8630 Fenton Street, Suite 121
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3803
301-495-4402 (TTY)
301-495-4403 (Voice)
301-495-4404 (Fax)
www.aadb.org
E-mail: AADB-Info@aadb.org

AADB is a national consumer organization of, by, and for deaf-blind Americans and their supporters. "Deaf-blind" includes all types and degrees of dual vision and hearing loss.

Membership consists of deaf-blind people from diverse backgrounds, as well as family members, professionals, interpreters, and other interested supporters.

AADB is a nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors, the majority of whom are deaf-blind.

3345 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21227
888-322-4567 (Toll free)
410-737-2600
410-737-2665 (Fax)
http://bism.org  
Contact information: http://bism.org/contact.cfm  

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland serves over 2,000 individuals each year with innovative rehabilitation and training programs that put people on the road to independence. There are ten facilities across Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, and Kentucky.

Blind Industries is a participating agency in the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program, and a direct source for more than 2000 quality SKILCRAFT products made by Americans who are blind or severely disabled.

www.clb.org 
E-mail: info@clb.org

Office locations:

1825 K Street, NW
Suite 1103
Washington, DC 20006
202-454-6400
202-454-6401 (Fax)

6200 Baltimore Avenue
Suite 100
Riverdale, MD 20737
240-737-5100
240-737-5101 (Fax)

8720 Georgia Avenue
Suite 210
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-589-0894
301-589-7281 (Fax)

Since 1900, Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (CLB) has been dedicated to helping the blind or visually impaired population of the greater Washington region overcome the challenges of vision loss.

CLB provides programs and services to people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired, regardless of ability to pay. Programs and services include:

• Adaptive technology
• Professional and career services training
• Low vision services
• Rehabilitation
• Counseling
• Children's services
• Independent living
• Older adult programs

11435 Cronhill Drive
Owings Mills, MD 21117-2220
800-683-5555 (Toll free)
800-683-5551 (Toll free TDD)
410-568-0150
410-363-7139 (Local TDD)
www.blindness.org
E-mail: info@FightBlindness.org
Find a local chapter

The mission of The Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments, and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration, Usher Syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.

7701 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 604
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-951-4444
www.lowvisioninfo.org
E-mail: Terry@lowvisioninfo.org  

The mission of the Low Vision Center is to help people with low vision discover the aids and strategies that will help them lead a full, happy, and independent life.

Services include a newsletter and demonstrations of a wide range of optical and non-optical aids and devices, assistive technology, lighting, and daily living devices.

Division of Rehabilitation Services
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218-1696
866-614-4780 (Toll free)
410-554-9277
410-554-9195 (TTY/TDD)
410-554-9197 (Fax)
www.dors.state.md.us/dors
E-mail: bspath@dors.state.md.us

Office for Blindness and Vision Services www.dors.state.md.us/DORS/ProgramServices/Business3

The Office for Blindness and Vision Services (OBVS) oversees programs and services for individuals whose primary disability is vision loss.

OBVS includes rehabilitation counselors, rehabilitation technologists, case managers and rehabilitation teachers with specialized training in issues of importance to people who are blind, visually impaired or deaf-blind. They assist people in designing and carrying out plans for employment or independent living.

OBVS also administers the Maryland Business Enterprise Program for the Blind, which prepares individuals to operate successful vending and food service operations in public facilities.

National Eye Institute
2020 Vision Place
Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
301-496-5248
E-mail: 2020@nei.nih.gov

The National Eye Institute (NEI) was established by Congress in 1968 to protect and prolong the vision of the American people. As one of the Federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NEI conducts and supports research that helps prevent and treat eye diseases and other disorders of vision. Part of the NEI mission is to develop public and professional education programs that help prevent blindness, reduce visual impairment, and increase awareness of services and devices that are available for people with low vision.

NEI news is a good source of information about:

• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Cataracts
• Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
• Glaucoma

A downloadable School Program for Grades 4-8 entitled VISION is part of a nationwide public education program designed to mark the 25th anniversary of the National Eye Institute. The curriculum supplements can be used by a teacher and/or a guest speaker. 

10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895-3944
800-896-3650 (Toll free)
301-942-6430
301-942-2302 (Fax)
www.thefamilycaregiver.org
E-mail: info@thefamilycaregiver.org

The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age.

National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-659-9314
410-685-5653 (Fax)

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information that exist."

With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the largest membership organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB works to improve blind people's lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs that encourage independence and self-confidence. The NFB has affiliates in all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and over 700 local chapters. In January 2004, the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind. To find the local chapter in your area, go to State Affiliates of the NFB.

Programs and services include:

• The International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind
• NFB-NEWSLINE®
• NFB-LINK®
• Jacobus tenBroek Library
• NFB Scholarship Program
• Braille Readers Are Leaders Program
• Braille Is Beautiful
• NFB ShareBraille
• Possibilities Fair for Seniors

8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 600
Landover, MD 20785
800-346-2742 (Toll free)
301-459-5900
301-459-5984 (TTY)
301-459-4263 (Fax)
www.naric.com
E-mail: naricinfo@heitechservices.com

The NARIC web site provides disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats, including searchable databases and timely reference and referral data.

The Center for Vision Rehabilitation for People with Low Vision Needs
901 Dulaney Valley Road
Towson, MD 21204
410-337-4500
410-339-7326 (Fax)
www.nationalretina.org
Send e-mail

Offices are located in Tyson's Corner, Fredericksburg, and Manassas, Virginia; Towson, Chevy Chase, and Silver Spring, Maryland.
Office addresses 

Greater Baltimore Medical Center
6569 North Charles Street
Physicians Pavilion West, Suite 305
Baltimore, MD 21204
443-849-2658
443-849-2603
443-849-2631 (Fax)
www.gbmc.org/medicine/hoover/index.cfm

Services include:

• Low vision examinations
• Low vision education and training
• Low vision aids
• In-home rehabilitation
• Orientation and mobility

1313 West Old Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21209-4989
800-677-3937 (MSS-EYES) (Toll free)
410-243-2020
410-889-2505 (Fax)
www.mdsocietyforsight.org  
E-mail: info@mdsocietyforsight.org

The Maryland Society for Sight works to achieve its mission through vision screenings for preschoolers, visual acuity and glaucoma screenings for adults, mobile eye care for the homeless, and eye health and safety education programs.

600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-955-5080
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wilmer
Additional locations

Clinical services and departments include:

• Comprehensive Eye Service
• Low Vision and Visual Rehabilitation Service
• Macular Degeneration
• Cornea, Cataract, and External Diseases
• Glaucoma Service
• Contact Lens Service
• Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus
• Retina Division
• Visual Physiology Service

University Eye Care (including Low Vision)
22 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1595
800-492-5538 (Toll free)
410-328-UMMS (8667) (General information)
www.umm.edu/eyecare