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BBC Audiobooks America

42 Whitecap Drive
North Kingston, RI 02852-7445
800-621-0182 (Toll free)
877-492-0873 (Toll free Fax)
www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com
E-mail: CustomerService@BBCAudiobooksAmerica

BBC Audiobooks America publishes and distributes unabridged audiobooks and radio dramatizations.

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults

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.

In-Sight

43 Jefferson Blvd.
Warwick, RI 02888
401-941-3322
401-941-3356 (Fax)
www.in-sight.org
E-mail: cbutler@in-sight.org

Programs and services include:

  • Vision Rehabilitation
  • Independent Living Skills Training Classes
  • Low Vision
  • Computer Classes
  • In-Sight Radio
  • Social Services
  • Industrial Workshop

Rhode Island Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired

40 Fountain Street
Providence, RI 02093-1898
401-421-7005
401-421-7016 (TDD)
401-272-8090 (Spanish)
401-222-3574 (Fax)
www.ors.state.ri.us/copied/SBVI.htm

The purpose of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired is to provide eligible individuals with visual impairments the opportunities and support that will enable them to become independent, active, self-sustaining members of their communities.

Services may include:

  • Assessment, counseling, and guidance
  • Training in mobility, daily living skills, and communication (including braille)
  • Vocational training
  • Adaptive equipment
  • Job development and placement

Assistance is offered for:

  • Financial and medical benefits
  • Housing
  • Property and income tax exemptions
  • Information and referral

Most services are at no cost.

Sailors with Disabilities

US Sailing
P.O. Box 1260
15 Maritime Drive
Portsmouth, RI 02871-0907
401-683-0800
www.ussailing.org/swsn

The Committee on Sailors with Disabilities is dedicated to the proposition that sailing, of which sailboat racing is a part, is a true lifetime sport in which disabled sailors can participate, on equal terms, with anyone.

The Committee is responsible for promoting sailing to persons with disabilities, representing disabled sailors to US Sailing, and addressing practical issues of training, education, and access to sailing and boating facilities.

Saving Sight Rhode Island

982 West Shore Road
Warwick, RI 02889
401-738-1150
401-732-0034 (Fax)
www.savingsightri.org
E-mail: Info@savingsightri.org

Since 1963, Saving Sight Rhode Island has provided free vision care services to over 760,000 medically underserved individuals and families, from early childhood to old age.

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