Web Directory

» Blind BBS
   a list for the discussion of issues concerning the blind
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BlindBBS/

» Blind Confidential
   Weblog serves as a commentary on issues regarding people with vision impairments.
   http://blindconfidential.blogspot.com/

» Blindness in Depth
   Provides articles and links to information about the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual impact of blindness.
   http://blindness.growingstrong.org

» Blindness-Related Resources
   A comprehensive list of internet resources compiled to support the blind.
   http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blind.html

» Blindskills, Inc.
   Offers solutions and answers to questions regarding blindness, visual impairment and vision loss.
   http://www.blindskills.com

» C O L O R S
   Features an Italian magazine that provides articles with stories about lives as a blind. Also available to download in audio readings in mp3 format.
   http://www.colorsmagazine.com/blindness/

» Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted
   Provides assorted information and resources for visually impaired people.
   http://www.csbps.com

» Empower Connection - Technology for the Blind
   Information and help for people using assistive Internet technology.
   http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/specialed/Empowerconnection/index.htm

» Kenneth Jernigan: 'power to the blind'
   Article on the late director of the Iowa Commission for the Blind.
   http://www.braillerman.com/jernigan.htm

» Living with Vision Loss
   If you are among the more than 10 million people in North America who are visually impaired, you know how important it is to find ways to accomplish routine daily tasks.
   http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=40

» Louis Database
   Database of accessible materials for people who are blind or visually impaired. Contains information about more than 145,000 titles of accessible materials, including braille, large print, sound recordings, and computer files from over 200 agencies throug
   http://www.aph.org/louis.htm

» Lowell Association for the Blind
   LAB is a non-profit, community based organization dedicated to working with the blind and visually impaired. Serving the Greater Lowell, MA / Merrimack Valley community. Find the services, news, resources and contact details.
   http://www.lowellassociationfortheblind.org

» Modifying Games for the Blind
   Tips on adapting board games with tactile markings, from adding Braille markings to playing cards or game tiles, to using glue to create raised lines on map boundaries.
   http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/GamesForTheBlind.shtml

» National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
   A free US program of braille and recorded materials.
   http://www.loc.gov/nls

» Recording For The Blind and Dyslexic
   Educational library for people with print disabilities, with a 77,000-title library of taped textbooks, reference and professional materials for people who cannot read standard print because of a disability.
   http://www.rfbd.org

» SeebyTouch
   The free of charge project, especially for the blind, provides a possibility to perceive pictures over the tactile sense - consisting of a picture transforming multi-platform software and a tactile display, built up easily with help of the construction ma
   http://see-by-touch.sourceforge.net/index_.html

» SensibleGraphics - Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired
   Information on tactile graphics for the blind and visually impaired. Graphic files free to download.
   http://www.ks-huseby.no/sensiblegraphics

» Sonokids
   Portal for blind and visual impaired children. Accessible games, and remixers. Make a homepage for free with screenreader.
   http://www.sonokids.com/

» The Blind Readers Page
   A source of information about books and reading, blindness and other disabilities and library services for the blind and physically handicapped.
   http://blindreaders.info/

» The Eye
   Includes what to do when meeting a person with vision impairment, the signs of vision loss, legal blindness, braille and other health related links.
   http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm

» The Voice
   Translates images from a camera into sounds that one hears via stereo headphones and targetting vision substitution for the totally blind.
   http://www.visualprosthesis.com/voice.htm

» Video Description by Narrative Television Network
   Makes movies and television programming accessible to blind and visually impaired people through narration.
   http://www.narrativetv.com

» Vis-Ability (DK)
   Supplies electronic aids for the visually impaired.
   http://www.users.waitrose.com/~visability/

» VisionConnection
   Vision information and an accessible community for people who are partially sighted or blind. Searchable database of resources, and articles.
   http://visionconnection.org