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Provides the services of a Certified Low Vision Optometrist for individuals with decreasing vision. A low vision evaluation differs from the routine eye exam provided by an ophthalmologist in that it works with patients to maximize their remaining functional vision through the use of optical devices. This may include special lenses, magnifiers, telescopes, lighting, and/or glare reduction. When an individual is experiencing difficulty with tasks or things they enjoy doing, due to vision loss, a low vision evaluation may be beneficial.
Offers a wide variety of services/programming for individuals of all ages who are visually impaired and/or legally blind. Provides tools, education, and support to empower people who are blind and visually impaired to overcome their challenges, achieve their highest degree of independence, and live more fulfilling lives, professionally and personally. Most services are offered in the home, school, work site, and/or are center-based. Services include: - Low vision evaluation and recommendation for assistive optical devices - Orientation and mobility training for independent travel within one's environment - Rehabilitation teaching, including instruction and adaptive techniques to increase/maintain independence - Individual and group counseling - Vocational training and work readiness programs for preparation to enter or re-enter the work place - Summer recreational and vocational programs for young adults - Work experiences in competitive employment situations - Permanent Placement Services

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Work Experience
Job Search / Placement
Orientation and Mobility Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Health / Disability Related Counseling
Low Vision Aids

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Eye Care
Job Search / Placement
Orientation and Mobility Training
Group Advocacy
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Eye Screening
Vocational Rehabilitation
Low Vision Aids
Specialized Information and Referral

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Alerting Devices
Service Clubs
Glasses / Contact Lenses
Daily Living Aids
Medical Equipment / Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Low Vision Aids
Braille and Tactile Aids
Hearing Aids
Assistive Listening Devices
Provides the following services to the blind and visually-impaired and to organizations/individuals working with this audience: information and referral, publications on blindness, data collection and information dissemination, and production of recorded materials for the blind through the Talking Books Program. Conducts a wide variety of programs to support independent living, literacy, employment and access to technology. Advocates for legislation and operates a web site which offers access to an on-line book store, Career Connect(employment planning tool), and Braille Bug(children's web channel for literacy).

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Community Action / Social Advocacy Groups
Life Skills Education
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Specialized Information and Referral
Vocational Rehabilitation
Visual / Reading Aids
Dedicated to creating, publishing and distributing tactile illustrations for readers who are blind or visually impaired. Creative Adaptations for Learning (CAL) produces books, flash cards, and other educational materials which use raised lines and textured shapes to help visually impaired people recognize shapes and objects the product is particularly useful for developing reading readiness (braille or print), orientation and mobility and communication skills. Young children, their parents, siblings, teachers and Occupational Therapists, any of whom may be blind or visually impaired, use these materials...as well as children who have dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy or learning delays. Serves a national geographic area.

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Visual Impairments
Special Education
Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille Instruction
Blindness
Low Vision Aids
Braille and Tactile Aids
Braille Materials / Collections
Provides a variety of special aids on display for people with physical, visual, and hearing impairments.

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Visual / Reading Aids
Assistive Technology Equipment
Public Libraries
Library Services
Provides services for veterans with low vision.

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Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Vision Screening
Volunteer Opportunities
Veterans
Ophthalmology
Eye Screening
Veteran Outpatient Clinics
Optometry
Visual Impairments
Eye Care
Low Vision Aids
Provides evaluations for magnifiers, reading glasses, telescopes (to see distance), assistive aids, CCTV's lighting, etc., and sun glasses to help control glare. Teaches techniques/strategies to accomplish things such as cooking, home management, training, and using computer adaptive technology. Also provide support groups, benefits advisement, adjustment counseling, and residential blind rehab programs. ##Veteran##

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Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Health / Disability Related Counseling
Low Vision Aids
Services are available to blind and partially sighted students in their home schools. The itinerant teacher carries out an ongoing program with local school staff so they can help a student develop those skills needed to function optimally in the regular school setting. These skills can include the use of optical and visual aids, tactile and auditory aids, braille reading and writing, listening and oral communication, orientation, mobility, travel, proficiency in the skills of daily living, counseling in social adjustment, independence, efficient use of resources and personal organization. Call for more detailed information.

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Educational Programs
Visual / Reading Aids
Braille Instruction
Educational Support Services
Student Disability Services
Special Education
Produces a free quarterly anthology on cassette tape for visually or physically impaired or dyslexic subscribers Nationwide.

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Visual / Reading Aids
Disabilities Issues
Physical Disabilities
Reading Disorder
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Visual Impairments
Provides primary care and emergency services for veterans. Inpatient and outpatient treatment includes evaluation, treatment, medical, surgical, psychiatry, neurology and rehabilitation medicine. A full range of health screenings, health education resources, and prevention programs (weight, smoking cessation) are available. Services for women veterans include GYN services, PAP smears, mammograms, and programs for domestic violence and sexual trauma. Other services include: - Post-traumatic stress disorder treatment - HIV/AIDS treatment. - Outpatient pharmacy. - Alcohol and drug dependence day treatment - Nursing home care services and adult day health care - Benefits advocacy For information on van transportation to and from the VA Medical Center for treatment, call 716-862-6544. Thanksgiving dinner served most years to homeless and veterans in need of support and their families. ##Veteran##

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Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Surgery
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Pharmacies
Pap Tests
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Healthy Eating Programs
Emergency Room Care
Hospitals
Veteran Reintegration Counseling
AIDS / HIV Clinics
General Benefits Assistance
Mammograms
Thanksgiving Meals
Drug Use Disorder Day Treatment
Alcohol Use Disorder Day Treatment
Adult Day Health Programs
General Medical Care
Smoking / Vaping Cessation
Health / Disability Related Counseling
Low Vision Aids
General Health Education Programs
Obstetrics / Gynecology
Satellite clinic located inside the Dale Association building, offering services once per month. Provides the services of a Certified Low Vision Optometrist for individuals with decreasing vision. A low vision evaluation differs from the routine eye exam provided by an ophthalmologist in that it works with patients to maximize their remaining functional vision through the use of optical devices. This may include special lenses, magnifiers, telescopes, lighting, and/or glare reduction. When an individual is experiencing difficulty with tasks or things they enjoy doing due to vision loss, a low vision evaluation may be beneficial.

