American Foundation for the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
1-800-232-5463 (800-AFB-LINE)
212-502-7600
212-502-7777 Fax
web site: afb.org
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net

Provides services to and acts as an information clearinghouse for people who are blind or visually impaired and their families, professionals, organizations, schools, and corporations. Stimulates research and mounts program initiatives to improve services to blind or visually impaired people. Publishes a wide variety of professional, reference, and consumer books and videos.

Resource Database

The Foundation provides a broad 'Where Can I Find…' database of services in the USA and Canada. The data base includes extensive resources, including computer training, rehabilitation services, volunteer services, employment and job training, support groups, and many other helpful areas.

Read more about age-related vision loss at the American Foundation for the Blind web site.

If you need more information on how to pay for rehabilitation services, you can read more about Title VII, Chapter 2 programs and funding at the The American Foundation for the Blind web site's section on Visual Rehabilitation Services.

About AFB

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss. AFB promotes wide-ranging, systemic change by addressing the most critical issues facing the growing blind and visually impaired population & employment, independent living, literacy, and technology. See Education Section and special links, including the National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments Including those with Multiple Disabilities…A Parents Perspective. Useful publications include When You Have A Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom: A Guide for Teachers; and You Seem Like a Regular Kid to Me. AFB also has videos addressing children's issues.

AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources. AFB's work in these areas is supported by the strong presence the organization maintains in Washington, DC, ensuring the rights and interests of people with vision loss are represented in our nation's public policies.

In addition to its New York City headquarters and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC, AFB maintains offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Huntington, WV, and San Francisco. AFB is also proud to house the Helen Keller Archives and honor the over forty years that Helen Keller worked tirelessly with AFB to expand possibilities for people with vision loss.