Useful Resources
Here are web sites our members have found
entertaining, informative, or useful. Links to external web sites will
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- The Washington Council of
the blind (WCB)
- http://www.wcbinfo.org
- A nonprofit statewide consumer organization for the blind or visually
impaired.
- The American Council of the
Blind (ACB)
- http://www.acb.org
- The nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually
impaired people.
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Organizations for the Visually Impaired
- http://www.mdsupport.org/resources/vis-imp.html
- A list of blindness related organizations from Africa, Europe, Asia,
Australia, and elsewhere.
- The Washington Assistive
Technology Alliance (WATA)
- http://wata.org/
- A consumer advocacy network that includes the University of Washington
Center for Technology and Disability Studies (UWCTDS), and the AT Resource
Center at Easter Seal Society in Spokane (EATRC). WATA also receives
guidance from a Consumer Majority Advisory Board.
- The
Washington Assistive Technology Foundation (WATF)
- http://depts.washington.edu/watf/index.html
- Created under the leadership of the Washington Assistive Technology
Alliance (WATA) to help individuals with disabilities in Washington State
purchase assistive technology needed for education, employment and independent
living.
- The UW
Center for Technology and Disability Studies (UWCTDS)
- http://uwctds.washington.edu
- Technology can increase access to education, community and employment for
people with disabilities. The UW Center for Technology and Disability Studies
is an interdisciplinary program focusing on research, education, advocacy and
informatics related to assistive technology and accessible information
systems.
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- The Washington State School
for the Blind (WSSB)
- http://www.wssb.org/
- A Washington State agency providing quality services to blind and visually
impaired students since 1886.
- Community Services for the
Blind and Partially Sighted (CSBPS)
- http://www.csbps.com/
- A service provider that works with individuals, families, and communities
to restore, maintain and enhance the independence and well-being of people
with impaired vision.
- Washington
Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL)
- http://www.spl.org/wtbbl/wtbbl.html
- Provides services to children and adults who are residents of Washington
state and who are legally blind, deaf-blind, visually impaired (cannot easily
read conventional size print), physically disabled (cannot comfortably hold
books or turn pages), or learning disabled due to organic dysfunction.
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