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    American Council of the Blind
    The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is composed primarily of blind persons involved in 50 active State and 20 professional and special-interest organizations. ACB strives to strengthen vocational... Details >
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    American Foundation for the Blind
    The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1921 to improve services for people who are blind or visually impaired, conduct research, and inform the public. AFB... Details >
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    Blind Childrens Center
    The Blind Childrens Center is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1938. The Center provides diversified services to meet the needs of blind and partially sighted children, ages birth through... Details >
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    Blind Children's Fund
    The Blind Children's Fund (BCF), formerly The International Institute for Visually Impaired, 0-7 (IIVI, 0-7), founded in 1978, is a resource and information center on the early development and educati... Details >
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    Blinded Veterans Association
    The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA), founded in 1945, promotes the welfare of blind and visually impaired veterans. The BVA helps these veterans become oriented or readjusted and obtain vocational... Details >
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    Braille Institute
    The Braille Institute was founded in 1919 as the Universal Braille Press to provide services to the blind, which now includes production of more than 5 million Braille pages yearly, preschool service... Details >
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    Choice Magazine Listening
    Choice Magazine Listening (CML) provides bimonthly audio tapes of current magazine articles from over 100 magazines free of charge to the blind, visually impaired, or physically handicapped. Eight ho... Details >
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    DB-LINK
    DB-LINK is a federally funded information and referral service that identifies, coordinates, and disseminates (at no cost) information related to children and youth who are deaf-blind (ages 0 to 21 ye... Details >
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    Eye Bank Association of America, Inc.
    The Eye Bank Association of America, Inc. (EBAA) is a nonprofit organization of eye banks dedicated to restoring sight through the promotion and advancement of eye banking. EBAA was established in 19... Details >
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    Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
    The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind provides trained dogs for qualified blind persons. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization incorporated under the Membership Corporation Laws of New York. I... Details >
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    Database Updated: Wednesday, November 10, 2004