ABLEDATA
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 930
Silver Spring, MD 20910
1-800-227-0216
301-608-8912 TDD
301-608-8958 Fax
abledata.com[all links on this page open in a new window]
E-mail: abledata@macrointernational.com

See ABLEDATA's downloadable factsheets on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available in the United States. In PDF format.

ABLEDATA has an extensive Blind and Low Vision product list.

Ableware
Maddak, Inc.
661 Route 23 South
Wayne, NJ 07470
973-628-7600
973-305-0841 Fax
maddak.com[all links on this page open in a new window]
E-mail: custservice@maddak.com

The Ableware catalog contains over 500 products designed to maximize independence and facilitate everyday activities, such as dressing, bathing, grooming, and eating; therapeutic games and assessment kits for occupational, physical, speech and recreational therapists; and educational tools for special needs teachers and parents.

Search Ableware's catalog online or request a catalog to be sent to you.

ActiveForever
(a division of Independent Living Products)
10799 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
800-377-8033 (Toll free)
480-767-6800
602-296-0297 Fax
www.activeforever.com
E-mail: CustomerService@ActiveForever.com

ActiveForever [all links on this page open the ActiveForever web site in a new window]specializes in practical solutions for a range of medical problems, rehabilitation, and accessibility. A section of their online store is devoted to low vision products.

ActiveForever's Low Vision Department offers a wide selection of daily living aids, large print products, magnifiers, CCTVs, talking watches, magnifying mirrors, lighting, and other low vision products. A list of these products can also be downloaded in PDF format.

Adaptive Technology Consulting
A Division of Perkins Products
P.O. Box 778
Amesbury, MA 01913
978-462-3817
978-462-3928 (Fax)
www.adaptivetech.net[all links open in new window at Adaptive Tech web site]
E-mail: gyarnall@adaptivetech.net

Adaptive Technology Consulting provides high-technology adaptive devices, training, and consulting services that bring greater independence to individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or have learning disabilities.

Products include adaptive wallets, Daisy books, barcode readers, electronic personal organizers, electronic notetakers, large print computer keyboards, personal care products, screen magnification software, screen readers, speech recognition, video magnifiers (CCTVs), tables for video magnifiers, and whiteboard digital recorders.

AmbuTech

34 DeBaets Street
Winnipeg, Canada
R2J 3S9
800-561-3340 (Toll free)
+1 204 663 3340 (Phone)
800-267-5059 (Fax toll free)
+1 204 668 9517 (Fax)
www.ambutech.com  
Contact AmbuTech: www.ambutech.com/contact.html

AmbuTech offers a wide range of mobility canes, cane tips, and support canes. AmbuTech support canes are fully guaranteed against breakage or malfunction for three years from date of purchase. All AmbuTech canes are made-to-order and are shipped within one week of purchase.

The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. and Adult Life Products
1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085
800-223-1839 (U.S. and Canada)
502-895-2405
502-899-2274 Fax
[link opens in new window]E-mail: info@aph.org
catalogs@aph.org (request a catalog)

American Printing House for the Blind (APH) offers braille products, books, and supplies; large-print books; computer software and access; labeling and marking; lighting; low vision; mobility devices; personal care; recreation and leisure; talking products; and writing and reading devices.

Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc.
Division of Independent Living Aids, Inc.
P.O. Box 9022
Hicksville, NY 11802-9022
1-800-537-2118 (Toll free)
516-937-1848
516-937-3906 Fax
www.annmorris.com
E-mail: can-do@independentliving.com
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Ann Morris supplies the following independent living products[all links open Ann Morris web site in a new window]: bath accessories, canes and walkers, CCTVs, clocks and timers, computers and technology, cooking, educational, electronics, food and novelties, games, recreation, health care, household, jewelry, lamps, magnifiers, personal care, pet supplies, talking items, telephones, watches, writing, and financial management.

Beyond Sight, Inc.
5650 S. Windermere St.
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-6455
303-795-6425 Fax
E-mail: support@beyondsight.com

Beyond Sight offers braille displays and embossers; computers; software; mobility aids; clocks and watches; adapted games; kitchen aids; health and beauty aids; lamps and bulbs; writing aids; magnifiers; helpful gadgets; note takers; recorders and players; telephones; video magnifiers.

