The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. and Adult Life Products
[3]1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085
800-223-1839 (U.S. and Canada)
502-895-2405
502-899-2274 (Fax)
E-mail: info@aph.org [4]
catalogs@aph.org [5] (request a catalog)
American Printing House for the Blind (APH) offers braille products, books, and supplies; large-print books; computer software and access; labeling and marking; lighting; low vision; mobility devices; personal care; recreation and leisure; talking products; and writing and reading devices.
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults [16]
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 [17]
Regional Representative contact information: www.hknc.org/FieldServicesREGREPADD.htm [18]
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.
90 Bridge Street, Suite 100
Westbrook, ME 04092
207-857-9001
207-857-9199 (Fax)
www.itnamerica.org [73]
Send E-mail to ITNAmerica [74]
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 affiliate communities include Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Orlando, Sarasota, FL; Los Angeles, San Diego, Monterey CA; Lexington, KY; Enfield, Middlesex, Middletown, and Fairfield County, CT; the Quad Cities of IA; Cincinnati, OH; Las Vegas, NV; Racine, WI; St. Charles, Kansas City MO; Westchester County, NY; Boston, Framingham MA
275 East Main Street
Mail Stop 2-EJ
Frankfort, KY 40621
800-321-6668 or 877-592-5463 (Toll free)
502-564-4754
502-564-2929 (TDD)
502-564-2951 (Fax)
http://blind.ky.gov [78]
The Kentucky Office for the Blind is a state government rehabilitation agency that offers assistance to persons who are blind or visually impaired. They also provide services for employers interested in hiring or accommodating workers who have a vision loss.
The mission of the Kentucky Office for the Blind is to provide opportunities for employment and independence to individuals with visual disabilities. They offer services that help individuals become more independent and productive in the workplace, community, school, and home.
Offices are located in Ashland, Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Florence, Frankfort, Lexington, Louisville, Owensboro, Paducah, Prestonsburg, and Somerset.
209 St. Clair Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
800-372-7172 (Toll free Voice/TTY)
502-564-4440 (Voice/TTY)
http://ovr.ky.gov [82]
Contact information: http://ovr.ky.gov/contact_us.htm [83]
The Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation assists Kentuckians with disabilities to achieve suitable employment and independence.
6708 Lunar Drive
Louisville, KY 40258
800-687-0195 (Toll free)
502-447-2458
502-448-1897 (Fax)
www.labcomputers.net [86]
E-mail: info@labcomputers.net [87]
Lab Computers, Inc. offers products in leading assistive technology products, including Scanning and OCR Products, Text Readers, Magnification Products, and Braille Products.
120 North Eagle Creek Drive
Suite #500
Lexington, KY 40509
800-627-2020 (Toll free)
859-263-3900
859-263-3757 (Fax)
http://lowvisionky.com [90]
E-mail: drdealba@lowvisionky.com [91]
Low Vision Services of Kentucky provides care for the visually impaired population of Kentucky and surrounding states with rehabilitative vision services and specialized prescribed magnifying devices. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for the visually impaired patient by helping to maintain independence.
www.va.gov [94]
Contact the VA [95]
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 [96]:
Use this search feature to locate VA facility-related information quickly and accurately.
