11110 Fort Street, Suite 103
Omaha, NE 68164
866-699-4357 (Toll free)
402-491-3191
402-491-3221 (Fax)
www.accessibility.net
E-mail: info@accessibility.net

Accessibility.net, Inc. is a full-service company providing technology solutions for persons who are blind or who have low vision in the states of Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Accessibility.net carries state-of-the-art solutions for a variety of needs, including screen readers, software magnification, scan-and-read programs, electronic note takers, braille displays, braille translation software, braille embossers, custom-built computer systems, and daily living products for persons with low vision.

Their service department provides installation and training, their technical staff is available for telephone support, and they provide remote support and training to anyone in the United States.

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.

Des Moines Office
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 Fourth Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
800-362-2587 (Toll free)
515-281-1333
515-281-1355 (TTY)
515-281-1263 (Fax)
www.blind.state.ia.us
E-mail: information@blind.state.ia.us

Waterloo District Office
Iowa Department for the Blind - Waterloo
3420 University Avenue, Suite A
Waterloo, IA 50701
888-378-4397 (Toll free)
319-226-3352
319-226-3354 (Fax)
E-mail: information@blind.state.ia.us

Cedar Rapids District Office
Iowa Department for the Blind - Cedar Rapids
411 3rd Street SE
Suite 745
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401-1811
888-346-9557 (Toll free)
319-365-9111
319-298-9369 (Fax)
E-mail: information@blind.state.ia.us

Programs and services include:

• Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Independent Living Rehabilitation Services
• Adult Orientation and Adjustment Center
• Business Enterprises Program
• Aids and Devices Store
• Public Education and In-Service Training.

510 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
800-532-1486 (Voice/TTY)
515-281-4211 (Voice/TTY)
515-281-4703 (Fax)
www.ivrs.iowa.gov[link opens in new window]

90 Bridge Street, Suite 100
Westbrook, ME 04092
207-857-9001
207-857-9199 (Fax)
www.itnamerica.org
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ITNAmerica is a national non-profit organization that provides transportation to seniors and adults with visual impairments. ITNAmerica provides rides with door-through-door, arm-through-arm service and allows older people to trade their own cars to pay for rides and enables volunteer drivers to store transportation credits for their own future transportation needs.

ITNAmerica's first affiliate communities include Charleston, S.C.; Chicago, Ill.; Portland, Maine; Orlando, Fla; Los Angeles, Calif.; Lexington, Ky; San Diego, Calif.; Enfield, Middlesex, Middletown and Fairfield County, Conn.; Sarasota, Fla.; the Quad Cities of Iowa; Cincinnati, Ohio; Las Vegas, NV; Racine, WI; St. Charles, MO.

2200 University Avenue West, Suite 200
Saint Paul, MN 55114
800-871-8780 (Toll free)
651-203-2200
651-203-2203 (Fax)
www.thelowvisioncenter.com
E-mail: lowvisionstore@yahoo.com

The Low Vision Store carries a full line of daily living products and reading machines for people who are blind or have low vision. They cover the five-state area of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa and will do free in-house demonstrations for all reading machines.

Ophthalmology: Vision Rehabilitation Service
Grandview Medical Center
300 North Grandview Avenue, Suite F
Dubuque, IA 52001
563-589-0592
Web site
E-mail: clinical-outreach@uiowa.edu  

The new vision rehabilitation clinic complements services currently provided by University of Iowa's Specialty Eye Care - Retina Service and will provide treatment for patients with low vision, along with offering consultation, educational activities, and other support services for physicians in northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin, and northwest Illinois.