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Low Vision Aids
Eye Examinations
Provides the services of a Certified Low Vision Optometrist for individuals with decreasing vision. A low vision evaluation differs from the routine eye exam provided by an ophthalmologist in that it works with patients to maximize their remaining functional vision through the use of optical devices. This may include special lenses, magnifiers, telescopes, lighting, and/or glare reduction. When an individual is experiencing difficulty with tasks or things they enjoy doing due to vision loss, a low vision evaluation may be beneficial.

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Eye Examinations
Low Vision Aids
Assists the blind and visually impaired to receive the equipment necessary to complete activities of daily living. Such aids include magnifiers, large print materials, canes, and talking watches. Financial assistance available for eye exams and glasses. Offers a vision loss support group that meets once per month.

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Voice / Audio Output Aids
Braille and Tactile Aids
Low Vision Aids
Blind Mobility Aids
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Provides the services of a Certified Low Vision Optometrist for individuals with decreasing vision. A low vision evaluation differs from the routine eye exam provided by an ophthalmologist in that it works with patients to maximize their remaining functional vision through the use of optical devices. This may include special lenses, magnifiers, telescopes, lighting, and/or glare reduction. When an individual is experiencing difficulty with tasks or things they enjoy doing, due to vision loss, a low vision evaluation may be beneficial.
Provides individuals with visual problems, information on available services, vision aids, appliances and education to help them maintain there independence.

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Disease / Disability Information
Mobility Aids
Visual Impairments
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

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Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Dedicated to preserving vision and to providing crucially needed vision health care services to help people of all ages overcome the challenges of vision loss, through clinical services, education, research, and advocacy enabling people with low vision and blindness enjoy safe, independent and productive lives. Call or visit website for more information.

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Case / Care Management
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disease / Disability Information
Visual / Reading Aids
Disability Associations
Offers Vision Services, including Assistive Technology and Orientation and Mobility Assessment and Training, for students attending district programs. Vision Assistive Technology Evaluations identify assistive technology devices and services that will help the student access the general curriculum and achieve academic success. Some of the technologies include screen reading software, speech output, scan-and-read systems, computer screen magnification, electronic note takers, and magnifying Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs). Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is an important and integral part of the curriculum in the comprehensive delivery of services to children with visual impairments. Orientation is the process of using sensory information to establish and maintain one's position in the environment; mobility is the process of moving safely, efficiently, and gracefully within one's environment. The ultimate goal of O&M instruction is for visually impaired persons to be able to travel in any environment as independently as possible. To reach this goal, O&M instruction must begin at the earliest possible age. Call for more detailed information.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Mobility Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Assistive Technology Training
Special Education Assessment
Special Education
Educational Support Services
Visual / Reading Aids
Offers independent and working skills training in a variety of communications, household, personal, technology and related areas. Orientation and mobility training may include how to move about in a specific environment such as a home, school or work place. It usually involves teaching proper techniques for safe and effective travel with a long (white) cane. It also includes training on how to be aware of clues from the environment and knowing your location. Provides an open resource room for individuals to test and purchase accessible computer technology as well as additional low vision and mobility aids. Also offers Braille instruction, early intervention services for children and specialty services for older individuals.

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Mobility Aids
Computer Access Aids
Special Needs Job Development
Descriptive Video Services
Voice / Audio Output Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille and Tactile Aids
Offers rehabilitation services to the blind and visually impaired where case workers go out to individuals homes for assessment and in home rehabilitation related to vision loss, providing cane travel, homemaker training, adaptive reading devices (low vision), talking watches and clocks, and general training in blindness rehabilitation.

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Mobility Aids
Braille Instruction
Low Vision Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training

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Libraries
Low Vision Aids
Public Access Computers / Tools
Story Hour
Public Internet Access Sites
Children's Reading Clubs
Home Library Services
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Writing Instruction
Resume Preparation Assistance
Computer and Related Technology Classes
Provides optometry services to active duty military personnel including eye examinations, military spectacles, vision readiness screening, and refractive surgery.

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Optometry
Eye Surgery
Vision Screening
Glasses/Contact Lenses
Eye Examinations

Administers programs and services to enhance employability, maximize independence, and assist in the development of the capacities and strengths of people who are legally blind. Programs include:

Equipment Loan Fund, which allows individuals to borrow up to $4,000 to purchase adaptive equipment.

Children's services for children who are legally blind, including early intervention rehabilitation, working with and empowering parents, arranging services to supplement educational activities, and ensuring a smooth transition to adult services.

Vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and youth ages 14 to 21 years, which provide a number of services, including assessment, information and referral, casework services, job coaching, orientation and mobility training, independent living skills training, and assistive technology assistance.

Independent living services for individuals who are not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and who are not receiving services through another NYSCB Program. These services are provided based on individual need and may include orientation and mobility services, rehabilitation teaching, low vision services and devices, social casework, and adaptive equipment.

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Braille and Tactile Aids
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Assistive Technology Equipment Rental
Disability Rights Groups
Assistive Technology Training
Assistive Technology Information
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Blind Mobility Aids
Orientation and Mobility Training
Braille Instruction