Additional Agency Resources
Vision Forward Association is proud to be a member of the VisionServe Alliance, a national council of private agencies for the blind and visually impaired organized for charitable and educational purposes.
If you or someone you know has changing vision, there are local, state and national organizations that offer assistance and serve as useful resources. Resources include children’s services, senior services, education, employment and job training, reading and entertainment, housing, legal, products and services, recreation, transportation, support and advocacy and parental support and advocacy.
State and Local
- ABLE (Audio and Braille Literacy Enhancement)
- Center for Deaf-Blind Persons, Inc.
- Medical College of Wisconsin – Eye Institute
- Milwaukee County Executive, Office for Persons with Disabilities
- National Federation of the Blind – Wisconsin
- Prevent Blindness Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Council of the Blind
- Wisconsin State Office for the Blind and Visually Impaired (OBVI)
National
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Council of the Blind
- American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
- American Foundation for the Blind
- American Optometric Association
- Disability.gov
- EyeHelp
- The Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Lighthouse International
- Mobility International USA
- National Accessible Media Center
- National Eye Institute
- National Federation of the Blind
- National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation
- National Organization for Rare Disorders
- OneSight
- Prevent Blindness America
Children Services
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Cribs for Kids
- Department of Health and Family Services – Birth to 3 Program
- National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Senior Services
Education
- Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Access Technology Institute
- The Hadley School for the Blind
- National Blindness Professional Certification Board
- Professional Development & Research Institute on Blindness
- Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America
- Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Employment and Job Training
- AFB Career Connect
- Beyond Vision
- Department of Workforce Development – Vocational Rehabilitation
- IBVI (Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired), Milwaukee
- Job Accommodations Network
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Reading and Entertainment
- ABLE (Audio and Braille Literacy Enhancement)
- American Printing House for the Blind
- BookShare
- The Milwaukee Repertory Theater — accessible services
- Learning Ally
- National Braille Press
- Seedlings: Braille Books for Children
Housing
Legal
- ABC for Health, Inc.
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund, Inc.
Recreation
- Blind Outdoor Leisure Development (BOLD)
- Christian Record Services/National Camps for Blind Children
- Easter Seals Wisconsin
- U.S. Association of Blind Athletes
- Wisconsin Lions Camp
- Wisconsin Blind Bowling Association: Call (414) 615-0107
- Wisconsin Adaptive Sports Association (WASA)
Transportation
Support and Advocacy
- 2-1-1 @ IMPACT
- Blinded Veterans Association of Wisconsin, Inc.
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- Independence First
- VisionAWARE
- Family Connect
- Mothers United for Moral Support (MUMS) National Parent to Parent Network
- National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
- National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
- Wisconsin FACETS
- Wisconsin First Step Hotline