919 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-627-0600
215- 922-0692 (Fax)
www.asb.org
E-mail: asbinfo@asb.org

Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired is located in historic Center City, Philadelphia. Our many divisions serve the local Philadelphia and Delaware Valley areas and beyond.

Programs and services include:

• Radio and Recording: The Radio Information Center for the Blind (RICB) is a 24-hour radio reading service broadcasting throughout the Delaware Valley. The Recording Department narrates more than two dozen popular magazines, which are then made available on cassette. 
• Production and Custom Braille: ASB's Braille Division brailles, proofreads, presses and binds over 5 million braille pages per year for many municipalities, schools and businesses worldwide.
• Computer Technology Center: Clients enhance their communication skills and employment prospects by learning basic computer operations at ASB's Computer Technology Center.
• Rehabilitation: Hands-on training programs give blind and visually impaired adults the skills necessary to function independently at home, at work, and in the community. 
• Specialized Services: Experienced professionals offer case management services, blindness-specific counseling, food shopping assistance and transportation, and a variety of classes and support groups.
• Philadelphia Lighthouse of the Blind: Founded in 1945 to provide social, cultural, and educational opportunities for blind and visually impaired people.

174 Court Street
Binghamton, NY 13901-3514
607-724-2428
607-771-8045 (Fax)
www.avreus.org  
E-mail: avreinfo@avreus.org  

The Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment, Inc. (A.V.R.E.) is a private, non-profit organization that serves people with vision disabilities. People of all ages, from infants to elders, can and do benefit from our services. We offer a range of learning, living, and working options for people who have a vision disability.

A.V.R.E. works with individuals who live in the New York counties of Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins, as well as the Pennsylvania counties of Bradford, Susquehanna, and Tioga.

Programs and services include:

• Vision Rehabilitation Therapy Services
• Low Vision Services
• Orientation and Mobility
• ACCESS-Tech Center
• Counseling Services
• Adaptive Aids and Devices
• Infants and Children Services
• Employment and Career Services
• Senior Vision Services
• Support Groups

465 Maplewood Road
Springfield, PA 19064
302-836-5784
302-836-5084 (Fax)
www.blindsports.org
E-mail: info@blindsports.org

Blind Sports Organization (BSO) provides, promotes, and advocates sports, recreation, and social opportunities for blind and visually impaired youth and adults, offering goalball, judo, walk-run club, beep baseball, bowling, and a youth multi-sport sampler.

BSO offers additional sports at their annual Sports Day and occasional special events, and provides speakers to educate the public about the benefits of participation in fitness, recreation, and sports.

P.O. Box 897
Philadelphia, PA 19105
215-829-3426
215-829-5807 (Fax)
www.diabeteseducationandresearchcenter.org

The Diabetes Education and Research Center is a non-profit organization serving the needs of people living in Philadelphia, PA and surrounding communities by providing education through its News and Information Journal; acting as a patient advocate; and providing the diabetic patient with contact information for companies, health professionals, and other individuals and organizations that deliver necessary products or services.

489 Devon Park Drive, Suite 300
Wayne, PA 19087
610-964-7931
866-964-7931 (Toll free)
610-964-7945 (Fax)
www.ez2cfoundation.org

The mission of the EZ2C Foundation is to improve the quality of life for individuals with blindness and vision loss. Working in conjunction with medical, social service and educational communities our goal is to achieve independent living for all persons with blindness and vision loss. Our focus is in providing service to promote positive attitudes in life, despite vision loss.

The Eye Institute of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry
1200 West Godfrey Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141
800-433-EYES (3937) (Toll free)
215-276-6111 (Appointments)
www.teivision.com/services_low_vision.htm

The Feinbloom Center's interdisciplinary staff is made up of optometrists, social workers, and certified low vision specialists. The interdisciplinary team develops low vision strategies that help patients with visual impairment to achieve goals such as reading, identifying street signs and bus numbers, watching television, managing household and job-related tasks, and keeping up with school work.

