SERVICES (many free)

APPLIANCE MARKING (BRAILLE DOTS)

PG&E - Visual disability service to have gas & electrical items
marked with Braille (free) (800) 743-5000

AUDIO /TALKING/ACCESSIBLE BOOKS

Aurora Ministries: Audio Bibles for the Blind (Free 1 time)
P.O. Box 621, Bradenton, FL 34206
(941) 748-3031 FAX (941) 748-6137
email: [email protected]
www.AudioBiblesForTheBlind.org

Bookshare (accessible forms of texts, for students)

Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609
(650) 444-3400 FAX (650) 475-1066
www.benetech.org

California Braille & Talking Book Library (No Charges)
P.O. Box 942837, Sacramento, CA 94237-0001
(800) 952-5666 FAX (916) 654-1119
email: [email protected]
website: www.btbl.ca.gov

Christian Record Services (free loans, Also camps, etc.)
P.O. Box 6097, Lincoln, NE 68506-0097
(402) 488-0981 FAX (402) 488-7582
e-mail: [email protected]
www.christianrecord.org

Learning Ally (educational texts, membership fees)
20 Roszel Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
(800) 221-4792 www.learningally.org

BRAILLE INSTRUCTION

Contact your local center (see #2, page 6) to see if instruction
is available and what the cost would be.

The Hadley School for the Blind (Braille by correspondence)
700 Elm St., Winnetka, Il 60093-0299
(847) 446-8111 or (800) 526-9909
FAX (847) 446-9820 TTY (847) 441-8111
email: [email protected]
website: http:/www.hadley.edu/

HANDICAP PLACARD (DMV)

The DMV offers a Handicap Parking Placard when the current form is completed by you and your doctor. You must have legal blindness if the reason is visual impairment.

LARGE PRINT

National Association of Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
2745 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 221-3201
email: [email protected]
NAVH headquarters
22 W. 21st St., 6th Floor; New York, New York 10010
(888) 205-5951 (212) 889-3141 FAX (212) 727-2931
http:/www.navh.org

The New York Times, Large Type Weekly (subscription)
Mail Subscription Dept., P.O. Box 220, Northvale, NJ 07647
(800) 631-2580

Reader’s Digest, Large Print Publications (subscription)
P.O. Box 420235, Palm Coast, FL 32142-0235
(800) 877-5293
www.rdpfs.org

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Administration gives a variety of help, such as help with care-giving, when you have a statement of legal blindness. Call (800) 234-5772 or go to your local office.

TAX DEDUCTION

The IRS (www.irs.gov) gives a tax deduction if you have a statement of legal blindness from your doctor.

TELEPHONES

For free lifetime loan, large # phones, you will need verification
of visual loss, hearing loss, or other disability. (No Charges)

California Telephone Access Program (CTAP)
P.O. Box 30310, Stockton, CA 95213
(800) 806-1191 FAX (800) 889-3974
www.CaliforniaPhones.org
email: [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

Dial-a-Ride
Merced: (209) 384-3111 Modesto: (209) 527-4900
Fresno: (559) 621-7433 Madera: (559) 661-7433