514 Wheaton Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
269-216-4798
313-483-0505 (Fax)
www.atguys.com [3]
E-mail: support@atguys.com [4]
A T Guys provides innovative technology solutions with an emphasis on mobile productivity. The company's vision is to provide affordable, high-quality technology and services to consumers, along with quality customer support and training.
A T Guys is a distributor for Code Factory, the iBill money identifier, the KNFB Reader Mobile, Sendero GPS, and the Duxbury Braille Translator. In addition, the company administers several popular informational resources including Blind Bargains, a clearinghouse for deals and news for the blind and visually impaired, and Android Access, a website dedicated to accessible Android cell phones.
456 Cherry Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
800-466-8084 (Toll free)
616-458-1187
616-458-7113 (Fax)
www.abvimichigan.org [9]
E-mail: abvi@abvimichigan.org [10]
The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (formerly Vision Enrichment Services) was founded in 1913 as the Association for the Blind and for Sight Conservation. The agency was incorporated in 1921. The purposes of the agency are:
Programs and services include:
Low Vision Clinic
3535 West Thirteen Mile Road, Suite 555
Royal Oak, MI 48073
248-551-2020
Web site [13]
Provides evaluation and testing, visual aids, and on-site occupational therapy as part of a program of rehabilitative services.
15415 East Jefferson Avenue
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
313-824-4710
313-822-4233 (Fax)
www.eyeson.org [16]
The Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, devoted to matters pertaining to vision and the eye.
The DIO was founded in 1972 by business people and local ophthalmologists to provide the support and tools necessary to enhance independence for the visually impaired and blind; develop career opportunities in the allied health field that will provide better trained, caring ophthalmic technicians; and help provide answers to eye and vision problems through research.
Visually Handicapped Services
4201 St. Antoine Street
Detroit, MI 48201
313-745-4510
313-745-4120 (Fax)
www.drhuhc.org/services/visual_handicap [19]
Services include mobility, white cane distribution, activities of daily living, communications, goal setting, and other medical services as needed.
Leela Kausch, LMSW, MA, CVRT
P.O. Box 3319
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-3319
734-904-7854
www.diabetivision.com [22]
E-mail: leela.kausch@diabetivision.com [23]
DiabetiVision was founded by Leela Kausch, a licensed Master Social Worker with expertise in the areas of medical social work, diabetes counseling, blindness, and low vision. Leela is a counselor and teacher who holds Master's degrees in both social work and vision rehabilitation therapy.
DiabetiVision provides in-home counseling and teaching for those experiencing diabetes and vision loss. Services include:
16625 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, MI 48227
313-272-3900
313-272-6893 (Fax)
www.gdabvi.org [26]
E-mail: Information@gdabvi.org [27]
The Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired (GDABVI) provides quality, innovative services that increase self-reliance, productivity and dignity for persons who are blind or visually impaired.
GDABVI offers in-home rehabilitation services to adults and seniors, community education programs on eye health and safety, summer programming for children and youth, and Accessible Computer Training at regional libraries for the blind.
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults [30]
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 [31]
Regional Representative contact information: www.hknc.org/FieldServicesREGREPADD.htm [32]
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.
The Visual Rehabilitation Program [88]
Henry Ford Medical Center - Livonia
29200 Schoolcraft Road
Livonia, MI 48150
734-523-1070
Henry Ford Eye Care Services - Grosse Pointe
15401 E. Jefferson Avenue
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
313-824-2401
Additional contact information [89]
The Visual Rehabilitation Program at Henry Ford Eye Care Services provides comprehensive rehabilitation to help people with macular degeneration and other low vision conditions make the most of their available eyesight. The program can also provide rehabilitation for patients with stroke-related vision loss.
The program offers the combined services of an ophthalmologist/certified low vision optometrist, who establishes the degree of vision loss, and an occupational therapist who tailors rehabilitation to each individual's needs, interests, and visual capabilities.
Susan R. Gormezano, O.D., FAAO
3000 Town Center, Suite 111
Southfield, MI 48075
800-297-8933 (Toll free)
248-352-1772
248-352-0804 (Fax)
Web site [92]
E-mail: gormezano@aol.com [93]
Services include:
15155 Boom Road
Spring Lake, MI 49456
www.magnifiersforyourlife.com [96]
E-mail: contact@magnifiersforyourlife.com [4]
Provides products for people who are visually impaired, such as magnifiers for hobbies and for reading, in addition to binoculars and other magnification devices.
