Visual Impairments - National Organizations

American Council of the Blind Parents
c/o American Council of the Blind
1155 15th St. N.W., Suite 720
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 467-5081; (800) 424-8666

American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(800) AFBLIND (Toll Free Hotline)
For publications, call: (800) 232-3044
E-Mail: afbinfo@afb.org


Blind Children’s Center
4120 Marathon Street
Los Angeles, CA 90029-0159
(323) 664-2153; (800) 222-3566
E-Mail: info@blindcntr.org


Division for the Visually Handicapped
c/o Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091-1589
(703) 620-3660

National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired, Inc.
P.O. Box 317
Watertown, MA 02472-0317
(617) 972-7441; (800) 562-6265
E-mail: napvi@perkins.pvt.k12.ma.us


National Association for Visually Handicapped
22 West 21st Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(212) 889-3141
E-Mail: staff@navh.org

National Braille Association, Inc. (NBA)
3 Townline Circle
Rochester, NY 14623
(716) 427-8260
E-mail: nbaoffice@compuserve.com


National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-6160; (1-800) 548-7323
E-mail: orders@ndp.org

National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
2020 Vision Place
Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
(301) 496-5248
E-mail: 2020@nei.nih.gov

National Federation of the Blind, Parents Division
c/o National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314
E-Mail: nfb@access.digex.net

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
1291 Taylor Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20542
(202) 707-5100; (800) 424-8567; (202) 707-0744 (TTY)
E-Mail: nls@loc.gov

Prevent Blindness America
500 E. Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(847) 843-2020; (800) 221-3004 (Toll Free)
E-Mail: info@preventblindness.org
Web: www.preventblindness.org

The Foundation Fighting Blindness (formerly the National
Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation)
Executive Plaza One, Suite 800
11350 McCormick Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1014
(888) 394-3937; (800) 683-5551 (TTY)
(410) 785-1414; (410) 785-9687 (TTY)