Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI) is an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind. Local CCLVI affiliates are based in California, Delaware, New York, and Washington, DC. For more information, and to locate a low vision support group, contact the main office in Arlington, VA:

American Council of the Blind
2200 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201
800-424-8666 (Toll free)
202-467-5081
202-467-5085 (Fax)

800 West Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
888-777-3925 (Toll free)
302-655-2111
302-654-1376 (Peer support)
302-655-1442 (Fax)
www.dabdel.org
E-mail: contact@dabdel.org  

The Delaware Association for the Blind is a private non-profit agency serving legally blind and severely visually impaired adults and children in Delaware. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for those we serve through a variety of education, counseling and recreation programs.

Services include:

• Aids and appliances store
• Statewide peer telephone support
• Recreation programs
• Volunteer taping program
• Camp Sunnybrook, a free six-week day camp for children
• Landis Lodge, a free residential camp for adults

Division for the Visually Impaired (DVI)
1901 N. DuPont Highway, Biggs Bldg.
New Castle, DE 19720
302-255-9800 (Voice)
302-255-9854 (TDD)
302-255-4441 (Fax)
www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dvi/dvihome.htm[link opens in new window]

The Division for the Visually Impaired is organized into three primary service programs:

• Education Services
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Independent Living

Additionally, there are two direct employment units:

• Delaware Industries for the Blind
• Business Enterprise Program

DVI offers the following support services:

• Materials Center 
• Volunteer Services 
• Orientation and Mobility
• Low Vision Services
• Training Center Services
• Information Systems Support

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.

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.