Blindes Produkter AS
Pilestredet 75C, Postboks 5915
Majorstua, 0308 Oslo
Norway
+47 23 21 55 50
+47 23 21 55 51 Fax
Web Site: Blindes Produkter catalog
E-mail: firmapost@blindesprodukter.no

This Norwegian company has an online catalog of more than 900 products for people who blind and visually impaired. The product description is only in Norwegian, but you'll find English links on the catalog home page to help you navigate in the catalog. The site is, however, most useful for people in Norway.

Carolyn's Low Vision Products

3938 South Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34231-3622
800-648-2266 (Toll free)
941-373-9100
www.carolynscatalog.com  
E-mail: support@carolynscatalog.com  

Carolyn's products include canes, computer supplies, electronics, fit over shields and sunglasses, games, household products, lamps, magnifiers, medical supplies, telephones, stationery, video magnifiers, vitamins, watches and clocks.

Clotilde, LLC
PO Box 7500
Big Sandy, TX 75755-7500
1-800-545-4002
E-mail: customer_service@clotilde.com

Quilting supplies, sewing notions, needle threaders, regular and adaptive sewing supplies.

Dynamic Living, Inc.
95 West Dudley Town Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002
888-940-0605 (Toll free)
860-683-4442
860-243-1910 Fax
www.dynamic-living.com
E-mail: info@dynamic-living.com
Request a free catalog[link opens in new window]

Dynamic Living offers the following products for people with low vision: clocks and watches, magnifiers, talking products, voice interactive products, telephones, recreation, kitchen products, magnifiers.

E.A.R.S. for EYES Program
1-800-843-6816
www.earsforeyes.org
E-mail: info@earsforeyes.org

Find Audiotapes that Teach Adaptive Daily Living Skills

E.A.R.S. for EYES is a nonprofit public charity that provides free self-study audiotapes that teach adaptive daily living skills to people who are blind and visually impaired, along with their caregivers. The lessons are modeled after current blind rehabilitation techniques and include the following topics: eating skills, kitchen techniques, food preparation, getting around in the house, grooming, doing laundry, managing medications, and using the telephone.

Find Low Vision Support Groups in Your Area

Use The E.A.R.S. for EYES National Directory of Low Vision Support Groups to find a low vision support group in your local area.

En-Vision America, Inc.

1845 E.Hovey Avenue
Normal, IL 61761
309-452-3088
800-890-1180 (Toll free)
www.envisionamerica.com  
E-mail: envision@envisionamerica.com

En-Vision America, Inc. provides high-tech products aimed at solving problems for people with visual impairments, including voice-enabled products such as i.d. mate OMNI, the talking bar code reader, and ScripTalk, the talking pharmaceutical reader.

EnableMart
4210 E. 4th Plain Blvd.
Vancouver, WA 98661
888-640-1999 (Toll Free)
360-695-4155 (Outside the U.S.)
360-695-4133 Fax
www.enablemart.com
E-mail: support@enablemart.com
Request a catalog 

EnableMart provides over 3,000 assistive technology and assistive living devices from over 200 manufacturers.

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EnableMart's online Assistive Technology store has a section devoted to vision products which sells screen magnifiers, braille note takers, screen readers, talking books, braille embossers and translators, and miscellaneous products for low vision, such as talking thermostats and alarm clocks, barcode readers, and more. 

ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia, Inc.
3100 Clarendon Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
703-525-ECNV (3268)
703-525-3585 Fax
703-525-3553 TDD
www.ecnv.org/FAQ/clothing.html
E-mail: info@ecnv.org

Resources for clothing designed specifically to provide independence in dressing for persons with physical disabilities.

Enhanced Vision Headquarters
5882 Machine Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
888-811-3161 (Toll free)
714-374-1829
714-374-1821 Fax
E-mail: evinfo@enhancedvision.com

Dedicated to helping individuals maintain their independence, Enhanced Vision has developed assistive technology to create a full line of easy-to-use low vision tools at affordable prices. The web site offers an online product selector to help you choose the most appropriate assistive device for your needs.

Future Aids: The Braille Superstore
2190 Dolphin Crescent
Abbotsford, BC
V2T 3T1 Canada
800-987-1231 (Toll free and Fax)
www.braillebookstore.com
E-mail: info@braillebookstore.com

Future Aids offers a Braille Workshop and a wide range of braille products: housewares, toys and games, books, calendars, greeting cards, printing services, signage, business cards, and a computer lab.

