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Visual and/or Hearing Impairments

American Foundation for the Blind – Since 1921, the American Foundation for the Blind — to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life — has been eliminating barriers that prevent people who are blind or visually impaired from reaching their potential.

DB-LINK (Deaf/Blind) – This site is home to a wealth of information about deaf-blindness. In addition its services include an extensive library of materials, and information specialists are available to help find answers to your questions.

The Deafblind Association – The Deafblind Association's mission is to ensure a lifestyle of independence, dignity and empowerment for its deaf-blind clients and their support persons, by the provision and promotion of high-quality services, information, advocacy and quality-of-life enhancement programs.

Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Virginia – The mission of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired is to enable blind or visually impaired individuals to achieve their maximum level of employment, education and personal independence.

Hilton/Perkins Program – The Perkins School for the Blind has established the Hilton/Perkins Program through a generous grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The mission of this innovative program is to improve the quality of life for children worldwide who are multi-handicapped blind or deaf-blind. The program aims to improve the lives of these youth and their families through increased educational opportunities.

Internet Resources for Special Children – The IRSC Web site is dedicated to children with disabilities and other health-related disorders worldwide.

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University – The Clerc Center has been mandated by Congress to develop, evaluate and disseminate innovative curricula, instructional techniques, strategies and materials to improve the quality of education for deaf and hard of hearing children and youth from birth through age 21.

Louis Database: The American Printing House for the Blind – The American Printing House for the Blind currently houses a database called the Louis Database of Accessible Materials for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired. Louis contains information about more than 152,000 titles of accessible materials including braille, large print, sound recordings and computer files from over 200 agencies throughout the United States.

National Family Association for Deaf-Blind – The National Family Association for Deaf-Blind is a nonprofit, volunteer-based family association. Its philosophy is that individuals who are deaf-blind are valued members of society and are entitled to the same opportunities and choices as other members of the community.

National Federation of the Blind – Founded in 1940, the National Federation of the Blind is the nation's largest and most influential membership organization of blind persons. With fifty thousand members, the NFB has affiliates in all fifty states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and over seven hundred local chapters.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped – NLS maintains an international catalog online. In addition to books produced by NLS, the online catalog lists books produced in special format and reported to NLS.

Perkins School for the Blind – Chartered in 1829, Perkins School for the Blind was the first school for the blind in the United States. For almost 170 years the staff at Perkins has been providing quality services to students and clients who are blind, visually handicapped, deaf-blind and multi-handicapped. As the programs and services at Perkins have grown, their focus has evolved and extended beyond the campus and into many different communities throughout the United States and around the world.

RSA: Blind and Visually Impaired Division – The Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides guidance and technical assistance to improve the achievement of employment outcomes for persons who are blind and visually impaired. The division also oversees the implementation of the Randolph-Sheppard Act and provides federal funding and support to the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults.

The Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia – The Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia is an association of over 700 audiologists and speech-language pathologists working to meet the needs of people with communication impairments in Virginia.

Together We Can – Together We Can provides services for children from birth to age 22. It also provides training, technical assistance and many other resources to the parents and professionals who work with those children.

Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing – The Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing works to reduce the communication barriers between persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families and the professionals who serve them.

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