacy organization that works to establish the rights of persons with low vision, educates the general public about visual impairments and blindness, and promotes research on blindness prevention and sight utilization. CCLVI publishes Vision Access, a newsletter, bimonthly. CCLVI offers three scholarships annually through its Fred Scheigert Scholarship Program to students with low vision.
Eye Bank Association of America
1101 17th St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 775-4999
Fax: (202) 429-6036
To send an email, visit https://restoresight.org/contact/
Website: www.restoresight.org
The Eye Bank Association of American (EBAA) obtains, medically evaluates, and distributes ocular tissue for transplant, research, and education. To locate an eye bank, visit https://restoresight.org/find-an-eye-bank/.
Florida Outreach Center for the Blind, Inc.
2315 S. Congress Ave.
Palm Springs, FL 33406
Phone: (561) 642-0005
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://blindfocb.org
The Florida Outreach Center for the Blind was established in 2003 by a group of visually impaired persons who realized that thousands of blind individuals were virtually without services. Our free classes provide instruction in braille, assistive technology, daily living skills, mobility, a peer support group, leisure time activities, an outreach program for seniors, and a Kids’ Club for blind children and their families.
The Center has an on-site store with visual aids for hands-on inspection and purchase, and an Equipment Loan Program that enables clients to access adaptive technology that they otherwise could not afford. All of the Center’s programs are free, overseen by a Certified Vision and Rehabilitation Therapist, and offered in English, Spanish, French, and Creole.
Foundation Fighting Blindness
6925 Oakland Mills Rd., Suite 701
Columbia, MD 21045
Phone: 1-800-683-5555
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.fightingblindness.org/
Foundation Fighting Blindness offers many low vision resources, including links to assistive technology products, financial assistance for both students and non-students, suppliers of accessible reading materials, and suppliers of low vision devices. For those with inherited retinal disease, Foundation Fighting Blindness offers a list of doctors who specialize in this area.
Glaucoma Research Foundation
251 Post St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: (415) 986-3162
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://glaucoma.org/
The Glaucoma Research Foundation offers a free 40-page booklet about glaucoma. The organization also publishes a blog and a free newsletter containing information about care, treatment, and research findings.
The Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
700 Elm St.
Winnetka, IL 60093
Phone: (800) 323-4238
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hadleyhelps.org
The Hadley Institute provides practical help, connection, and support free of charge to anyone with a visual impairment, their families, and the professionals supporting them. Hadley offers workshops (quick, practical advice from experts), audio podcasts, and discussion groups. Visitors to the Hadley website can learn about daily living with vision loss, adjusting to vision loss, recreating with vision loss, technology use with vision loss, and working with vision loss. Additionally, Hadley offers Braille lessons either online or via mail.
IFB Solutions Community Low Vision Centers
Little Rock, AR Facility:
818 Murray St.
Little Rock, AR 72209
Phone: (501) 562-2222
Fax: (501) 568-5275
Asheville, NC Facility:
240 Sardis Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806
Phone: (828) 667-9778
Fax: (828) 667-9771
Winston-Salem, NC Facility:
7730 North Point Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Phone: (336) 759-0551 or (800) 242-7726
Fax: (336) 759-0990
Contact: Ksenia Richards
IFB Solutions provides opportunities for people who are blind or visually impaired in need of training, employment, and services. In addition to the products that IFB Solutions manufactures and sells, IFB Solutions also provides community programming, including summer camps.
Lighthouse Guild
250 W. 64th St.
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 1-800-284-4422
To send an email, go to https://www.lighthouseguild.org/contact/
Website: www.lighthouseguild.org
The Lighthouse Guild offers healthcare services to meet healthcare needs, support services to share the skills necessary to live an independent life, and training services that include educational resources and assistive technology training for blind or low vision individuals. The Lighthouse Guild sends a monthly newsletter via email containing the latest updates in vision and health, and produces a podcast with similar information.
MD Support
460 SW Tower Park Dr. Apt. 412
Lee’s Summit, MO 64081
Phone: (816) 588-7747
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mdsupport.org/
MD Support offers free information and personal assistance for people dealing with macular degeneration and similar retinal diseases. MD Support has a search engine to identify a support group in your area and also offers TeleSupport for those who cannot access live support groups or the Internet.