Fact Sheets about VA Services [97]:
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 [98]:
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) [99]:
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:
Links:
[1] http://www.visionaware.org/ky#main-content
[2] http://www.visionaware.org/american_printing_house_for_the_blind
[3] http://www.aph.org
[4] mailto:info@aph.org
[5] mailto:catalogs@aph.org
[6] http://www.visionaware.org/assistive-technology-products
[7] http://www.visionaware.org/find_braille_products
[8] http://www.visionaware.org/sources_of_products_for_independent_living
[9] http://www.visionaware.org/find_labeling_products
[10] http://www.visionaware.org/reading_listening
[11] http://www.visionaware.org/recreation-leisure-products-blind-low-vision
[12] http://www.visionaware.org/national_organizations
[13] http://www.visionaware.org/ky
[14] http://www.visionaware.org/print/939
[15] http://www.visionaware.org/helen_keller_national_center_for_deaf_blind_youths
[16] http://www.hknc.org
[17] mailto:hkncinfo@hknc.org
[18] http://www.hknc.org/FieldServicesREGREPADD.htm
[19] http://www.visionaware.org/elder_services
[20] http://www.visionaware.org/additional_disabilities
[21] http://www.visionaware.org/ak
[22] http://www.visionaware.org/al
[23] http://www.visionaware.org/ar_0
[24] http://www.visionaware.org/az
[25] http://www.visionaware.org/ca
[26] http://www.visionaware.org/co
[27] http://www.visionaware.org/ct
[28] http://www.visionaware.org/dc
[29] http://www.visionaware.org/de
[30] http://www.visionaware.org/fl
[31] http://www.visionaware.org/ga
[32] http://www.visionaware.org/hi
[33] http://www.visionaware.org/ia
[34] http://www.visionaware.org/id
[35] http://www.visionaware.org/il
[36] http://www.visionaware.org/in
[37] http://www.visionaware.org/ks
[38] http://www.visionaware.org/la
[39] http://www.visionaware.org/ma
[40] http://www.visionaware.org/md
[41] http://www.visionaware.org/me
[42] http://www.visionaware.org/mi
[43] http://www.visionaware.org/mn
[44] http://www.visionaware.org/mo
[45] http://www.visionaware.org/ms
[46] http://www.visionaware.org/mt
[47] http://www.visionaware.org/nc
[48] http://www.visionaware.org/nd
[49] http://www.visionaware.org/ne_nevada_vision_services
[50] http://www.visionaware.org/nh
[51] http://www.visionaware.org/nj
[52] http://www.visionaware.org/nm
[53] http://www.visionaware.org/nv
[54] http://www.visionaware.org/ny
[55] http://www.visionaware.org/oh
[56] http://www.visionaware.org/ok
[57] http://www.visionaware.org/or
[58] http://www.visionaware.org/pa
[59] http://www.visionaware.org/ri
[60] http://www.visionaware.org/sc
[61] http://www.visionaware.org/sd
[62] http://www.visionaware.org/tn
[63] http://www.visionaware.org/tx
[64] http://www.visionaware.org/ut
[65] http://www.visionaware.org/va
[66] http://www.visionaware.org/vt
[67] http://www.visionaware.org/wa_state
[68] http://www.visionaware.org/wi
[69] http://www.visionaware.org/wv
[70] http://www.visionaware.org/wy
[71] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1410
[72] http://www.visionaware.org/itnamerica
[73] http://www.itnamerica.org
[74] http://www.itnamerica.org/content/RequestInformationForm.php
[75] http://www.visionaware.org/searchable_databases
[76] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2323
[77] http://www.visionaware.org/kentucky_office_for_the_blind
[78] http://blind.ky.gov
[79] http://www.visionaware.org/all_state_rehabilitation_agencies
[80] http://www.visionaware.org/print/871
[81] http://www.visionaware.org/kentucky_office_of_vocational_rehabilitation
[82] http://ovr.ky.gov
[83] http://ovr.ky.gov/contact_us.htm
[84] http://www.visionaware.org/print/870
[85] http://www.visionaware.org/lab_computers_inc
[86] http://www.labcomputers.net
[87] http://www.visionaware.org/mailto
[88] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2533
[89] http://www.visionaware.org/KY-Low-Vision-Services
[90] http://lowvisionky.com
[91] mailto:drdealba@lowvisionky.com
[92] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1646
[93] http://www.visionaware.org/US-vets
[94] http://www.va.gov
[95] https://iris.va.gov/scripts/iris.cfg/php.exe/enduser/home.php
[96] http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp
[97] http://www1.va.gov/opa/publications/factsheets.asp
[98] http://www1.va.gov/blindrehab
[99] http://www1.va.gov/BLINDREHAB/VIST.asp
[100] http://www.visionaware.org/veterans_services
[101] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1493