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Florida Boarding School for the Deaf and the Blind

Florida Division of Blind Services

The Division of Blind Services is Florida's state agency responsible for ensuring that people of all ages in the state who are blind or visually impaired can live independently and achieve their goals.

South Eastern Guide Dog School for the Blind

Light House Central Florida

Access Lynx

A shared ride paratransit, door-to-door transportation van service provided by MV Transportation under the supervision of LYNX. The program is for eligible individuals who aren't able to use our regular bus service (also called "fixed route") because of a disability. Currently, the program provides more than 1,900 scheduled passenger trips per day, using a variety of vehicles specially equipped for individuals with various disabilities.

Community Care for the Elderly

VNA of Central Florida, Inc./Community Care for the Elderly provides in-home services that contribute to the well being of individuals as well as the community we serve.

Florida Senior

Florida Senior 360 is the most comprehensive website for seniors, their families and caregivers to find retirement communities, senior providers, eldercare services and senior products quickly and easily.

VisionServe Alliance

VisionServe Alliance is organized for charitable and educational purposes, including improving the quality of life for those individuals who are blind or visually impaired by: Promoting, supporting and encouraging the delivery of quality services for persons who are blind or visually impaired through its member agencies and through public education. Providing a communication channel to members for sharing information and addressing issues related to services to people who are blind or visually impaired.

Florida Council of the Blind

Florida Lions Club

Palm Beach Garden florida Lions Club

North Central Florida Lions District 35L

Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services

Talking Books/Special Needs Library

Talking Books Library

Orange County Library System

Hillsborough County Talking Book Library

Talking Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Broward County Talking Book Library

Lee County Talking Books Library

Brevard County Libraries

West Florida Public Library

Pinellas Talking Book Library

Florida Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

The Florida Center for the Blind is a non-profit organization that teaches alternatives to performing daily living skills with a minimum of inconvenience to the individual.

Senior Providers - Directory of senior services, facilities and resources.

Braille Works

Our organization is truly dedicated to Braille literacy and Making the World a More Readable Place

Florida Division of Rehabilitation

Funds were provided for vocational guidance, training, prosthetics, and placement services.

Abletrust

The Trust
supports individuals non-profit vocational rehabilitation programs throughout Florida with

fund-raising, grant making and public awareness of disability issues

Florida Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities

Our mission is to advance the dignity,
equality, self-determination and expressed choices of
individuals with disabilities.

Disabilities in Florida Toll Free Number Listing

Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology

to provide assistive technology products and services which will enable persons with disabilities
to participate in independent living, education, work and recreation from birth to death.

Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged

Our Mission to insure the availability of efficient, cost-effective, and quality
transportation services for transportation disadvantaged persons.

Florida One Stop Centers

Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind

Florida Braille and Talking Book Library

Florida Council of the Blind Dicussion List

Florida Disabled Outdoor Association

Florida Instructional Material Center for the Visually Impaired

(FIMC-VI) is a statewide resource center designed to assist schools in obtaining specialized materials for students with visual impairments.

National Federation of the Blind Florida Resources

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind

Division of Blind Services

Miami Dade Public Library System

Wlrn  Radio Reading Service

Easter Seals of South Florida

Easter Seals offers a variety of services to help people with disabilities address life's challenges and achieve personal goals.

Goodwill Industries of South Florida

Goodwill Industries of South Florida is a non-profit organization dedicated to training, employing and placing people with disabilities and special needs in community jobs in order to transition to independence.

Gulfstream Goodwill Industries

Gulfstream Goodwill Industries serves the community by assisting people with disabilities and other barriers to employment to become self-sufficient, working members of our community.

McDonald Training Center

We are an organization that is dedicated to continuously improving the quality of the vocational, employment and residential services

Pine Castle

A community where adults with developmental disabilities achieve their potential for independence.

Brevard Achievement Center

has been a leader in providing vocational and social rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities.

Challenge Enterprises of North Florida Inc

Hundreds of individuals with disabilities have achieved success in school, at work, in an apartment or in homeownership, and have achieved valuable earning power which provides new economic wealth.

Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities

is a 501(c)(3) organization and represents Community Human Service Provider Agencies making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities across the sunshine state.

Goodwill Industries of Central Florida

THE MISSION of Goodwill Industries of Central Florida is to provide opportunities to people with disabilities and disadvantaging conditions so that they may overcome barriers to employment, reach a higher level of independence and improve their lives.

Good Will Industries of South West Florida

the mission of helping people with disabilities and other disadvantages overcome their barriers to employment and independence.

Bridges Btc Inc

We are a community based organization that has been supporting children and adults with disabilities.

Good Will Industries of North Florida

our mission to train and employ people with disabilities and special needs.

Good Will Industries of North Florida

our mission to train and employ people with disabilities and special needs.

Habilitation Center for the Handicapped Inc

Our mission is to equip adults with special needs with the knowledge, skills and behavior needed to lead useful and productive lives

Palm Beach Habilitation Center

To prepare men and women with disabilities to live
and work to their greatest level of
independence.

Quest Inc

From a variety of residential and employment options, to behavioral therapy and even a recreational summer camp,

Upc

the UCP mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network.