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
290 Turnpike Rd., Suite 5-315
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: 1-800-541-5454
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://myasthenia.org/
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) increases awareness of myasthenia gravis, supports those living with myasthenia gravis, and creates connections within the myasthenia gravis community. On the MGFA website, one can identify local support groups and doctors and read about the latest clinical research and discoveries. Information about treatments and related disorders is also available.
National Eye Institute
Information Office
31 Center Dr.
MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
Phone: (301) 496-5248 (English and Spanish)
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nei.nih.gov/
The National Eye Institute is a division of the National Institutes of Health. It collects and distributes information on prevention, detection, and treatment of eye disorders. Outreach materials about eye health are available. Information regarding vision research and clinical trials and how to enroll is also available on the National Eye Institute website.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
1291 Taylor St. NW
Washington, DC 20542
Phone: (202) 707-5100 or (800) 424-8567
Fax: (202) 707-0712
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.loc.gov/nls/
The National Library Service (NLS) circulates books and magazines in Braille or audio formats that are either instantly downloadable to a personal device or delivered by mail. Both of these services are free of charge. NLS also provides the iBill Currency Reader free of charge to those who are blind or visually impaired.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
1900 Crown Colony Dr., Suite 310
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: 1-800-999-6673 or 1-844-259-7178 for Spanish
Fax: (617) 249-7301
To send email, visit https://rarediseases.org/contact-us/.
Website: www.rarediseases.org/
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is a patient advocacy organization that is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and patient services. NORD offers information about rare disorders, the clinical trials and research studies investigating treatments for these disorders, and financial assistance programs for aid in obtaining treatment.
Prevent Blindness
225 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 1-800-331-2020
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.preventblindness.org
Prevent Blindness provides sight-saving programs and services nationwide. Prevent Blindness offers information regarding eye diseases and conditions, learning and educational resources about vision health, and information specific to the health of children’s vision.
Research to Prevent Blindness
360 Lexington Ave., 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (800) 621-0026 or (212) 752-4333
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rpbusa.org/
Research to Prevent Blindness offers information on a number of different ocular diseases, in addition to tests to check color blindness, macular degeneration, and visual acuity.
Assistive Technology and Products
AdaptiVision
P.O. Box 403
Lynnfield, MA 01940
Phone: 1-800-407-6486
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lowvisionsource.com
AdaptiVision offers products that promote independence for people who have low or no vision. Products include low vision magnifiers, wearable devices, text-to-speech devices, software, and lighting products. AdaptiVision offers free shipping to any location in the United States.
Enhanced Vision
15301 Springdale St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Phone: (714) 465-3400 or (888) 811-3161
Fax: (714) 465-3401
To send an email, visit https://www.enhancedvision.com/contact-us.html.
Website: www.enhancedvision.com
Enhanced Vision has an extensive line of low vision aids and electronic magnifiers. Call to learn which product will work best for you.
Eschenbach Optik of America, Inc.
22 Shelter Rock Ln.
Danbury, CT 06810
1-800-487-5389
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.eschenbach.com
Eschenbach is a leading manufacturer of high-quality magnification and vision-enhancing products that help those with vision loss improve their independence, safety, productivity and quality of life. Available through eye care and vision rehabilitation professionals, our extensive product line includes video magnifiers (both portable and desktop), optical magnifiers (handheld, stand & spectacle), telescopes & monoculars, contrast-enhancing eyewear and task lighting.
EZ2See Products
To send an email, visit https://ez2seeproducts.com/contact/.
Website: www.ez2seeproducts.com
EZ2See Products exclusively sells a large print calendar, high-contrast sticky note pads, and bold no-bleed pens.
HumanWare
Phone: 1-800-722-3393
To send an email, visit https://store.humanware.com/hus/contact/.
Website: https://www.humanware.com/en-usa/home
HumanWare sells magnifiers, Braille devices, audio assistants, orientation and mobility aids, embossers, coding, and accessories.
Independent Living Aids
137 Rano St.
Buffalo, NY 14207
Phone: (716) 332-2970 or (800) 537-2118
Fax: (855) 937-3906
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.independentliving.com/
Independent Living Aids sells products related to low vision and blindness, healthcare, daily living aids, mobility, durable medical equipment, assistive technology, and hearing.
