The Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation
Henry Greene, O.D., FAAO
3115 Academy Road
Durham, NC 27707
800-942 - 1499 (Toll free)
919-493-7456
919-493-1718 (Fax)
Web site
E-mail contacts

The Center for Vision Rehabilitation specializes in providing low vision care for individuals who are visually impaired. Vision rehabilitation uses special methods of evaluation and treatment to determine methods to maximize vision for individuals whose vision is not adequate for their needs - such as reading, driving, reading signs, seeing the blackboard, and using the computer.

c/o James Benton
ABBA President
1209 Somerset Road
Raleigh, NC 27610
919-755-0700
www.abba1951.org
E-mail: president@abba1951.org  

Since the 1940s, the ABBA has enabled blind and visually impaired youths and adults to bowl alongside sighted friends and family. The development of special guide rails has made this possible.

The ABBA has over 2000 members in more than 125 leagues across the United States and Canada. ABBA sponsors blind bowling leagues for adults, an annual tournament, and publishes The Blind Bowler.

45-A South French Broad Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
828-252-5706
E-mail: eyeclinic01@bellsouth.net
No web site at present

7730 North Point Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
800-242-7726 (Toll free)
336-759-2257
336-245-0640 (Fax)
www.communitylowvision.com  

The Community Low Vision Center offers comprehensive resources for persons with low vision, and supports and teaches individuals to utilize their existing vision in order to maximize functional independence. This can be accomplished through the use of adaptive strategies including lighting, contrast, magnification, field enhancement, positioning, and with the aid of optical and non-optical devices.

Low Vision Services
DUMC Box 3802
Durham, NC 27710
800-422-1575 (Toll free)
919-684-0569 (Appointments)
Web site
E-mail: info@dukeeye.org

Duke offers comprehensive vision rehabilitation through a multi-disciplinary team of health care providers for patients who have lost vision to age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, stroke, diabetes, and other eye diseases.

Services include a comprehensive visual function evaluation, technology assessment and training, and occupational therapy evaluation and training. Disability adjustment counseling services and support groups are also available for patients and their families.

Low Vision Rehabilitation Services
Stacy Levinson, O.D.
704-716-2020
www.eyeoptix.net  
E-mail: info@eyeoptix.net   
Office locations  

The low vision rehabilitation service begins with a thorough vision and ocular health evaluation. Spectacles, magnifiers, and other devices may be prescribed, based on specific goals. Training will be provided to ensure correct use and maximize success.

Low Vision Clinic
3333 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
336-718-5780
336-718-9272 (Fax)
Low Vision Clinic web site

The Low Vision Clinic of Forsyth Medical Center is a program to evaluate and treat people with a visual impairment whose corrected vision provides some usable vision, but for whom poor vision still interferes with performance of activities of daily living.

914-920 West Lee Street
Greensboro, NC 37403
800-909-7086 (Customer service)
336-274-1591
336-544-3739 (Fax)
www.industriesoftheblind.com

The mission of Industries of the Blind (IOB) is "to enhance the opportunities for people who are blind to achieve greater vocational, personal, and economic independence."

IOB, Inc. employs over 100 employees in various manufacturing and service direct labor, supervisory, and management positions. From our very beginning, our directors have believed in reinvesting excess earnings in the purchase of new equipment, the development of new products, and the improvement of quality to create and sustain jobs for blind people. 

960 Corporate Drive, Suite 406
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-643-7640
919-732-6624 (Fax)
www.invisionservices.info
E-mail: invision@mindspring.com

The mission of Invision Services is to help children and adults with vision loss to learn, function, and move as successfully and independently as possible within their homes, schools, and communities.

Invision provides the following services:

Special education and related services for visually impaired students in the public schools. Invision contracts with public school systems to provide professionals who work within their schools to meet the special education and related services needs of visually impaired students, Pre-Kindergarten through 12th Grade.

