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Local Support Group Activities
Second Friday of each month.
Houston Low Vision Club at Bayland Park invites you to join us for our monthly meeting providing information and support. Please bring your lunch. For more information contact Lee Boncher at 281-558-8771.
Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonnett
Houston Texas 77074
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Third Friday of each month.
The Fort Bend Low Vision Club invites you to joint the monthly meeting for support and information. For more information please call Leola Huey at 281-937-9691.
Fort Bend Center for Independent Living
12496 Dairy Ashford; Suite 110
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Third Friday of each month.
We invite you to join us for the monthly meeting of the Talking Book Club at the Fort Bend Center for Independent Living. For more information contact Leola Huey at 281-937-9691.
Fort Bend Center for Independent Living
12496 Dairy Ashford; Suite 110
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
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Audio Internet Reading Services of Los Angeles (AIRSLA) broadcasts via the Internet to the blind, low-vision and print-disabled a variety of news, information, and entertainment that is otherwise inaccessible.
www.airsla.org
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Texas Department of Rehabilitation Services – Blindness Division
1-800-628-5115 or TTY 1-866-581-9328
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http://www.dars.state.tx.us/
State Agency providing vocational assistance. |
Lighthouse of Houston
Houston, Texas
Voice: 713-527-9561; Fax: 713-284-8451
www.houstonlighthouse.org
Non-profit providing various services to the visually impaired. |
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Visually Impaired Literary Association (VILA)
Houston, TX
Contact: Michael McCulloch:
832-453-7139
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A book club for the blind and visually impaired in the Houston area that meets via teleconference once a month to discuss a mutually agreed upon book.
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Taping for the Blind, Inc.
Houston, Texas
713-622-2767
www.tapingfortheblind.org
Radio reading service and custom book recording. |
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
800-221-4792
www.rfbd.org
Low cost subscription service providing audio books for elementary through college students. They also have an extensive technical book collection. |
Care Ministries
(800) 336-2232 or (662) 323-4999
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www.careministries.org
Records Christian books and Bible studies on tape. |
University of Houston Center for Sight Enhancement
(713) 743-0799
http://www.opt.uh.edu/uei/services/lowvision/
Staff of optometrists who specialize in low vision. |
Vision Connection
www.visionconnection.org
Web resource for news and information about all visual impairments. |
Metro Lift
713-225-0119
Transportation services for the disabled including those who are legally blind. |
NFB Newsline Service
888-882-1629
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Newspapers_by_Phone.asp
Listen to local and national newspapers over the telephone. |
AFB Access World
http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp
Online magazine providing news and reviews about the latest in adaptive technology for the blind and visually impaired. |
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Chicago Lighthouse Help Desk
888-825-0080
Email:
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AIM Screen Name: tclhelp
Assistive Technology Questions? Mr. Ray Campbell will help answer any questions you may have or refer you to someone who can assist. This service is FREE.
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