Access Technology and Accessible Reading
- American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
- American Printing House for the Blind, Inc
- Ai Squared (ZoomText Manufacturer), a division of Vispero
- AIRA
- AmbuTech (White Cane Manufacturer)
- Blind Mice Mart Mega Mall (sign up for free here)
- Bookshare
- CapTel Phones
- Cochlear
- Florida Reading and Vision Technology
- Freedom Scientific, a division of Vispero
- Harris Communications
- Healthy Hearing (HH)
- HumanWare
- iCanConnect - The National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program
- Independent Living Aids
- Learning Ally
- Maxi Aids
- NoIR (Medical Filtered Sunglasses)
- Optelec, a division of Vispero
- Seedlings (Braille books for children & teens)
- Silent Call Communications
- Ultratec, Inc.
Communication
The Hearing and Speech Agency: Centralized Interpreter Referral Services
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
5900 Metro Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
Telephone: 410-318-6780
TDD: 410-318-6758
Email: [email protected]
Website: hasa.org/programs/interpreting
Maryland Relay, State of Maryland Department of Information Technology/Telecommunications Access of Maryland
301 West Preston Street, Suite 1008A
Baltimore, MD 21201
Voice/TTY: 800-552-7724
Video Phone: 443-453-5970
Fax: 410-767-4276
Email: [email protected]
Website: mdrelay.org
Hear Now Program: A Program of the Starkey Hearing Foundation
6700 Washington Avenue South
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Phone: 866-354-3254
Fax: 952-828-6900
Website: starkeyhearingfoundation.org
T-Mobile IP Relay
Ultratec, Inc.
450 Science Drive
Madison, WI 53711
Telephone: 800-482-2424
Fax: 608-238-3008
Website: ultratec.com
Education
- NFB Youth Slam
- NFB Scholarship Program
- Hadley School for the Blind
- National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
- Perkins School for the Blind
- Louisiana Center for the Blind (LCB)
- Colorado Center for the Blind (CCB)
- Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth & Adults
- Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center: Gallaudet University
- Intelligent.com Higher Education Team's Online College Guide for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
Federal Government Agencies
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Disability.gov - Federal government's website for information on disability programs and services nationwide
- Federal Office for Civil Rights
- Social Security Administration
- Social Security Disability and Benefits
- SSA Ticket to Work Program
- Social Security Disability Resource Center
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- U.S. Department of Education - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
- Medicaid Resource Guide
- Medicare Open Enrollment
Guide Dog Information
- occupaws.org
- Custom Canines Service Dog Academy
- Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc
- Freedom Guide Dogs
- Guide Dogs for the Blind
- Guide Dog Foundation
- Guide Dogs of America
- Guide Dogs of the Desert
- Guiding Eyes for the Blind
- Leader Dogs for the Blind
- National Association of Guide Dog Users
- Noah's Dogs of Nebraska
- Pilot Dogs, Inc
- Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc
- The Seeing Eye
Information and Registry
- CHARGE Syndrome Foundation
- Deaf Linx
- Deaf Seniors of America
- Deaf Websites
- HKNC National Registry of Persons Who are Deaf-Blind
- Usher Syndrome Coalition & Registry
- Sorenson VRS
- TurboTax - Tax Tips For The Blind
- We Connect Now - for college students with disabilities
- The Z. Video Relay Service (ZVRS)
- Federal Jobs for People with Disabilities
- Lyft Service Animals User Guide
- MyBlindSpot
National Advocacy and Service Organizations
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230-4998
Phone: 410-659-9315
Email: a[email protected]
Website: actionfund.org
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 121
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3803
TTY Phone: 301-495-4402
Videophone: 301-563-9064
Voice Phone: 301-495-4403
Email: [email protected]
Website: aadb.org
DeafBlind Division of the National Federation of the Blind
President: Rocky Hart
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Email (preferred method): [email protected]
Phone: 218-839-4544
Mailing List: nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050-1299
Voice: 516-944-8900
TTY: 516-944-8637
Fax: 516-944-7302
Email: [email protected]
Website: hknc.org
iCanConnect: The National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program
Phone: 800-825-4595
Website: iCanConnect.org
International Hearing Society
20361 Middlebelt Road, Suite 4
Livonia, MI 48154
Telephone: 734-522-7200
Fax: 734-522-0200
Website: ihsinfo.org
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center: Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
Phone: 202-651-5051
Fax: 202-651-5708
TTY: 202-651-5855
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/
National Center on Deaf-Blindness
345 N. Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
Phone: 503-838-8754
Fax: 503-838-8150
Email: [email protected]
Website: nationaldb.org
Perkins
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-924-3434
Email: [email protected]
Website: perkins.org
Publications
Deaf-Blind Service Center Bulletin
Deaf-Blind Service Center
2366 Eastlake Avenue East, Suite 312
Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: 206-323-9178
National Consortium of Deaf-Blindness: DB-LINK Information Services
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
Telephone: 800-438-9376
TTY: 800-854-7013
Fax: 503-838-8150
Email: [email protected]
Website: nationaldb.org
Visual Impairment and Deafblind Education Quarterly
Council for Exceptional Children
Website: https://exceptionalchildren.org/learninglibrary