Lighthouse of the Big Bend

the Lighthouse of the Big Bend provides free services for any person who is legally blind in Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor and Wakulla Counties

Conklince Center for the Blind

The Conklin Center became the first nonprofit, human service agency in the nation dedicated to training adults who are blind and have an additional disability to be able to work at competitive jobs and live independently.

Light House for the Visually Impaired and Blind

The Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind is a non-profit agency that provides training at no cost to clients.

LightHouse of Broward

Lighthouse strives to further its mission to enhance the independence, productivity and quality of life of children and adults who are blind  or visually impaired.

The Learning Center for Vision Impaired Seniors

The LCVIS is a Florida 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization whose mission is to bring together blind/legally-blind seniors/adults for education, support, and socialization.

Florida Reading and Vision Technology

Bringing Knowledge and Hope to the Visually Impaired through the use of Adaptive Technology.

Broward County Transit

Center for  Independent Living of Broward

Senior Volunteer Services

Senior Volunteer Services is the premier volunteer service organization in Broward County, Florida for older adults who want to remain active, healthy, and involved in their communities by contributing time to improve the lives of others.

Area Agency on Aging of Broward

The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) is a nonprofit organization serving Broward County's senior residents, age 60 or older.

Lighthouse of Pinellas

the mission of Lighthouse of Pinellas is to advance the independence, opportunities and quality of life for the more than 40,000 residents of Pinellas County who are blind or visually impaired.

Visually Impaired Persons of Charlotte County

The VIP is a resource and education center offering programs and services to the visually impaired of Charlotte County Florida and surrounding community.

Leon County Public Library

WSfu Reading Radio Service

PALM BEACH CHAPTER OF THE FLORIDA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND

National Federation of the Blind Florida Palm Beach Chapter

Pinellas Public Library Cooperative

Carolyns Low Vision Products

a retail store in Florida which attracts customers from all over the United States. We are very familiar with the various eye diseases and low vision and are experts at helping our customers choose the best product for their needs.

Florida Outreach Center for the Blind Inc

A full-service training facility for the blind and visually-impaired.

Florida Department of Elder Affairs

is to serve elders in all possible ways to help them keep their self-sufficiency and self-determination.

Enabling Technologies Company

World's Leading Manufacture of Braille Embossers.

Freedom Scientific

Freedom Scientific is the world’s leader in technology-based solutions for people with visual impairments.

Hope Haven Children's Clinic and Family Center

Hope Haven's multi-disciplinary team provides excellence in educational, psychological and related therapeutic services for children, families and young adults with special needs.

Magnifying Center

The Magnifying Center® is the original and largest source of low vision aids. 

Florida University  Program and Visual Impairment

Family Network on Disability of florida

Our mission is to ensure through collaboration that Floridians have full access to family-driven support, education, information, resources, and advocacy and to serve families of children with disabilities,

Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services

The Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services administers programs for students with disabilities and for gifted students.

The Collier County Association for the Blind, CCAB,

CCAB, is currently the only county agency serving and acting as a referral agency for the visually impaired and legally blind.

Agency for people with Disabilities

The Agency Supports Persons with Developmental Disabilities in Living, Learning and Working in their Community.

Foundation Fighting Blindness Florida Office)

Guerilla Technologies

We continuously search for the best and latest
technology to bring to the
print disabled community.

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Magnifiers and more Store

Manatee County Library System

Merrick Educational Center

Providing Special Teachers for Students with Special Needs.

Low vision Solutions

Low Vision Products

Florida Lions Foundation for the Blind Inc

Low Vision Institute

The Low Vision Institute has offered unique, comprehensive, low vision care to patients challenged by conditions such as: macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, albinism, brain injury, stroke, and retinitis pigmentosa.

National Association of Blind Veterans

The National Association of Blind Veterans (NABV) is a group
of veterans whose blindness is both service-connected and not service-connected, and who are concerned about the welfare and well-being of other
blind veterans.

New vision for Independence inc.

is a non-profit agency providing free instruction, vision rehabilitation, and support services to visually impaired or blind adults and their families in Lake and Sumter Counties.

Florida Telecommunications Relay Service

Florida Relay is the communications link for people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf/Blind or Speech Impaired.

Florida Division of Blind Services Children's Program

Assists blind and visually impaired children in participating fully in community and educational settings.

Florida Division of Blind Services Assistive Technology Information

Assistive technology (AT), adaptive technology and low vision aids are available to assist an individual who is blind or visually impaired.

Disabilities in Florida Toll Free Number Listing

List different toll free numbers to different Disabilities in Florida by catagory.

Braille Printers from Enabling Technologies

The World's Leading Manufacturer of Braille Embossors

C·Different Foundation

The C Different Foundation works to create opportunity for visually impaired athletes to participate in athletic events. CDF also seeks out other types of opportunities for our athletes to share their message.

Canine Companions for Independence

The Family Café

as an attempt to meet an urgent need among persons with disabilities and their families: the need for information.

FAAST

is to improve the quality of life for all Floridians with disabilities through advocacy and awareness activities that increase access to and acquisition of assistive services and technology

Florida Blind Services

Florida Lions Foundation for the Blind

to provide sight care to the needy through the Lions of Florida.

Hands On Education

Lighthouse Central Florida

Lighthouse is the only private, non-profit agency offering a comprehensive array of professional vision rehabilitation services in the Central Florida area.

Southeastern Guide Dogs

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