456 Cherry Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
800-466-8084 (Toll free)
616-458-1187
616-458-7113 (Fax)
www.abvimichigan.org [2]
E-mail: abvi@abvimichigan.org [3]
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 [7]
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
313-824-3937
313-822-4233 (Fax)
www.eyeson.org [10]
The Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology is a charitable organization whose mission is to assist and educate the visually impaired, help preserve vision by public and professional education, and conduct research related to the eye.
Visually Handicapped Services
4201 St. Antoine Street
Detroit, MI 48201
313-745-4510
313-745-4120 (Fax)
www.drhuhc.org/services/visual_handicap [13]
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 [16]
E-mail: leela.kausch@diabetivision.com [17]
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 [20]
E-mail: Information@gdabvi.org [21]
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.
The Visual Rehabilitation Program [24]
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 [25]
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 [28]
E-mail: gormezano@aol.com [29]
Services include:
5035 Geraldine Drive
Lansing, MI 48917
888-888-9533 (Toll free)
www.meewebsite.com [32]
E-mail: emailmee@comcast.net [33]
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.
Low Vision Rehabilitation Services
1310 Cramer Circle
502 Pennock
Big Rapids, MI 49307
231-591-2020
231-591-3991 (Fax)
Web site [37]
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 [40]
Office locations and staff directory [41]
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 [44]
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-763-1415 (General Information)
www.kellogg.umich.edu [47]
Low Vision and Visual Rehabilitation Service [48]
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.
1422 West Court Street
Flint, MI 48503
810-235-2544
www.vicflint.org [51]
E-mail: info@vicflint.org [52]
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 [55]
E-mail: info@welcomehomesmichigan.org [56]
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 [59]
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-Association-Blind-Visually-Impaired
[2] http://www.abvimichigan.org
[3] mailto:abvi@abvimichigan.org
[4] http://www.visionaware.org/mi
[5] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1540
[6] http://www.visionaware.org/beaumont_eye_institute
[7] http://www.beaumonthospitals.com/ophthalmology-conditions-low-vision-clinic
[8] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1746
[9] http://www.visionaware.org/detroit_institute_of_ophthalmology
[10] http://www.eyeson.org
[11] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1745
[12] http://www.visionaware.org/detroit_receiving_hospital
[13] http://www.drhuhc.org/services/visual_handicap
[14] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1744
[15] http://www.visionaware.org/diabetivision
[16] http://www.diabetivision.com
[17] mailto:leela.kausch@diabetivision.com
[18] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2052
[19] http://www.visionaware.org/MI-Detroit-Agency-Blind-Visually-Impaired
[20] http://www.gdabvi.org
[21] mailto:Information@gdabvi.org
[22] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1541
[23] http://www.visionaware.org/MI-Henry-Ford-Eye-Care-Services
[24] http://www.henryfordhealth.org/body.cfm?id=41032
[25] http://www.henryfordhealth.org/body.cfm?id=40156
[26] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1648
[27] http://www.visionaware.org/low_vision_associates_pc
[28] http://www.lowvision.org/low_vision_associates_pc.htm
[29] mailto:gormezano@aol.com
[30] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1861
[31] http://www.visionaware.org/mee_inc
[32] http://www.meewebsite.com
[33] mailto:emailmee@comcast.net
[34] http://www.visionaware.org/assistive-technology-products
[35] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2257
[36] http://www.visionaware.org/michigan_college_of_optometry
[37] http://www.ferris.edu/colleges/michopt/link_desc.cfm?LinkID=32
[38] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1743
[39] http://www.visionaware.org/michigan_commission_for_the_blind
[40] http://www.michigan.gov/mcb
[41] http://www.michigan.gov/dleg/0,1607,7-154-28077_28313-15006--,00.html
[42] http://www.visionaware.org/print/879
[43] http://www.visionaware.org/michigan_department_of_labor_and_economic_growth
[44] http://www.michigan.gov/mdcd
[45] http://www.visionaware.org/print/878
[46] http://www.visionaware.org/MI-Kellogg-Eye-Center
[47] http://www.kellogg.umich.edu
[48] http://www.kellogg.umich.edu/patientcare/low.vision.service.html
[49] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1650
[50] http://www.visionaware.org/visually_impaired_center
[51] http://www.vicflint.org
[52] mailto:info@vicflint.org
[53] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1741
[54] http://www.visionaware.org/welcome_home_for_the_blind
[55] http://www.welcomehomesmichigan.org
[56] mailto:info@welcomehomesmichigan.org
[57] http://www.visionaware.org/print/2249
[58] http://www.visionaware.org/western_michigan_university_vision_rehabilitation_clinic
[59] http://www.wmich.edu/hhs/unifiedclinics/visionrehab.htm
[60] http://www.visionaware.org/print/1740