Vision-related rehabilitation services for a growing population of adults adapting to vision loss. We evaluate their visual and functional abilities and design instructional programs that fit their unique needs and daily living goals.

4126 Berkeley Avenue
Kinston, NC 28504
252-523-1019
252-523-7090 (Fax)
www.lionsindustries.com  
E-mail contacts: www.lionsindustries.com/about-lib/contact-us

Lions Industries for the Blind, Inc. (LIB) provides employment opportunities for visually challenged individuals in a work setting that affords both income and dignity to the individual, with no compromise on the quality of the product. Most products are sold to the Federal Government under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act. LIB also provides employment for people with other serious disabilities, such as deafness, retardation, diabetes, and orthopedic problems.

50 Doctors Drive, Suite 403
Asheville, NC 28801
828-213-2222
Web site
E-mail: crscsp@msj.org

Low Vision Services of Mission Hospitals is a resource for people with irreversible changes in vision that cannot be corrected by conventional eyeglasses. The goal of low vision is to help people make the best use of remaining sight and remain as independent as possible.

704 Louise Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-372-3870
704-372-3872 (Fax)
www.mabnc.org
Contact MAB:www.mabnc.org/contact/contact.cfm

The mission and purpose of Metrolina Association for the Blind (MAB) is to reduce or eliminate the daily living problems imposed upon people by blindness or severe visual impairment. Services include therapeutic casework, rehabilitative teaching, orientation and mobility instruction, low vision training, and support services.

MAB also provides Braille and Large Print Services, which produces braille and large print statements and other documents for financial, utility, and telecommunications corporations in North Carolina.

2601 Mail Services Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2601
866-222-1546 (Toll free)
919-733-9822
919-733-9769 (Fax)
www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dsb
Contact information: www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dsb/contact.htm 

Since 1935, the mission of the North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind has been to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to reach their goals of independence and employment.

Services include:

• Career Counseling
• Vocational Evaluation
• On-The-Job Training
• Vocational Training
• Supported Employment/Job Coaching
• Small Business Projects
• Job Placement
• Independent Living Skills
• Safe Travel Skills
• Adjustment To Vision Loss Training
• Technology Training
• Job Site Evaluation
• Low Vision Aids
• Eye-Related Surgery/Treatment

2801 Mail Services Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2801
919-855-3500
919-855-3579 (TTY)
919-733-7968 (Fax)
dvr.dhhs.state.nc.us

3200 Bush Street
Raleigh, NC 27609
919-256-4220
919-850-9442 (Fax)
www.rlcb.net  
E-mail: hmiller@rlcb.net

The Raleigh Lions Clinic for the Blind is a private nonprofit rehabilitation facility. Since it was established in 1966, the Clinic has provided vocational evaluation, medical services, work adjustment training, and limited transitional employment for persons who are blind or visually impaired throughout North Carolina. The Raleigh (Host) Lions Club sponsors the Clinic in cooperation with the Division of Services for the Blind, a state agency.

School of Medicine, Dept. of Ophthalmology
The Kittner Eye Center
Low Vision Services
Ambulatory Care Center
Mason Farm Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-966-2061
919-966-5509 (Appointments)
www.med.unc.edu/ophth/clinical-specialties/low-vision

The Low Vision Service, headed by Henry Greene, O.D., participates in the evaluation and rehabilitation of patients with sub-normal vision. Faculty work with patients to maximize available vision, using optical and electronic devices to improve quality of life. Dr. Greene is a leader in the development of optical and non-optical devices, including the Autofocus low vision aid.

7730 North Point Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
800-242-7726 (Toll free)
336-759-0551
336-759-0990 (Fax)
www.wsifb.com  
E-mail: info@wsifb.com

Industries for the Blind (IFB) is the largest employer of blind people in North Carolina with over 300 workers and fills annual contracts for labor and services valued in excess of $80 million. Sites include Asheville Industries for the Blind and IFB Puerto Rico in Mayaguez.