Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
National Office Headquarters:
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050-1218
Switchboard hours: 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
516-944-8900 (Voice)
516-944-8908 (VP)
516-944-8637 (TTY)
516-944-7302 (Fax)
E-mail: hkncinfo@hknc.org

Regional Representative contact information: www.hknc.org/FieldServicesREGREPADD.htm

The Center provides services to youth and adults who are deaf-blind according to the definition of deaf-blindness in the Helen Keller Act. The national center in New York and regional offices that serve each state provide advocacy, support groups, information, and services to people who have both a vision and a hearing loss.

The mission of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC) is to enable each person who is deaf-blind to live and work in his or her community of choice. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1967, the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults is a national rehabilitation program serving youth and adults who are deaf-blind.

P.O. Box 302
Newbury, NH 03255
800-966-5119 (Toll free)
603-938-5116
603-938-5090 (Fax)

Life with ease specializes in practical solutions for a range of independent living, rehabilitation, and accessibility needs. A section of their online store is devoted to low vision products.

P.O. Box 26
Lincoln, NH 03251
603-745-6281 x5663
http://nedisabledsports.org
Contact New England Disabled Sports

New England Disabled Sports (formerly known as the White Mountain Adaptive Snowsports School) provides year-round adaptive sport instruction to adults and children with physical and cognitive disabilities.

Their programs allow disabled students to enjoy a boundary-free environment, enjoy outdoor recreation with friends and family, and have access to equipment and instruction that might otherwise be unavailable.

McGreal Sight Center
25 Walker Street
Concord, NH 03301-4599
800-464-3075 (Toll free)
603-224-4039 (seacoast)
www.sightcenter.org
E-mail: services@sightcenter.org

The New Hampshire Association for the Blind is the statewide leader in providing vision rehabilitation services for New Hampshire people of all ages who are blind and visually impaired. Founded in 1912, it provides services in virtually every community statewide and at the McGreal Sight Center in Concord.

Services include:

• Social Work
• Rehabilitation Teaching
• Orientation and Mobility Instruction
• Low Vision Services
• Educational Services
• Technology Service
• Volunteer Services
• Public Education
• Braille and audio transcription services

Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Department of Education
21 South Fruit Street, Suite 20
Concord, NH 03301
800-581-6881 (Toll free)
603-271-3537
603-271-3471 (Voice/TTY)
603-271-3816 (Fax)

Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides those services necessary to help people with visual loss to enter, re-enter, or maintain employment. Most services are provided without charge to the referred individual as the Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Program is supported by State and Federal tax dollars.

Rehabilitation services include:

• Job Placement 
• Skills Training 
• Low Vision
• Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering 
• Orientation and Mobility
• Personal and Household Management
• Counseling and Guidance
• Employer Services
• Consultative Services on ADA, job and task analysis, and reasonable job accommodation 

Sight Services for Independent Living

Independent Living Services are available for individuals who are legally blind or visually impaired and who are 55 years of age or older including:

• Peer Counseling
• Rehabilitation Teaching
• Low Vision Services
• Orientation and Mobility

Digital Audio Books for the Blind
Tom Peters, Project Coordinator
6106 South Stillhouse Road
Oak Grove, MO 64075
816-616-6746
www.unabridged.info
E-mail: tpeters@tapinformation.com
State contact information: www.unabridged.info/contact.htm

Unabridged provides narrated downloadable digital audio books for eligible individuals living in California, Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Texas, and Vermont who are blind, visually impaired, or physically challenged.

The goal of Unabridged is to develop and evaluate a multi-state program that provides a downloadable library of narrated digital audio book content and services to blind, low vision, and physically challenged library users in the participating states.

The Unabridged collection contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles. Current popular fiction is the strength of the collection. There are books for children, tweens, and teens, as well as old-time radio programs.

www.va.gov 
Contact the VA

The mission of the Veterans' Healthcare System (VHA) is to serve the needs of America's veterans by providing primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services. Approximately a quarter of the nation's population -- approximately 70 million people -- are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans.

Facilities Locator Home Page: 
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Fact Sheets about VA Services:
Use this search feature to locate VA News Releases and Fact Sheets on topics that include health care and benefits.

Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Veterans:
The mission of the VA Blind Rehabilitation Service is to coordinate a healthcare service delivery system that provides a continuum of care for blinded veterans extending from their home environment to the local VA facility and to the appropriate rehabilitation setting.

Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST):
The Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST) Coordinator serves as the initial contact person for getting help with vision loss. VIST Coordinators are located at local VA Medical Centers across the country. They work to ensure that veterans with visual impairments receive appropriate benefits and services.

The VIST Coordinator is a case manager who has major responsibility for the coordination of all services for legally blind veterans and their families. Duties include providing and/or arranging for the provision of appropriate treatment plans and programs in order to enhance a blinded veteran's functioning level.

Other duties include identifying new cases of blindness, providing professional counseling, resolving problems, arranging annual healthcare reviews, and conducting education programs relating to blindness.

Services for blind and visually impaired veterans include:

• Orientation and Mobility
• Independent Living Skills
• Manual Skills
• Visual Skills and Low Vision Services
• Computer Access Training
• Physical Conditioning
• Recreation
• Adjustment to Blindness
• Family Program