Low Vision Aids and Devices

Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc.

PO Box 9022
Hicksville, NY  11802-9022
Phone: (800) 537-2118    
www.annmorris.com

Low vision information/support products for the visually impaired. Catalog available.


Bernell Corporation

4016 North Home
Mishawaka, IN 46545
Phone: (800) 348-2225
www.bernell.com

Products include magnifiers, low vision aids and vision assessment tools and equipment.


The Lighthouse, Inc.

111 East 59th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (800) 829-0500
www.lighthouse.org

Product catalog available.


L S & S Group, Inc.

P.O. Box 673
Northbrook, IL 60065
Phone: (800) 468-4789, TTY: (800) 317-8533
www.lssgroup.com

Product catalog available


Maxi-Aids

42 Executive Blvd.
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(800)  522-6294
TTY:  (800) 281-3555
www.maxiaidscom

Product catalog available.


Radio Shack

Check your Yellow Pages for local store locations.

Large numbered clocks/watches, talking clocks/watches,
calculators, etc.


Freedom Scientific

11800 31st Court North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Phone: (800) 444-4443
www.freedomscientific.com

Machine that scans print and reads it back in synthetic voice.


Innoventions, Inc.

9593 Corsair Drive
Conifer, CO  80433
Phone: (800) 854-6554 or (303) 797-6554
www.magnicam.com

Hand-held electronic magnifier which connects to TV or monitor.


Lekotek Center

2001 N. Clybourn
Chicago, IL  60614
Phone: (800) 366-7529
www.lekotek.org   or    www.ableplay.org

Adapted toys and technology.


Optelec U.S., Inc.

3030 Enterprise Ct., Suite C
Vista, CA  92081
Phone: (800) 828-1056
www.optelec.com    or   www.shoplowvision.com

Closed circuit TV for magnification, etc. Catalog of devices and aids.


TeleSensory

650 Vaqueros Avenue, Suite F
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Phone: (800) 804-8004
www.telesensory.com

CCTV systems, low vision aids, computer magnification, braille printers and computer systems.


Toys “R” Us

Check your Yellow Pages for local store locations.

Catalog of toys for the visually impaired.


Other Low Vision Resources

American Academy of Ophthalmology

P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
Phone: (415) 561-8500
www.aao.com

AAO Foundation sponsors National Eye Care Project, an outreach program providing medical eye care to qualified patients.


American Foundation for the Blind

11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (800) 232-5463 or (212) 502-7600
www.afb.org


American Optometric Association

243 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 991-4100

www.aoa.org


National Association for the Visually Handicapped

22 West 21st Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 255-2804
www.navh.org


Large Print/Braille/Audio Sources

 

American Bible Society

1865 Broadway

New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 408-1200,  TF: (800) 322-4253
www.americanbible.org


Large print publications

National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped Library of Congress

1291 Taylor Street, NW

Washington, DC 20542
Phone: (202) 707-5100
www.loc.gov/nls/

Lending Book Service     (800) 424-9100

Provides braille materials, recorded books and magazines. Through regional libraries, NLS provides reading/audio materials and playback machines.


New York Times

Large Print Edition
Phone: (800) 698-4637
www.nytimes.com

Can request sample of large print before ordering.


Random House, Inc.

Distribution Center

400 Hahn Road
Westminster, MD 21157
Phone: (800) 733-3000
www.randomhouse.com

Large print materials, tapes and catalogs.


Recorded Periodicals

919 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 627-0600
www.asb.org

Associated services for the blind.  Wide range of popular and
technical magazines.


Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (800) 221-4792 or (609) 452-0606
www.rfbd.org

Academic and professional books, audio and computer disks. Lending library for adult and juvenile collections.


Thomson Gale – World Headquarters

27500 Drake Road
Farmington Hills, MI  48331
Phone: (248) 699-4253
www.galegroup.com

Publishes large print books.


VisionAWARE   (Xavier Society for the Blind)

154 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (800) 637-9193 or (212) 473-7800
www.visionaware.org

Large-print reading and several other resource lists. Free self-help
information includes:  coping with vision loss, personal self-care, travel, financial management, home modifications, writing, recreation, navigation within your own home, and much more.


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