Resources

This page is intended to help identify resources beyond Seedlings’ scope that can positively impact the lives of children with vision loss and provide support for their families and teachers. Inclusion on this page does not constitute formal endorsement or partnership.

• Information About Braille
  
• Information About Eye Conditions and Vision Loss
  
• Other Sources of Braille Materials for Children
  
• Helpful Organizations and Agencies
  

Information About Braille

Information About Eye Conditions and Vision Loss

Blindness and Vision Impairment from the WHO

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Other Sources of Braille Materials for Children

American Printing House for the Blind

Braille Bibles International: including a Twin Vision Children's Bible

BRL: The Beulah Reimer Legacy: low-cost print-braille-and-picture books

Lutheran Braille Workers: free braille Bibles and other materials in many languages

Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund: textbooks and quick braille projects

National Braille Press: Children's Book of the Month Club & other braille books

National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

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Helpful Organizations and Agencies

American Council of the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind

Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Hadley: free braille classes

Helen Keller National Center

Independent Living Aids

Leader Dogs for the Blind

Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

Michigan Department of Education--Low Incidence Outreach

National Braille Association

Paths to Literacy

Teaching Students with Visual Impairments

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