AAF Outreach Worker Handbook

AAF Outreach Worker Handbook

American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Outreach Worker Handbook

Congratulations. The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults has chosen you as a volunteer outreach worker. You have demonstrated both a willingness and a capacity to serve the blind, the deaf-blind, and the newly blind. As an outreach worker, you will encounter an almost endless variety of individuals and situations. This handbook was written to outline your responsibilities and provide guidelines. The suggestions it contains are meant to get you started—not to limit the scope of your activities.

The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults is a dynamic organization. Its free, nationwide services were created to help meet the needs of the blind for education and self-fulfillment. Our nationwide corps of outreach workers is constantly adding to the scope and depth of our services as it encounters blind people in every area of the country and helps them solve problems.

CONTENTS

Getting Started
Information and Referral
Public Education About Blindness
Information for Newly Blind, Older People
Braille Books for Blind Children
Twin Vision® Books and Lending Library
"Great Documents Series" and "The Shape of Things"
Braille Calendars
Hot-Line and Other Special Services to the Deaf-Blind
Scholarships
Education of Blind Children
Education of Sighted Children About Blindness
Advocacy and Protection of Civil Rights
Social Security, Rehabilitation, and Employment
Special Aids and Appliances
Loans and Financial Assistance
Conclusion
Full Outreach Worker Handbook Text for Download (WORD)
For more information
about the American Action Fund or this handbook contact:

Patricia Maurer, Director
Community Relations
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, ext. 2272
www.actionfund.org • [email protected]