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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.

What's Here

Small Business Development
Visual Impairments

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.

What's Here

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

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

Adaptive Equipment Payment Assistance | American Council Of The Blind- Ohio Chapter

Helps pay for adaptive equipment for the visually impaired. Will pay for up to 50% or $1000 maximum benefit.

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Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
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

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.

What's Here

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

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.

What's Here

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

Recreational Programs | American Council Of The Blind- Ohio Chapter

Works to improve the lives of individuals who are visually impaired. Offers information and referral for equipment, talking books and training programs. Offers various recreation activities throughout the year.

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General Recreational Activities/Sports
Specialized Information and Referral
Visual Impairments

Online Referral Center | American Council Of The Blind

Provides non-medical information related to blindness and visual impairments.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Visual Impairments

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.

What's Here

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

Health/Disability Related Support Groups For Visual Impairments | Akron Blind Center

Provides a place for anyone with visual challenges to talk with people who have lived through similar struggles.

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Visual Impairments
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Health/Disability Related Counseling For Visual Impairments | Cincinnati Association For The Blind And Visually Impaired

Provides individual counseling services for individuals who have visual impairments and if needed assistance connecting to other supports and services. Serves both adults and youth.

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Visual Impairments
Health/Disability Related Counseling

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.

What's Here

Small Business Development
Visual Impairments

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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Disease/Disability Information
Visual Impairments

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

Nfb-Newsline | National Federation Of The Blind

Offers a free service to those who cannot read regular newsprint. Offers over 400 publications to choose from, including ten national newspapers li, sixteen news sources , fourteen international newspapers, and many state newspapers, as well as fifty magazines.

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Blindness
Reading Services for People With 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.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Visual Impairments

School For The Blind | Ohio State School For The Blind

Provides education for children with blindness, low vision, deafblind and visual impairments with multiple disabilities. Offers PK-12+ educational programming. Vocational training is available. Day school and residential school programs available.

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Special Education
Blindness

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.

What's Here

Small Business Development
Visual Impairments

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.

What's Here

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

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.

What's Here

Small Business Development
Visual Impairments

Leader Dog Summer Experience Camp | Leader Dogs For The Blind

Offers a 1-week residential therapeutic camp for adolescents ages 16 and 17 with visual impairments or blindness. Offers leadership development, an introduction to guide dogs, and the opportunity to spend time with peers.

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Therapeutic Camps
Visual Impairments

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.

What's Here

Specialized Information and Referral
Visual Impairments
Disease/Disability Information

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.

What's Here

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

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.

What's Here

Small Business Development
Visual Impairments