The services provided by the professional staff at the Feinbloom Center include:

• Comprehensive low vision evaluations for adults and children
• Prescription and dispensing of low vision devices and adaptive equipment
• Rehabilitative training in the use of remaining vision
• Adaptive technology evaluations
• Referral to agencies that offer assistance in obtaining adaptive equipment and rehabilitative services.

55 East 9th Street, Suite 9D
New York, NY 10003
646-202-1049
http://gatewave.org
E-mail: info@gatewave.org

Gatewave.org is a closed-circuit and internet radio reading service that broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the tri-state area (NY, NJ, PA). Volunteer broadcasters read the content from over 100 newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Cat Fancy, Dog Fancy and People. Gatewave distributes its programming to listeners who cannot read standard printed materials because of a visual, learning, or physical disability.

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.

Low Vision Services
311 East Baltimore Pike, Suite 100A
Media, PA 19063
610-892-8767
610-892-8766 (Fax)
www.astorinovisionrehab.com
E-mail: lowvision@astorinovisionrehab.com

201 Chestnut Street
Sewickley, PA 15143
800-789-2486 (Toll free)
412-749-4700
412-749-6999 (Fax)
www.lowvisionproducts.net
E-mail: lowvision1@verizon.net

Mobile Optical Services has provided assistance to people with macular degeneration and other low vision disorders since 1992. Originally supplying eyewear for seniors at home and at several senior living centers, Mobile Optical now specializes in electronic assistive technology for reading, writing, hobbies and performing daily activities.

Mobile Optical offers a wide variety of low vision reading devices, such as hand-held magnifiers, desktop magnifiers, low vision software, and in-store and in-home demonstrations of Enhanced Vision electronic low vision magnifiers.

Richard Brilliant, O.D., Director
Springfield Hospital
100 West Sproul Road
Springfield, PA 19064
610-690-4900
Moore Eye Foundation web site
E-mail: contact@mooreeye.com

In response to the continual rise of individuals with low vision and subsequent increase in demand for vision rehabilitation services, the Moore Eye Foundation has been developed.

The Moore Eye Foundation is committed to providing the highest quality of low vision services in the nation. The Foundation has recruited a nationally and internationally respected team of low vision professionals and has also purchased state-of-the-art low vision devices and the most advanced diagnostic equipment for the benefit of low vision patients.

Main Campus
60 Township Line Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
800-225-5667 (Toll free)
215-663-6000
www.mossrehab.com
Contact MossRehab
Low Vision Rehabilitation Services

MossRehab provides vision rehabilitation as a specialized outpatient rehabilitation service for those whose primary problem is vision loss. MossRehab also is the only medical rehabilitation facility in the area that provides vision rehabilitation services as part of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation program where vision impairment is treated along with other conditions and injuries.

Low Vision Rehabilitation
Marla Moon, O.D., F.A.A.O.
428 Windmere Drive
State College, PA 16801
814-234-2015
www.nittanyeye.com
E-mail: drmoon@nittanyeye.com

800-334-2233 (Toll free)
570-342-3145
www.neivision.com
Contact information
Office locations

The Northeastern Eye Institute (NEI) serves Pennsylvania patients in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazelton, and surrounding areas in Lackawanna, Luzerne and other counties.

Low Vision Treatments For Eye Disease and Injury

At NEI, a low vision specialist can help the patient see better through devices such as magnifiers, telescopes, and video magnifiers, and can train the patient to use them. An NEI specialist can also recommend non-optical adaptive devices, such as large-face printed material, audio tapes, special light fixtures, and signature guides.

2867 Washington Road
McMurray, PA 15317
724-941-3456
www.onevisionwellness.com
E-mail: eyehealth@onevisionwellness.com
Lisa Cox, OD
Low Vision Rehabilitation Services

Scheie Eye Institute
Ralston House, Suite 141
3615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
800-789-7366 (Appointments)
http://pennhealth.com/ophth/services/lowvision.html

Scheie Eye Institute is the Department of Ophthalmology for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

The Penn Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation is a state-of-the-art facility that combines the skills of ophthalmology, optometry and occupational therapy to make the most of vision that cannot be restored further through medical or surgical means.