5035 Geraldine Drive
Lansing, MI 48917
888-888-9533 (Toll free)
www.meewebsite.com [102]
E-mail: emailmee@comcast.net [103]
MEE Inc. is a for-profit corporation, home-based in Lansing, Michigan. It is founded on the premise that blind and visually impaired people need choices and provides a showroom for more than a dozen manufacturers of adaptive equipment, either directly as a dealer or indirectly as a secondary re-seller.
MEE Inc. also provides a bus/mobile training center to train up to four persons in each of 20 different mobile classes. The bus and MEE staff travel over 25,000 miles each year.
3500 North Elm Road
Jackson, MI 49201
517-780-5096
517-780-5448 (Fax)
http://mi-braille.org [106]
E-mail: tyler.colton@mi-braille.org [4]
The mission of the Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund (MBTF) is to produce the best braille materials essential for the educational needs and pursuit of independence for the blind and visually impaired.
MBTF is the largest braille production facility in the nation. The facility transcribes textbooks and other printed materials into braille, and transcribes other materials such as contracts, legal documents, tests, exams, manuals, restaurant menus, and election ballots.
Low Vision Rehabilitation Services
1310 Cramer Circle
502 Pennock
Big Rapids, MI 49307
231-591-2020
231-591-3991 (Fax)
Web site [110]
The low vision clinic accepts appointments for individuals who are unable to read normal size print, such as a newspaper, using conventional glasses or contact lenses.
Patients are demonstrated hand-held, stand, pocket, and spectacle-mounted magnifying devices to accomplish specific reading tasks. There are also magnifying devices that can improve distance vision. The clinic also has many electro-optical devices that can improve near, intermediate, and distance vision.
201 North Washington Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 30652
Lansing, MI 48909
800-292-4200 (Toll free statewide)
888-864-1212 (Toll free TTY statewide)
517-373-2062
517-373-4025 (TTY)
517-335-5140 (Fax)
www.michigan.gov/mcb [113]
Office locations and staff directory [114]
The mission of the Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) is to provide opportunity to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to achieve employability and/or function independently in society.
The Michigan Commission for the Blind has its central office in Lansing. In addition, there are eight field offices statewide and a training center in Kalamazoo.
Career Education & Workforce Programs
201 North Washington Square, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 30010
Lansing, MI 48909
800-605-6722 (Toll free)
517-373-4026
888-605-6722 (TTY)
517-335-7277 (Fax)
www.michigan.gov/mdcd [117]
2207 Lake Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49048
269-383-0713
269-383-0357 (Fax)
www.mwebmi.com [121]
Contact Midwest Enterprises for the Blind [122]
MidWest Enterprises for the Blind, Inc. (MWEB) was incorporated in 1993 in the state of Michigan with the sole purpose of providing employment opportunities for people who are legally blind. MWEB provides an environment with a team spirit, and a collective vision to grow employment opportunities. It is self-supporting by providing quality products or services at a competitive price, with an expertise in light assembly, packaging and warehousing, and distribution services.
www.va.gov [125]
Contact the VA [126]
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 [127]:
Use this search feature to locate VA facility-related information quickly and accurately.
Fact Sheets about VA Services [128]:
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 [129]:
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) [130]:
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:
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-763-1415 (General Information)
www.kellogg.umich.edu [134]
Low Vision and Visual Rehabilitation Service [135]
734-764-5106
734-936-1991 (Fax)
Kellogg's Low Vision and Visual Rehabilitation Service helps patients with vision loss ranging from mild visual impairment to legal blindness.
Kellogg offers the services of an occupational therapist who works with patients to enhance independence in daily activities. Patients receive help in using aids that assist in functional activities, such as financial management (writing checks, paying bills), meal preparation, vocational needs, and hobbies.
2865 N. Reynolds Road, Suite 170
Toledo, OH 43615
419-578-2020
419-539-6323 (Fax)
www.visionassociates.net [138]
E-mail: info@visionassociates.net [4]
Vision Associates is the University of Toledo Medical Center Division of Ophthalmology. Vision Associates provides comprehensive and subspecialty eye care in the Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan region, with offices in Toledo, Bowling Green, Fostoria, and Defiance.
