3830 South Cobb Drive, Suite 125
Smyrna, GA 30080
770-432-7280
770-432-5457 (Fax)
www.blvsgeorgia.org
E-mail: Contact Information

Blind and Low Vision Services of North Georgia offers a variety of programs and services to its clients, including:

• Low vision clinic
• Vision rehabilitation
• Employment assistance
• Counseling and support
• Adaptive aids
• Computer access program
• Media center
• Public education

P.O. Box 13526
Macon, GA 31208-3526
478-742-7956
478-742-9368 (Fax)
http://blindresources.info
E-mail: info@blindresources.info

BlindResources.info provides blind computer users with important information, product reviews, resources, and real-world results with regard to software usage for the blind, script implementation and usage for Jaws For Windows, and additional information pertinent to the blind computer user.

739 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-875-9011
404-607-0062 (Fax)
www.cviga.org
E-mail: info@cviga.org

The Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) is Georgia's largest comprehensive, fully accredited, private facility providing rehabilitation services for individuals of all ages who are blind or visually impaired. Since 1962, the Center has grown to serve as a model of innovative services for people who have a wide range of vision impairments from low vision to total blindness.

The mission of the Center for the Visually Impaired is to offer comprehensive services to promote independence with dignity and the preservation of self worth for individuals of all ages who are blind or visually impaired.

VisAbility is CVI's nonprofit, accessible, retail shop that serves people of all ages with vision loss. The only store of its kind in the Southeast, VisAbility provides immediate access to low vision aids, assistive technology, and other adaptive devices. VisAbility is located on the first floor of CVI's Midtown Atlanta facility.

Additional agency include:

• Low Vision Services
• Adult Classes and Training
• Orientation and Mobility
• Personal and Home Management Skills
• Diabetes Education
• Communication Skills
• Braille
• Technology Instruction
• Vocational Services
• Youth Services
• Early Childhood and Preschool Services
• Support Groups

1365B Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-778-2020
www.eyecenter.emory.edu  
E-mail: eyecenter@emory.edu  

The mission of the Department of Ophthalmology and Emory Eye Center is to conduct pioneering research into blinding eye diseases, educate and train eye professionals, and provide excellent patient care.

Rehabilitation Services
148 Andrew Young International Blvd.
Suite 510, Sussex Place
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-657-3000
404-657-3086 (Fax)
www.vocrehabga.org
Office contacts: www.vocrehabga.org/contact1.html
E-mail: rehab@dol.state.ga.us

Georgia Industries for the Blind
www.vocrehabga.org/gibfacts.html
229-248-2666
E-mail: gib@dol.state.ga.us

1775 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033-4005
800-718-SITE (7483) (Toll free)
404-325-3630
404-636-5549 (Fax)
www.lionslighthouse.org
Contact information

Provides eyeglasses, eye surgeries, and hearing aids to the uninsured and the working poor in the state of Georgia.

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.

Department of Ophthalmology
1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912-3400
706-721-2020
www.mcg.edu/eyes
E-mail: lulrich@mail.mcg.edu

P.O. Box 81
Savannah, GA 31401-4021
912-236-4473
www.sabinc.org
E-mail: jking@sabinc.org (Jim King, Executive Director)  

Savannah Association for the Blind, Incorporated (SAB) is a private, nonprofit agency serving the general public in southeastern Georgia and coastal South Carolina. The mission of Savannah Association for the Blind, Inc. is to provide rehabilitation services designed to help blind and visually impaired individuals in all walks of life function independently in their homes and in the community.

Programs and services include:

• Low Vision examinations conducted by a licensed optometrist who prescribes highly specialized low vision aids to maximize the use of residual vision. As appropriate, practical applications for these low vision aids are incorporated in the training provided in the other components.
• Orientation and Mobility instruction helps each individual learn to travel with others using the sighted guide technique and to travel independently using a white cane.
• Communication Skills enhances independence through braille, audio recorders, large print, typing, computer skills, writing checks, and balancing a checkbook.
• Social Services assures a firm foundation for independent living through individualized counseling, group counseling, family counseling, and self-advocacy training.
• Senior Day Services provide supports for elderly individuals, (and their families, if present), who do not function fully independently, but who do not need 24-hour nursing care.