1004 West 9th Avenue, 1st Floor
King of Prussia, PA 19406
888-744-1938 (Toll free voice and TTY)
484-674-0506 (Voice and TTY)
484-674-0510 (Fax)
www.patf.us
E-mail: patf@patf.us

The Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) is a non-profit organization that provides low-interest loans to people with disabilities and older adults so that they can buy the assistive technology devices and services they need.

555 Gettysburg Pike, Suite A300
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
717-766-2020
717-766-2099 (Fax)
www.pablind.org
E-mail: elaine.welch@pablind.org

The Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB), through its network of 29 member agencies, provides innovative services for people of all ages who have a wide range of vision impairments from low vision to total blindness.

Use the PAB web site search function to find a local member agency near you.

PAB member agencies provide quality, caring services across the 67 counties of the Commonwealth of PA and to individuals residing outside state lines. These services include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Blindness Adjustment Counseling
• Life Skills Training at Agencies and in Homes
• Orientation & Mobility Instruction (Cane Travel)
• Home Retrofitting to Ensure Safe Mobility
• Access/Information technology Instruction
• Safety and Prevention Education Programs/Seminars on Prevention
• Vision Screenings in Schools, Preschools, Industries, Senior Centers, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, etc.
• Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment/Training
• Rehabilitation (including residential programs)
• Children’s Summer Instructional Programs
• Radio Reading Programs · Preschool
• Agency Industry Employing Persons with Vision Impairment
• Escorted Transportation
• Social/Recreational Activities
• Braille Instruction
• Low Vision Clinics/Low Vision Aids
• Low/no cost prescription eyewear
• Assistance with Finance Management
• Community Service Referrals
• Support groups/seminars/educational programs for Individuals/Families

931 N. Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102
877-617-7407 (Toll free)
717-920-9999
717-920-9988
www.pcb1.org
E-mail: pcb1@paonline.com

The mission of the Pennsylvania Council of the Blind (PCB) is to promote independence and opportunities for people who are blind or vision impaired, and to enhance their quality of life.

PCB aims to encourage and assist people in achieving their potential as valued members of society by offering assistance, support groups, advocacy, and encouragement in all aspects of accessibility, transportation, education, and employment.

Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services
Forum Place
555 Walnut Street, 8th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
800-442-6352 (Toll free)
717-787-7834
877-497-6545 (Toll free TTY)
717-787-4013 (TTY)
Web site

The mission of the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (BBVS) is to assist Pennsylvanians who are blind or visually impaired gain the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities. BBVS services are provided throughout the Commonwealth by professional staff in District Offices located in the following cities: Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburgh, and Erie.

Programs and services include:

• Vocational Rehabilitation Program
• Rehabilitation Teaching
• Orientation and Mobility Instruction
• Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program
• Independent Living for the Older Blind Program
• Specialized Children's Program
• Specialized Services for Adults
• Prevention of Blindness Services

114 State Road 103 South
Mount Union, PA 17066-9601
814-542-2511
814-542-7437 (Fax)
www.beaconlodge.com
E-mail: beaconlodgecamp@verizon.net

The Pennsylvania Lions' Beacon Lodge Camp is a 583-acre camp for children and adults with special needs including blindness, deafness, and many other physical and mental challenges.

Beacon Lodge was established in 1948 as a summer camp for blind residents of Pennsylvania and has become a conference center for special groups, an educational facility for families, and a rental camp for group retreats.

Accessible Programs
26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215-684-7602
215-684-7600 (TTY)
215-684-7395 (Fax)
www.philamuseum.org

Form in Art Program:

Form in Art combines art-making studio classes and the study of art history into a unique course for legally blind adults. Visual description and touch tours by specially trained guides help students get an initial experience of select objects in the Museum's galleries.