1422 West Court Street
Flint, MI 48503
810-235-2544
www.vicflint.org [141]
E-mail: info@vicflint.org [142]
The Visually Impaired Center is committed to developing resources and collaborative programs, as well as providing services that enable independent life for people with vision loss.
Programs and services include:
500 Cherry Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
888-939-9292 (Toll free)
www.welcomehomesmichigan.org [145]
E-mail: info@welcomehomesmichigan.org [146]
Welcome Homes Residential Services is a Lions of Michigan state project that partners with residential programs around the state to provide training and services wherever people who are blind or have low vision reside.
Welcome Homes is a membership program for residential living centers wishing to provide specialized care for individuals dealing with varying stages of vision loss. Welcome Homes services are designed to promote independence, build confidence, and encourage visually impaired residents to remain active.
Vision Rehabilitation Clinic
1000 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
269-387-7000
269-387-7064 (Fax)
www.wmich.edu/hhs/unifiedclinics/visionrehab.htm [149]
The Vision Rehabilitation Clinic is a direct service component of the Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies at Western Michigan University.
The clinic evaluates remaining vision, prescribes appropriate low vision aids, and provides training in their use.
Links:
[1] http://www.visionaware.org/mi#main-content
[2] http://www.visionaware.org/at_guys_inc
[3] http://www.atguys.com
[4] http://www.visionaware.org/mailto
[5] http://www.visionaware.org/assistive-technology-products
[6] http://www.visionaware.org/mi
[7] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2486
[8] http://www.visionaware.org/MI-Association-Blind-Visually-Impaired
[9] http://www.abvimichigan.org
[10] mailto:abvi@abvimichigan.org
[11] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1540
[12] http://www.visionaware.org/beaumont_eye_institute
[13] http://www.beaumonthospitals.com/ophthalmology-low-vision-clinic
[14] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1746
[15] http://www.visionaware.org/detroit_institute_of_ophthalmology
[16] http://www.eyeson.org
[17] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1745
[18] http://www.visionaware.org/detroit_receiving_hospital
[19] http://www.drhuhc.org/services/visual_handicap
[20] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1744
[21] http://www.visionaware.org/diabetivision
[22] http://www.diabetivision.com
[23] mailto:leela.kausch@diabetivision.com
[24] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2052
[25] http://www.visionaware.org/MI-Detroit-Agency-Blind-Visually-Impaired
[26] http://www.gdabvi.org
[27] mailto:Information@gdabvi.org
[28] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1541
[29] http://www.visionaware.org/helen_keller_national_center_for_deaf_blind_youths
[30] http://www.hknc.org
[31] mailto:hkncinfo@hknc.org
[32] http://www.hknc.org/FieldServicesREGREPADD.htm
[33] http://www.visionaware.org/elder_services
[34] http://www.visionaware.org/additional_disabilities
[35] http://www.visionaware.org/national_organizations
[36] http://www.visionaware.org/ak
[37] http://www.visionaware.org/al
[38] http://www.visionaware.org/ar_0
[39] http://www.visionaware.org/az
[40] http://www.visionaware.org/ca
[41] http://www.visionaware.org/co
[42] http://www.visionaware.org/ct
[43] http://www.visionaware.org/dc
[44] http://www.visionaware.org/de
[45] http://www.visionaware.org/fl
[46] http://www.visionaware.org/ga
[47] http://www.visionaware.org/hi
[48] http://www.visionaware.org/ia
[49] http://www.visionaware.org/id
[50] http://www.visionaware.org/il
[51] http://www.visionaware.org/in
[52] http://www.visionaware.org/ks
[53] http://www.visionaware.org/ky
[54] http://www.visionaware.org/la
[55] http://www.visionaware.org/ma
[56] http://www.visionaware.org/md
[57] http://www.visionaware.org/me
[58] http://www.visionaware.org/mn
[59] http://www.visionaware.org/mo
[60] http://www.visionaware.org/ms
[61] http://www.visionaware.org/mt
[62] http://www.visionaware.org/nc
[63] http://www.visionaware.org/nd
[64] http://www.visionaware.org/ne_nevada_vision_services
