Free Resources, Other Services & Programs Available for Visually Impaired


FREE RESOUCES LIST for the visually impaired . Others will be added as found.

American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., 1839 Frankfort Avenuem P.O. Box 6085,
Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085
Phone: 502-895-2405 and Toll-Free Customer Service: 800-223-1839 (U.S. and Canada)
Fax: 502-899-2274 and Email: info@aph.org and Website: www.aph.org/
One service provides free audio tapes of Reader's Digest®, Newsweek®, and Weekly Reader® in addition to various other low-cost services.

The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped, Inc., 100 E. Euclid Ave., Suite 127, Des Moines, Iowa 50313
Phone: (515) 243-6833 and Fax: (515) 883-1906 and Toll Free: 1-877-404-4747
Email: info@iowaradioreading.org and Website: www.iowareading.org

Sioux City area coordinator's e-mail: siouxcityiris@aol.com

Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped (IRIS) provides the organization and equipment. The key piece is a pre-tuned receiver located in each recipient's home. It is an uncomplicated device - simply turn it on or off. This signal cannot be picked up on a conventional radio.

WESTERN HILLS AREA EDUCATION AGENCY's Early Childhood Nurse and a School Social Worker have put together a page — "HELP!!! I NEED GLASSES!! — that includes Sioux City optomitrists that accept Title 19 students for BOTH the exam and glasses, businesses and a charity that provide eye glasses assistance for needy students. Click on the related webpage — "More Help for Students Needing Glasses" — above for details.

VISION USA was started by doctors of optometry in 1991 and can help low-income working people in the USA that can't afford the cost of routine eye care or the health insurance that covers it. And, as income earners they don't qualify for government aid and private health care assistance. Click on the related web page above for some further details or Vision USA's website: www.aoa.org.visionusa/