Historical and subjective information and lectures by conservators and curators supplement this information and teach about the role of the art museum. In studio classes, artist instructors expose the students to a wide variety of materials and techniques to assist and encourage their self-expression.

3827 Powelton Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-1808 x109
215-386-0823 (Fax)
www.mercydouglass.org/properties.htm

The Edith R. Rudolphy Residence for the Blind is a program for low-income individuals with blindness and other disabilities.

Located in the Powelton/Saunders Park area of Philadelphia's University City, Rudolphy has joined forces with Mercy-Douglass Human Services Affiliate to revitalize Rudolphy's landmark building and establish a new concept in independent living.

Low Vision Services
Tracy Carpenter Sepich, O.D.
100 Oakwood Avenue, Suite 300
State College, PA 16803
814-272-0262
814-272-1501 (Fax)
www.sepicheyecare.com/LowVision.htm
E-mail: tsepich@sepicheyecare.com

521 Reading Avenue
West Reading, PA 19611
610-396-0999
800-374-4149 (Toll free)
610-396-1223 (Fax)
www.keystonemagnification.com
E-mail: info@keystonemagnification.com

The Keystone Magnification Center carries a range of video magnification CCTV systems to help people with macular degeneration and other forms of low vision to read, write, and live independently.

www.va.gov 
Contact the VA

The mission of the Veterans' Healthcare System (VHA) is to serve the needs of America's veterans by providing primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services. Approximately a quarter of the nation's population -- approximately 70 million people -- are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans.

Facilities Locator Home Page: 
Use this search feature to locate VA facility-related information quickly and accurately.

Fact Sheets about VA Services:
Use this search feature to locate VA News Releases and Fact Sheets on topics that include health care and benefits.

Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Veterans:
The mission of the VA Blind Rehabilitation Service is to coordinate a healthcare service delivery system that provides a continuum of care for blinded veterans extending from their home environment to the local VA facility and to the appropriate rehabilitation setting.

Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST):
The Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST) Coordinator serves as the initial contact person for getting help with vision loss. VIST Coordinators are located at local VA Medical Centers across the country. They work to ensure that veterans with visual impairments receive appropriate benefits and services.

The VIST Coordinator is a case manager who has major responsibility for the coordination of all services for legally blind veterans and their families. Duties include providing and/or arranging for the provision of appropriate treatment plans and programs in order to enhance a blinded veteran's functioning level.

Other duties include identifying new cases of blindness, providing professional counseling, resolving problems, arranging annual healthcare reviews, and conducting education programs relating to blindness.

Services for blind and visually impaired veterans include:

• Orientation and Mobility
• Independent Living Skills
• Manual Skills
• Visual Skills and Low Vision Services
• Computer Access Training
• Physical Conditioning
• Recreation
• Adjustment to Blindness
• Family Program

501 North 17th Street, Suite 203
Allentown, PA 18104
610-308-2212
610-437-5837 (Fax)
http://www.lowvisiondr.com
E-mail: drseebetter@aol.com

Dr. Diane Catania graduated with honors from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry with a Doctorate in Optometry. She is a Low Vision Specialist who trained at the William Feinbloom Vision Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia.

Vision Loss Solutions, LLC was formed in 2003 and has provided low vision rehabilitation services to countless patients at the Lehigh Center for Sight and the Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired of Lehigh County. She continues with a new location opened in April 2010 at Liberty Square Medical Center in Allentown.

Low Vision Service
840 Walnut Street, Suite 1010
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-928-3450
215-928-7234 (Fax)
http://willseye.org/patients/services/lowvision

Wills Eye Hospital opened its Low Vision Service in 1982 to enhance the quality of life for those people whose eyesight cannot be improved through medical or surgical treatment. The Service offers these patients the opportunity to make the best possible use of their remaining vision through a comprehensive rehabilitative process.