LS&S LLC
145 River Rock Dr.
Buffalo, NY 14207
Phone: (800) 468-4789
Fax: (877) 498-1482
To send an email, visit https://lssproducts.com/contact-us/.
Website: www.lssproducts.com/
LS&S specializes in products for the blind, visually impaired, deaf, and hard of hearing. LS&S sells low vision aids, hearing helpers, and daily living aids. Catalogs of all of the available products are also available upon request.
Magnifiers.com
6595 Roswell Rd. NE #224
Atlanta, GA 30328
Phone: 1-800-541-7903
Fax: (770) 926-7883
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.magnifiers.com/
Magnifiers.com sells spectacles, magnifiers, sunglasses, telescopes and binoculars, lighting, video magnifiers, and other products. Call Magnifiers.com for a personalized product recommendation.
Magnifying Aids
4760 East Bay Dr., Suite E
Clearwater, FL 33764
Phone: (727) 526-2020
Fax: (727) 531-7224
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.magnifyingaids.com/
Magnifying Aids sells magnifiers, reading glasses, sunglasses, living aids, reading machines, video magnifiers, workstations, computer aids, software, Braille aids, hearing aids, medical aids, canes, mobility aids, and youth rehab supplies.
Magnifying America
2129 SW Highway 484
Ocala, FL 34473
Phone: 1-800-364-1608
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://magnifyingamerica.com/
Magnifying American provides assistive technology for the visually impaired. Products include video magnification, portable digital magnifiers, stand and handheld magnification, binoculars, and other devices.
Mattingly Low Vision, Inc.
135 Rio West Dr., Bldg. B
El Paso, TX 79932
Toll-free: 1-888-642-0842 x 1
Phone: (915) 585-2558
Toll-free fax: 1-866-958-8777
Fax: (915) 779-9933
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.mattinglylowvision.com/
Sells a variety of magnifiers, from handheld to illuminated and dome, as well as video magnifiers, monoculars, lamps and lighting, and a variety of other products from Walters Low Vision, Magna Brite, and Big Eye Lamps.
Maxi-Aids
42 Executive Blvd.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(631) 752-0521
To place an order, call 1-800-522-6294.
For information, call (631) 752-0521.
Fax: (631) 752-0689
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.maxiaids.com/
Maxi-Aids offers low vision products and tools for the blind, hearing products and devices for the deaf, mobility devices, home health care aids, accessible household products, computers and technology gadgets, electronic video magnifiers, canes for the blind, and watches. Maxi-Aids offers free domestic shipping on all web orders.
RehabMart
1353 Athens Highway
Elberton, GA 30635-4484
Phone: (800) 827-8283
Fax: (888) 507-7326
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.rehabmart.com/
RehabMart is owned and operated by occupational and physical therapists. In addition to numerous other medical supplies and equipment, RehabMart sells vision-impaired tools and devices, independent living aids, and diabetic supplies.
Resources for Rehabilitation
22 Bonad Rd.
Winchester, MA 01890
Phone: (781) 368-9080
Fax: (781) 368-9096
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.rfr.org/
Resources for Rehabilitation publishes a variety of guides about how to live with disabilities. Titles include “Living with Low Vision: A Resource Guide for People with Sight Loss,” “The Mental Health Resource Guide,” “Resources for People with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions,” and guides to coping with disabilities for both women and men.
Universal Vision Technology
To send an email, visit https://uvisiontech.com/contact-us.
Website: https://uvisiontech.com/
Universal Vision Technology sells assistive technology for blind and low vision individuals, in addition to those living with other disabilities. Products include digital desktop magnifiers, portable electronic video magnifiers, handheld video magnifiers, pocket-size video magnifiers, and Braille displays.
Vision Forward
912 N. Hawley Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53213
Phone: (414) 615-0111
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://vision-forward.org/store/
Vision Forward sells large print calendars, electronic magnifiers, portable magnifiers, handheld magnifiers, and even a large cribbage board. Contact Vision Forward to speak with an assistive technology specialist, who will help find the right technology, training, and care solution.
Updated 10/10/2024