Resources

Agencies | Consumer Organizations | Low Vision Clinics | Adaptive Technology Vendors | Massachusetts Independent Living Centers | Miscellaneous​ Disability-Related Services | National NFB Training Centers

Agencies

Name of ResourceWebsite
Booksharewww.bookshare.org
Boston Public Library Access Centerwww.bpl.org
Carroll Center for the Blindwww.carroll.org
Deaf Blind Contact Centerwww.deafinconline.org
Helen Keller Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults (HKNC)www.hknc.org
Learning Ally (Formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic)www.learningally.org
Lowell Association for the Blind (LAB)www.lowellassociationfortheblind.org
Massachusetts Accessible Instructional Materials Library (formerly Vision Resource Library)www.aimlibrary.org
Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (MABVI), A Division of MAB Community Serviceswww.mabcommunity.org
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB)www.mass.gov/mcb
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)www.doe.mass.edu
MCB/DDS Partnership Project for Orientation & Mobility/Low Vision Serviceswww.mass.gov/dds/visionloss
Massachusetts Department of Developmental Service’s (DDS)www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dds
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commissionwww.state.ma.us/mrc
National Braille Presswww.nbp.org
National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH (NCAM)www.main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/description.html
Perkins Librarywww.perkinslibrary.org
Perkins School for the Blindwww.Perkins.org
Talking Information Center (TIC)www.ticnetwork.com
Veterans Administration: Visual Impairment Services Team (VIST)www.visionsofindependence.com
Worcester Public Library Talking Book Librarywww.worcpublib.org/talkingbook

Consumer Organizations

Name of ResourceWebsite
Association of Blind Citizenswww.blindcitizens.org
Berkshire Benevolent Association for the Blindwww.bva.org
Coalition for Usher’s Syndrome Researchwww.usher-syndrome.org
Eye Care Referral Serviceswww.eyecareamerica.com
Foundation Fighting Blindnesswww.fightblindness.org
Massachusetts Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired (MAPVI)www.mapvi.org
Massachusetts Medical Societywww.massmed.org
Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeonswww.mseps.org
Massachusetts Society of Optometristswww.massoptom.org
National Federation of the Blind of Massachusettswww.nfbma.org
Visually Impaired and Blind Users Group (VIBUG)www.vibug.org

Low Vision Clinics

Name of ResourceWebsite
Carroll Center for the Blindwww.carroll.org
MAB Community Serviceswww.mabcommunity.org
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Vision Rehabilitation Centerwww.masseyeandear.org
New England Eye Care Centerwww.mylasikdoc.com
New England Eye Commonwealthwww.newenglandeye.org
New England Eye On-Sightwww.newenglandeye.org/our-locations/on-sight
New England Eye Southeastern MA Low Vision Clinicwww.newenglandeye.org/our-locations/sema
Perkins New England Eye Low Vision Clinicwww.perkins.org/community-programs/low-vision-clinic
UMass Memorial Eye Centerwww.umassmemorial.org
William P. Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Clinicwww.joslin.org

Adaptive Technology Vendors

Name of ResourceWebsite
Adaptivisionwww.videomagnification.com
BAUM USAwww.baumusa.com
Duxbury Systems, Inc.www.duxburysystems.com
Guidelights and Gadgetswww.guidelightsandgadgets.com
HumanWarewww.humanware.com
Ictext Inc.www.ictextinc.com
Independent Sciencewww.independentscience.com
Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.www.kurzweiledu.com
Magnisitewww.magnisitene.com
MassEDP (Massachusetts Equipment Distribution Program)www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/massedp
National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Programwww.icanconnect.org
New England Low Visionwww.nelowvision.com
Perkins Solutionswww.perkinsproducts.org
Verizon Center for Customers with Disabilitieswww.verizon.com/disabilities
Visperowww.vispero.com

Massachusetts Independent Living Centers

Name of ResourceWebsite
AD-LIB, INC.https://www.adlibcil.org/
Boston Center for Independent Livingwww.bostoncil.org
Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabledwww.cilcapecod.org
Center for Living and Working, Inc.www.centerlw.org
Independence Associates, Inc. - Center for Independent Livingwww.iacil.org
Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann, Inc.www.ilcnsca.org
MetroWest Center for Independent Livingwww.mwcil.org
Multi-Cultural Independent Living Center of Bostonwww.milcb.org
Northeast Independent Living Programwww.nilp.org
Southeast Center for Independent Livingwww.secil.org
>STAVROSwww.stavros.org

Miscellaneous Disability-Related Services

Name of ResourceWebsite
Accessible Pharmacyhttps://accessiblepharmacy.com
Architectural Access Board (AAB)www.mass.gov/aab
Association of Massachusetts Educators of Students with Visual Impairments (AMESVI)www.amesvi.org
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)www.cast.org
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)www.adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/home
Disability Law Center (DLC)www.dlc-ma.org
Disability Policy Consortium (DPC)www.dpcma.org
Massachusetts Assistive Technology Loan Programwww.massatloan.org
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Office of Transportation Access - THE RIDEwww.mbta.com
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)www.mass.gov/mcad
Massachusetts Legislative contactswww.malegislature.gov
MassMATCH - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)www.massmatch.org
Massachusetts Network of Information Providers (MNIP)www.disabilityinfo.org
Massachusetts Office on Disability (MOD)www.mass.gov/mod
Northeast Chapter of the Association for the Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind & Visually Impaired (NE/AER)www.neaer.umb.edu
Northeast Regional Center for Vision Education Institute for Community Inclusionwww.nercve.umb.edu
University of Massachusetts Boston Graduate College of Education Vision Studies Programwww.umb.edu/academics/cehd/curriculum/grad/vision_studies_med
VSA Arts of Massachusettswww.vsamass.org

National NFB Training Centers

Name of ResourceWebsite
BLIND, Incorporated (Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions, Incorporated)www.blindinc.org
Colorado Center for the Blind (CCB)www.coloradocenterfortheblind.org
Louisiana Center for the Blind (LCB)www.louisianacenter.org