American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
800-232-5463 (800-AFB-LINE)
212-502-7600
212-502-7777 (Fax)
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net

AFB Center on Vision Loss
11030 Ables Lane
Dallas, TX 75229
214-352-7222
E-mail: dallas@afb.net

AFB TECH
949 3rd Avenue, Suite 200
Huntington, WV 25701
304-523-8651
E-mail: AFBTECH@afb.net

Find Vision Rehabilitation Services and Support Groups

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) provides a 'Where Can I Find…' database of services in the United States and Canada. The database includes extensive resources, including computer training, rehabilitation services, volunteer services, employment and job training, support groups, and many other helpful areas.

[all links on this page open in a new window] In addition, the American Foundation for the Blind 

• Provides services to, and acts as an information clearinghouse for, people who are blind or visually impaired and their families, professionals, organizations, schools, and corporations
• Stimulates research and mounts program initiatives to improve services to blind or visually impaired people
• Publishes a wide variety of professional, reference, and consumer books and videos.

West Virginia University Eye Institute
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Cemter
P.O. Box 9100
Morgantown, WV 26506-9100
800-842-3627 (Toll free)
304-598-4820
www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/eye/servicesLowVision.asp

Vision rehabilitation services include a comprehensive low vision evaluation that details remaining usable vision, optical devices assessment and training, lighting assessment, home modification recommendations, technology assessment and training, orientation and mobility training, and electronic assessment and training.

Rehabilitation Services are provided by an Occupational Therapist two and half days per week. The Occupational Therapist will help determine the patient's goals, address activities of daily living, and provide training with low vision devices. Referrals to Orientation and Mobility Specialists and driving evaluations are made when appropriate.

38 Washington Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
304-522-6991
www.cabellwayne.org
E-mail contacts: www.cabellwayne.org/contact_cwab.htm

Programs and services include:

• Vision Rehabilitation Therapy
• Support Groups
• Transportation
• Recreation
• In-Home Services
• Orientation and Mobility
• Adaptive Technology
• Computer Instruction
• Scholarship Program
• Eyeglass Program
• Volunteering
• Family and Children's Recreation Programs

A New Program:

Help is available for residents of Putnam and Lincoln Counties who don't have insurance coverage for vision care. "Reaching Out to Our Neighbors" is a new resource for obtaining an eye exam, eyeglasses, and low vision aids (such as magnifiers, large-print items, "talking" devices) for people with low vision.

For more information, call the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind and ask for extension 13 or the outreach project. The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has made this project possible.

5210 MacCorkle Avenue SW
South Charleston, WV 25309-1010
304-768-8876
www.icbminc.org

International Christian Braille Mission, Inc. (ICBM) produces and distributes New Testament Christian literature in formats readable by blind and visually impaired individuals. ICBM currently distributes material for evangelism and edification in approximately 20 countries worldwide, including England, Malawi, Thailand, India, Australia, Bangladesh, Cuba, and the United States.

P.O. Box 50890, State Capitol
Charleston, WV 25305-0890
800-642-8207 (Toll free)
304-766-4600
304-766-4690 (Fax)
www.wvdrs.org[link opens in new window]

Services for People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired
800-642-8207 (Toll free)
Office contacts: www.wvdrs.org/WVDRS_Offices.cfm

Programs and services include:

• Field Services: Individuals who want to work in an integrated job setting will meet with a rehabilitation counselor who has been specifically trained to provide services to meet their needs.
• Life Skills: The Life Skills Unit for the Blind provides individualized training in a variety of pre-vocational and vocational areas. Training includes orientation and mobility, adaptive communication, domestic arts, adaptive activities of daily living, computer training with access technology, and braille.
• Independent Living Services for Older Individuals: VISIONS (Visually Impaired Seniors In-home, Outreach, and Networking Services) provides comprehensive in-home independent living services to individuals age 55 and older who have significant vision loss.