Sight / Vision Loss Resources

ADA Guide for Places of Lodging: Serving Guests Who Are Blind Or Who Have Low Vision
All About Vision provides patient information about vision
American Council of the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
Armor-Tile provides detectable warning and wayfinding solutions for the visually impaired.
“Bibliography for Performance Systems Technology (PST) and Computer-based Instruction (CBI)” published in the ACM SIGDOC Journal of Computer Documentation (JCD) [JCD is no longer being produced. ACM SIGDOC members are able to get copies of archived journals.]
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
Disability Resources for the Blind
Leber Congenital Amaurosis, Type I; LCA1 (congenital retinal blindness) National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Lighthouse International Lighthouse International “is a leading non-profit organization that helps people of all ages who are at risk for, or are experiencing, vision loss.”
Media Access Group at WGBH develops and distributes captioning, video description, and MoPix means of access to movies and television for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing
National Alliance of Blind Students
National Captioning Institute
National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) of CPB/WGBH is a research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
National Federation of the Blind
- National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
Products for the Blind
June 11, 2004, Ray Charles: Trailblazing Artist—and Advocate (1930-2004) tribute from the American Foundation for the Blind that describes how Ray Charles was an example of how blindness need not prevent one from leading a full, productive life.
Tiresias provides in-depth information on assistive devices for people with visual disabilities, current and future research, technical information, disability organisations and agencies, sources of research, funding, publications, standards and legislation.
VisionConnection
Your connection to vision health information and an accessible community for people who are partially sighted or blind.