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Disease/Disability Information For Visual Impairments | Akron Blind Center

Maintains information about community resources that are appropriate for people with visual challenges. Links individuals who are in need of specialized services with appropriate resources.

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Disease/Disability Information
Specialized Information and Referral
Visual Impairments

Supports And Services For Seniors And People With Id / Dd | Metzenbaum Sheltered Industries

Assist individuals in planning a career path through team based processes and discovery and a Job Coach. Client works one-on-one with an assigned job coach to create a step-by-step plan as deemed necessary by the team members.

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Visual Impairments
Physical Disabilities
Career Counseling
Developmental Disabilities

Blind And Low Vision Services | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.

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Visual Impairments
Tuition Assistance
Vocational Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Orientation and Mobility Training
Small Business Development
Braille Instruction

Blind And Low Vision Services | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.

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Visual Impairments
Tuition Assistance
Vocational Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Orientation and Mobility Training
Small Business Development
Braille Instruction

Blind Truth Support Group | Soprema Senior Center

Offers a monthly support group for individuals that are visually impaired. Discusses coping, challenges, safety, finding visual aids, appliances, and other topics.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Visual Impairments

Talking Books / Braille | Cleveland Public Library

Offers recorded books, brailled books, books specifically for the reading disabled, audio output aides, and voice recorded devices.

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Voice/Audio Output Aids
Braille Materials/Collections
Audio Recording Services
Public Libraries
Visual Impairments
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic

Business Enterprise Program (BEP) | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

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Visual Impairments
Small Business Development

Independent Living/Older Blind (ILOB) | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments

Low Vision Support Group | Lakewood City Of - Department Of Human Services

Provides a support group for older adults experiencing any degree of vision loss or impairment.

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Visual Impairments
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Specialized Information And Referral For Visual Impairments | National Federation Of The Blind Of Ohio

Maintains information about community resources that are appropriate for people with visual impairments. Offers encouragement for parents of blind children and newly blind people.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Visual Impairments

Daily Broadcasts Reading Service For The Blind | Voicecorps Reading Service

Provides reading services to people who are unable to use standard print materials because of a disability. Programming includes local, regional and national newspapers, grocery/retail store advertisements, magazines of all types, talk radio and other special interest programming, including disability related information.

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Blindness
Reading Services for People With Disabilities

Support Group | American Council Of The Blind Of Ohio

Provides support groups and general advocacy for the blind or visually impaired and their family members. Support group members may help others find minor equipment, such as magnifying devices, and makes referrals to other local agencies.

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Visual Impairments
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Blindness Support Group | Toledo Blind Outreach Center

Provides a low-vision/blind support group. Dinner is provided.

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Visual Impairments
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Bureau Of Services For The Visually Impaired | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides vocational rehabilitation and other services for Ohioans who are blind or have a visual impairment.

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Visual Impairments
Vocational Rehabilitation

Health Information And Education - Blindness | National Federation Of The Blind

Blind volunteers provide information and referral to other blind people. Purpose is to encourage the newly blind and the parents of blind children.

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Visual Impairments
Disease/Disability Information

Cctv Leasing Program For People With Low Vision | Assistive Technology Of Ohio

Leasing of CCTV equiptment for persons with low vision.

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Low Vision Aids
Assistive Technology Equipment
Visual Impairments

American Council Of The Blind Of Ohio | American Council Of The Blind Of Ohio

Offers Information and Referral services to Ohio residents and their families experiencing blindness and vision loss. Support groups and weekend activities are offered at various times throughout the year. ACB Ohio has a state conference held in Columbus each fall. Also, people interested in becoming a member for a small fee will recieve a quarterly newsletter.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Blindness

Vocational Evaluation | Goodwill Industries Of South Central Ohio

Provides assessment to identify the individual's academic and vocational capabilities. Participants complete a variety of pencil and paper, computerized or simulated activities to determine their work kills, transferable skills, aptitudes, academic abilities and interests. A written report is forwarded to the client's referral source.

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Homeless People
Ex-Offenders
Developmental Disabilities
Visual Impairments
Career Counseling
Physical Disabilities

Independent Living/Older Blind (ILOB) | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

What's Here

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments

Business Enterprise Program (BEP) | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

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Visual Impairments
Small Business Development

Disease/Disability Information For Visual Impairments | Prevent Blindness - Northeast Ohio Chapter

Provides eye health and eye safety information and brochures.

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Disease/Disability Information
Visual Impairments

Business Enterprise Program (BEP) | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

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Visual Impairments
Small Business Development

Independent Living/Older Blind (ILOB) | Opportunities For Ohioans With Disabilities

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments

That All May Read | National Library Service For The Blind And Print Disabled

Administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States.

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People With Disabilities/Health Conditions
Visual Impairments
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Home Library Services
Braille Materials/Collections

Support Group | American Council Of The Blind Of Ohio

Provides support groups and general advocacy for the blind or visually impaired and their family members. Support group members may help others find minor equipment, such as magnifying devices, and makes referrals to other local agencies.

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Visual Impairments
Health/Disability Related Support Groups