BLIND AND LOW VISION SERVICES
EASTER SEALS
FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING BLINDNESS, INC.
HOWARD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
LOW VISION INFORMATION CENTER
MD SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
MD STATE LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
MEDICAL EYE BANK OF MARYLAND
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON EAR
RADIO READING NETWORK OF MARYLAND
FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING BLINDNESS, INC.
11435 Cronhill Drive
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117-2220
410-568-0150
1-800-683-5555
FAX: 410-363-2393
Local TTY: 410-363-7139
Toll Free TTY: 1-800-683-5551
E-Mail:info@blindness.org
Website: www.FightBlindness.org
The Foundation Fighting Blindness offers information and referral services for affected individuals and their families as well as doctors and eye care professionals. Provides comprehensive information kits on Retinitis Pigmentosa, Macular Degeneration, and Usher Syndrome. The Foundation's newsletter,In Focus is published 3 times a year and presents articles on coping, research updates, and Foundation news.
HOWARD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Vision Program
Faulkner Ridge Center
10598 Marble Faun Court
Columbia, MD 21044
410-313-7022
FAX: 410-313-7345
E-Mail: publicinfo@hcpss.org
Website: www.hcpss.org
Services for visually impaired and blind students enrolled in the Howard County Public School system are available. Call the above number for information.
LOW VISION INFORMATION CENTER
3501 Taylor Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21236
410-444-5000,Ext. 710 or 201
FAX: 410-319-5700
E-Mail: info@mdschblind.org
Website: www.www.marylandschoolfortheblind.org
A private, non-profit school, the Maryland School for the Blind educates children and youth who are blind or have low vision, including those with multiple disabilities. As Maryland's premier resource for blind and low vision children and youth, the school serves more than 700 students each year throughtout the state. Enrolled students receive therapeutic and health care support to assist in overcoming barriers in addition to the the basics of math, reading, science, social studies and vocational education. Students may also learn Braille or low vision techniques, orientation and mobility skills as well as self-help, social and decision making skills. The school is fully accredited by both the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped (NAC) and the Middle States Association for Colleges and Secondary Schools.
MD STATE LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
415 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201-3603
410-230-2424
800-964-9209
FAX: 410-333-2095
TTY: 410-333-8679
E-Mail: referenc@lbph.lib.md.us
Website: www.lbph.lib.md.us
The MD State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is a regional library in the Library of Congress network that provides free library service to persons unable to read or handle ordinary books and magazines because of visual or physical impairment. A variety of materials and special equipment is available. Call for more information and eligibility requirements.
815 Park Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-2020 or 800-756-4824
FAX: 410-783-0183
Website: www.tbionline.org
The Medical Eye Bank of Maryland provides human eye tissue for sight restoring corneal transplants and supports research projects that seek the cause of and cure for blindness.
35 University Boulevard East
Silver Spring, MD 20901
301-681-6636
FAX: 301-681-5227
E-Mail: information@washear.org
Website: www.washear.org
The Metropolitan Washington Ear is a multi-media reading service that provides newspaper and magazine readings for blind, visually impaired and other print disabled individuals,
RADIO READING NETWORK OF MARYLAND
2901 Liberty Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-462-8580
FAX: 410-462-8553
E-Mail: radioreading@nni.com
The Baltimore Radio Reading Service is a closed circuit reading service for the blind and print-handicapped individuals. Current information not available in other ways, such as newspapers and magazines, are read to the listeners.
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