www.achromatopsia.info
E-mail: drlaura@eyeassociates.com

A comprehensive web site on congenital achromatopsia, also called stationary cone dystrophy. People with achromatopsia experience severe debilitating glare, profound color blindness, nystagmus, and reduced visual acuity. The site also features new films and film clips to help others understand achromatopsia.

American Academy of Audiology
Main Office:
11730 Plaza America Drive
Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190
800-AAA-2336 (Toll free)
703-790-8466
703-790-8631 (Fax)

The American Academy of Audiology is the world's largest professional organization of, by, and for more than 10,000 audiologists.

Find an Audiologist

Use the Academy's "Find An Audiologist" searchable database to locate an audiologist in your area.

American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120
415-561-8500
415-561-8533 (Fax)
E-mail: comm@aao.org

Find An Ophthalmologist

Use the American Academy of Ophthalmology "Find an Eye MD" online database to locate an ophthalmologist in your area. The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is a professional membership association for eye care physicians. It works to ensure that the public can obtain the best possible eye care, provides information on eye health for consumers, and referrals to member physicians.

EyeCare America is a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Their mission is to preserve sight by raising awareness about eye disease and providing access to medical eye care.

American Association of Eye & Ear Hospitals
1655 North Fort Meyer Drive
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
703-243-8848
703-351-5298 (Fax)

The American Association of Eye and Ear Hospitals (AAEEH) is comprised of the premier centers for specialized eye and ear procedures in the world. Association members are major referral centers that offer some of the most innovative teaching programs and routinely treat the most severely ill eye and ear patients.

Find an Eye and Ear Hospital

Use the AAEEH Eye and Ear Hospitals locator to find an Eye and Ear Hospital that is a member of the American Association of Eye and Ear Hospitals.

American Optometric Association
243 North Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63141
314-991-4100
314-991-4101 (Fax)

Find An Optometrist

Use the American Optometric Association's "Dr. Locator" online database to locate an optometrist in your area.

The American Optometric Association (AOA), founded in 1898 as the American Association of Opticians, is a professional association for optometrists and students of optometry. The AOA's goals are to promote the profession of optometry and to improve the public's eye health.

The AOA develops and distributes educational materials about vision and vision care, including an annual media campaign called "Save Your Vision Month." AOA also operates a library and museum which provide vision science materials and reference services.

20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2234
Chicago, IL 60606
312-578-8760
www.asrs.org
E-mail: jill.blim@asrs.org

The mission of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) is to provide a collegial open forum for education, to advance the understanding and treatment of vitreoretinal diseases, and to enhance the ability of its members to provide the highest quality of patient care.

Find a Retina Specialist

ASRS also provides a Retina Specialist Locator search function that allows you to search by country, state, and province.

www.ialvs.com

The International Academy of Low Vision Specialists (IALVS) provides a database of member low vision specialists by state, information about driving with low vision, a list of frequently asked questions, and information about low vision rehabilitation.

www.internationalbrain.org

The International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) is dedicated to the development and support of multidisciplinary medical and clinical professionals, advocates, policy makers, consumers and others who work to improve outcomes and opportunities for persons with brain injury.

IBIA was established to encourage international exchange of information, to support research, to provide training, especially in developing countries, and to advocate for persons with brain injury.

www.lowvision.org

The Low Vision Gateway provides information and resources about vision loss, vision impairment, blindness, low vision aids and devices, and low vision rehabilitation services.

Find A Low Vision Specialist

Listing of Doctors who provide Low Vision Services:
www.lowvision.org/professi.htm  

Use LowVision.com to find information about eye conditions, low vision rehabilitation services, and low vision resources.

Find a Low Vision Provider

The Find a Low Vision Provider database can help you locate a low vision service provider near you.

Prevent Blindness America, founded in 1908, is a volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight.

Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, Prevent Blindness America provides vision screenings, develops and disseminates education materials, advocates to improve health policies, supports research, and trains vision screening personnel.

Find Prevent Blindness Programs and Services in Your State

Use the Prevent Blindness search function to find an affiliate or division in your area.

The American Macular Degeneration Foundation
P.O. Box 515
Northampton, MA 01061-0515
888-MACULAR (622-8527) (Toll free)
413-268-7660
E-mail: amdf@macular.org  

Find a Low Vision Provider

Provides a listing by state of Low Vision Centers, including ophthalmologists and optometrists who provide low vision services and training.

80 Maiden Lane, Suite 700
New York, NY 10038
212-285-0080
www.glaucomafoundation.org
E-mail: info@glaucomafoundation.org

The mission of The Glaucoma Foundation (TGF) is to fund groundbreaking research and to educate the public about the disease and the importance of early detection to prevent blindness.

Find A Support Group

TGF also sponsors Glaucoma Support and Education Groups and free Online Discussion and Support Groups hosted by Yahoo! Groups.

MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
http://web.mit.edu/bcs/sinha/home.html
E-mail: psinha@mit.edu

The goal of the research in the Sinha Laboratory is to understand how the brain recognizes objects, scenes and sequences. The approaches used to address this issue include experimentation with humans and computational modeling.

The goal of Project Prakash is to bring light into the lives of curably blind children and, in so doing, illuminate some of the most fundamental scientific questions about how the brain develops and learns to see.