[65] http://www.visionaware.org/nh
[66] http://www.visionaware.org/nj
[67] http://www.visionaware.org/nm
[68] http://www.visionaware.org/nv
[69] http://www.visionaware.org/ny
[70] http://www.visionaware.org/oh
[71] http://www.visionaware.org/ok
[72] http://www.visionaware.org/or
[73] http://www.visionaware.org/pa
[74] http://www.visionaware.org/ri
[75] http://www.visionaware.org/sc
[76] http://www.visionaware.org/sd
[77] http://www.visionaware.org/tn
[78] http://www.visionaware.org/tx
[79] http://www.visionaware.org/ut
[80] http://www.visionaware.org/va
[81] http://www.visionaware.org/vt
[82] http://www.visionaware.org/wa_state
[83] http://www.visionaware.org/wi
[84] http://www.visionaware.org/wv
[85] http://www.visionaware.org/wy
[86] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1410
[87] http://www.visionaware.org/MI-Henry-Ford-Eye-Care-Services
[88] http://www.henryfordhealth.org/body.cfm?id=41032
[89] http://www.henryfordhealth.org/body.cfm?id=40156
[90] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1648
[91] http://www.visionaware.org/low_vision_associates_pc
[92] http://www.lowvision.org/low_vision_associates_pc.htm
[93] mailto:gormezano@aol.com
[94] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1861
[95] http://www.visionaware.org/magnifiersforyourlifecom
[96] http://www.magnifiersforyourlife.com
[97] http://www.visionaware.org/find_lighting_products
[98] http://www.visionaware.org/reading_listening
[99] http://www.visionaware.org/recreation-leisure-products-blind-low-vision
[100] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2476
[101] http://www.visionaware.org/mee_inc
[102] http://www.meewebsite.com
[103] mailto:emailmee@comcast.net
[104] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2257
[105] http://www.visionaware.org/michigan_braille_transcribing_fund
[106] http://mi-braille.org
[107] http://www.visionaware.org/find_braille_products
[108] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2451
[109] http://www.visionaware.org/michigan_college_of_optometry
[110] http://www.ferris.edu/colleges/michopt/link_desc.cfm?LinkID=32
[111] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1743
[112] http://www.visionaware.org/michigan_commission_for_the_blind
[113] http://www.michigan.gov/mcb
[114] http://www.michigan.gov/dleg/0,1607,7-154-28077_28313-15006--,00.html
[115] http://www.visionaware.org/print/879
[116] http://www.visionaware.org/michigan_department_of_labor_and_economic_growth
[117] http://www.michigan.gov/mdcd
[118] http://www.visionaware.org/all_state_rehabilitation_agencies
[119] http://www.visionaware.org/print/878
[120] http://www.visionaware.org/midwest_enterprises_for_the_blind
[121] http://www.mwebmi.com
[122] http://www.mwebmi.com/contact_mweb.php
[123] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2506
[124] http://www.visionaware.org/US-vets
[125] http://www.va.gov
[126] https://iris.va.gov/scripts/iris.cfg/php.exe/enduser/home.php
[127] http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp
[128] http://www1.va.gov/opa/publications/factsheets.asp
[129] http://www1.va.gov/blindrehab
[130] http://www1.va.gov/BLINDREHAB/VIST.asp
[131] http://www.visionaware.org/veterans_services
[132] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1493
[133] http://www.visionaware.org/MI-Kellogg-Eye-Center
[134] http://www.kellogg.umich.edu
[135] http://www.kellogg.umich.edu/patientcare/low.vision.service.html
[136] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1650
[137] http://www.visionaware.org/vision_associates
[138] http://www.visionassociates.net
[139] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2385
[140] http://www.visionaware.org/visually_impaired_center
[141] http://www.vicflint.org
[142] mailto:info@vicflint.org
[143] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1741
[144] http://www.visionaware.org/welcome_home_for_the_blind
[145] http://www.welcomehomesmichigan.org
[146] mailto:info@welcomehomesmichigan.org
[147] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2249
[148] http://www.visionaware.org/western_michigan_university_vision_rehabilitation_clinic
[149] http://www.wmich.edu/hhs/unifiedclinics/visionrehab.htm
[150] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1740