Visual Impairment: Resources

 Information for Families of Children and Youth with a Visual Impairment

• Info and Resources for Families

Scholarship Information

• SEE THE FUTURE FUND Scholarship Application
  This application is for Colorado students who are blind/visually impaired and who are college-bound or currently in a college program.
• American Foundation for the Blind
• Blinded Veterans Association
• Lighthouse International
• National Federation of the Blind
• National Federation of the Blind of Colorado

Resources

Colorado Resources and Support Services Specific to Blindness/Visual Impairment

• A Shared Vision: Partners in Pediatric Visual Impairment
• Anchor Center for Blind Children
• Audio Information Network of Colorado
• Colorado Association of the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (CAER) Chapter
• Colorado Center for the Blind Youth Programs
• Colorado Instructional Materials Center
• Colorado Talking Book Library
• Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
• Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind: Student Employability
• Learning Ally
• University of Northern Colorado's teacher training program in Visual Impairment, which includes coursework in "Orientation and Mobility"

Correspondence Courses, Publication / Video Clip / Website Resources

• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Press
• Blind Children's Center (publications)
• Family Connect (articles, videos, personal stories)
• Foundation for the Blind (products)
• Hadley School for the Blind (correspondence courses)
• National Federation of the Blind (publications)
• Paths to Literacy for Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired (literacy resources)
• Perkins School for the Blind (publications)
• Perkins School for the Blind (webcasts specific to blindness/deafblindness)
• Texas School for the Blind (handouts and publications)
• Washington State School for the Blind (video clips on blindness tips)

National Resources

• AERBVI - Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• ACB - American Council of the Blind
• ACVREP - Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals
• AFB - American Foundation for the Blind
• APH- The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
• BANA- Braille Authority of North America
• CEC - Division on Visual Impairment of the Council for Exceptional Children
• COSB - Council for Schools for the Blind
• LI - Lighthouse International
• NBA - National Braille Association
• NFB - National Federation of the Blind
• RRTC - Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision
• USABA - United States Association for Blind Athletes

International Resources

• ICEVI - International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment
• WBU - World Blind Union

For more information on Resources for Visual Impairment including Blindness, please contact:

Tanni Anthony, Blindness/Visual Impairment Specialist
Phone: 303-503-4647
Email Tanni Anthony