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Resources

Below we provide links to helpful resources for individuals who are blind, have low vision, or have a print disability.

Self-Advocacy and Consumer Organizations of the Blind 

• AFB Families
• American Council of the Blind
• American Foundation for the Blind
• Blinded Veterans Association
• Canadian National Institution for the Blind (CNIB)
• Insight Beyond Eyesight
• Israeli Library for the Blind
• Lighthouse International
• National Federation of the Blind
• NFB Newsline
• NFB Parenting Group
• Prevent Blindness America
• Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)

Resources for Accessible Books, Magazines and Reading 

• Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
• Bookshare
• Bureau of Jewish Education
• CELA: The Centre for Equal Library Access (Canada)
• National Library Service
• National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
• Paths to Literacy
• Siddur Audio

Jewish Inclusion and Disability Groups 

• Council for Jewish with Special Needs
• Disability Belongs
• Disability: IN
• Dorot
• Empowering Jews with Disabilities (Facebook group)
• Jewish Deaf Resource Center
• Matan
• National Jewish Outreach Program
• The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
• Yad HaChazakah

Resources on Aging 

• AARP
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Gavin Herbert Eye Institute)
• Aging and Senior Care Resources for Communities in New York
• Alliance for Aging Research
• American Macular Degeneration Foundation
• Association of Jewish Aging Service of North America
• NIH (US) Senior Health

NYC – Specific Resources

• Helping Hands for The Disabled of NYC

For Families of Blind and Low Vision Children

• Vision of Children