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| Community Information and Services/Disabilities/Vision Disabilities| Information, resources and services for people with a vision disability or who
are Blind |
 Association for the Blind of Western Australia (Inc) | | Description | "ABWA is the principal provider of services to thousands of Western Australians who are blind or vision impaired. The Association is the official provider of Guide Dogs in Western Australia". | | Author | Community Organisation - Association for the Blind of Western Australia |
| Australian DeafBlind Council [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Australian DeafBlind Council was set up following the National Deafblind Conference in Melbourne in 1993 as a network for deafblind people or other interested people. The purpose of ADBC is to be a national council representing people who are deafblind, their support networks and organisations working in the field. Membership is open to individuals who are deafblind, their families and other support people and organisations serving people who are deafblind and other interested people. | | Author | Community Organisation - Australian DeafBlind Council |
| Blind Citizens Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Information about the Blind Citizens Australia Identity Card, Parents News, Blind Citizens Australia Branches (includes Branch news and meeting dates), Recent Papers, Policies, Reports, Projects, Discussion Forums, Overseas and Australian Blindness Organisations, Assistive Equipment and Software Suppliers, Deaf and blindness Web Sites, WWW Accessibility | | Author | Community Organisation - Blind Citizens Australia |
| BLIST: The Comprehensive Index of Blindness-Related Emailing Lists [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Contains instructions on how to join over two hundred blindness-related E-mail lists and newsgroups, along with mailto fields which you can use to subscribe to any of the lists. It also contains an extensive listing of accessibility and pan-disability lists, as well as a list of E-mail lists which are not blindness-related, but which are frequented by blind members, and a selective list of E-mail list-related resources. | | Author | Individual - Gregory Rosmaita | | Country | US |
| Canberra Blind Society [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Canberra Blind Society serves anyone who is vision impaired or has difficulty in seeing, not only those who are blind. They also assist anyone closely associated with vision impaired people, mothers and family members with vision impaired children. | | Author | Community Organisation - Canberra Blind Society (Inc.) |
| Dasher Project [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used. | | Author | Community Organisation - Gatsby Charitable Foundation | | Country | Unite Kingdom |
| Deafblind Services, NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Vision Australia provides a specialised Deafblind Service. It is designed to meet the specific needs of adults who are deafblind. Currently, Deafblind Services are available to people of 16 years and over who live in the Sydney Metropolitan region and some surrounding areas. Specific eligibility and priority criteria exist. | | Author | Community Organisation - Vision Australia |
| Guide Dogs NSW/ACT [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | A person does not have to be legally blind to qualify for the services offered by the Guide Dog Association of New South Wales and A.C.T. Any person with a vision impairment, who is a resident of New South Wales or the A.C.T. regardless of age, is welcome to use the services of the Association. Apart from guide dogs, we provide many other services. You don't have to need a guide dog to apply for our services. | | Author | Community Organisation - Guide Dog NSW/ACT |
| Literacy Online [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | This project is about helping people use the Internet and assisting with reading, understanding and finding information on the World Wide Web. Staff and students at Northern Melbourne Institute of Tafe are helping with the project, helping to produce websites for students with both intellectual and physical disability and for students who are Deaf or hard of hearing. | | Author | Educational Institution - Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE |
| Queensland Blind Association | | Description | The Queensland Blind Association Inc. provides assistance for both physical and financial requirements. This includes a free White Symbol Cane when joining and financial assistance for home ownership and maintenance such as rates, house repayments, electricity benefits and holiday assistance. In cases of hardship to provide the necessities of life. | | Author | Community Organisation - Queensland Blind Association Inc. |
| Royal Blind Society of NSW [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "Royal Blind Society is the major service provider in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory for blind and vision impaired children and adults. It strives to give people training and skills to enable them to follow the lifestyle of their choice". | | Author | Community Organisation - Royal Blind Society of New South Wales |
| Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children is an independent special educator, providing a wide range of educational services to children who have significant hearing and/or vision loss, including children who have additional disabilities. The provision of these services is the Institute's primary purpose. In affiliation with the University of Newcastle, the Institute conducts a centre for research and professional development in the education of children with impaired hearing or vision. | | Author | Community Organisation - Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children |
| Telstra Disability Services [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Telstra strives to ensure that its products, services, information and people are accessible to all customers, including people who have a disability. Such services include its Disability Equipment Program where eligible customers with a disability who are unable to use a standard telephone handset, can hire specialised telephone products to access the standard telephone service. The major shorter-term focus for the Centre is achieving online accessibility for blind users of our web site. | | Author | Commercial Organisation - Telstra |
| Townsend House, South Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Townsend House has been providing help to Blind/vision impaired and Deaf/hearing impaired children since 1874. They also provide CanDoNet, Australia's first Internet Service Provider whose specific aim is to aid community organisations and people who come from a disadvantaged background or have disabilities. Recently they launched a new co-brand called CanDo4Kids. | | Author | Community Organisation - Townsend House |
| Vision Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Vision Australia works in partnership with Australian's who are blind or vision impaired to live the lives they choose. It does this by developing practical solutions to everyday challenges, providing comprehensive training and enabling easy access to information. | | Author | Community Organisation - Vision Australia |
| VIP-L - Vision Impaired People's List in Australasia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Since 1994, VIP-L has been an online source of announcements and information exchange for blind and vision impaired people in Australasia. Please note that, despite the list name, VIP-L is open to anyone with an interest in blindness, vision impairment or disability! Information is included on the purpose of the list, its intended audience and how you can join it. | | Author | Individual - Gregory Rosmaita | | Country | US |
| WebXact [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Bobby is a free service provided by the Center for Applied Special Technology UK (CAST) to help Web page authors identify and repair significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities. | | Author | Center for Applied Special Technology | | Country | UK |
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