HearMore Products

42 Executive Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
800-881-4327
800-281-3555 TTY
631-752-0689 Fax
www.hearmore.com [link opens in new window]
E-mail: sales@hearmore.com

Products for people with hearing impairments, including alert systems, door sensors, smoke detectors, adapted clocks and watches, telephone amplifiers, adapted telephone systems, TTY and TDD systems, computer software and access, and deaf-blind products.

Horizons for the Blind
2 North Williams Street
Crystal Lake, IL 60014-4401
800-318-2000 (Toll free)
815-444-8800 (Voice and TDD)
815-444-8830 Fax
E-mail: mail@horizons-blind.org

Provides braille, large print, and audiocassette instruction in crafts; plants and gardening; and recipes. Also offers knitting, crocheting, and sewing needles and craft supplies.

Independent Living Aids, Inc.
P.O. Box 9022
Hicksville, NY 11802-9022
800-537-2118 (Toll free)
516-937-1848
516-937-3906 (Fax)
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E-mail: can-do@independentliving.com

Independent Living Aids (ILA) offers bath accessories; canes and walkers, CCTVs; clocks and timers; computers and technology; kitchen aids; electronics; food and novelties; games; recreation; health care; household; jewelry; lamps; magnifiers; personal care; pet supplies; talking devices; telephones; clocks and watches; writing materials and supplies.

Keitzer Check Writing Guide

5324 Ingleside
Leesburg, FL 34748
352-326-3437
www.checkwritingguide.com  

A multipurpose device designed specifically to aid people with writing difficulties. The guide can help in writing and cashing/depositing checks, purchasing and cashing travelers checks, and can also be used as a signature guide for right/left handed people, allowing financial independence.

LS&S Group
P.O. Box 673
Northbrook, IL 60065
800-468-4789 (Toll free)
866-317-8533 (TDD)
847-498-1482 (Fax)
www.lssgroup.com[all links on this page open in a new window
E-mail: info@lssonline.net

LS&S specializes in products for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, and hard of hearing, including talking watches, talking calculators, magnifying glasses, lighting, recorded book players, daily living products, mobility and orientation, assistive technology, amplified telephones, assistive listening devices, alerting systems, vibrating alarm clocks, TTYs, and other communication devices.

Magnfiers & More, LLC
7775 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, OH 44060
www.magnifiersandmore.net
E-mail: cbetter@magnifiersandmore.net

Find Training, Optical & Non-Optical Aids, and Support

Magnifiers & More is a low vision resource that provides training, optical and non-optical aids, and support to help people with limited vision live independent, productive and fulfilling lives. Magnfiers & More also offers four vision support groups to provide assistance and share information with the low vision community. An informational newsletter for people with low vision and their families and friends is available by mail several times a year.

Magnifying Aids
1780 Main Street, Suite A
Dunedin, FL 34698
866-691-2450 (Toll free)
727-234-0664
727-491-3857 (Fax)

Magnifying Aids offers braille; clocks and watches; computer software and access; diabetes management; kitchen and housekeeping; labeling and marking; lighting; low vision; mobility devices; personal care; recreation and leisure; talking products; telephones and accessories; writing and reading devices.

Maxi-Aids
42 Executive Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
800-522-6294 (orders)
631-752-0521 (information)
631-752-0738 (TDD)
631-752-0689 (Fax)
E-mail: sales@maxiaids.com

Maxi-Aids offers alerting indicators; assistive tools; braille products; canes for the blind; labeling and marking; large print; lighting; low vision products; magnification; players/recorders; radios; games, recreation, and leisure; sewing aids; talking products; writing and reading aids.

Mons International, Inc.
Products for the Visually Impaired
6595 Roswell Road #224
Atlanta, GA 30328
800-541-7903 (Toll free)
770-551-8460
770-551-8455 (Fax)
www.magnifiers.com[link opens in new window]
E-mail: salesinfo@magnifiers.com

Mons International offers braille watches, talking calculators, kitchen aids, CCTVs, computer software, greeting cards, and a range of daily living items.

Mons International also provides an online low vision guide [link opens in new window] with product recommendations that correspond with specific ranges of low vision and visual acuities.

My Vision Aid, Inc.

647 McLean Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10705
866-379-5319 (Toll free)
914-623-7444
914-623-7445 (Fax)
www.MyVisionAid.net  
E-mail: Inf@MyVisionAid.com  

The goal of My Vision Aid, Inc. is to facilitate the lives of people who are blind and have low vision with everyday tools that will make daily activities easier to handle. The owner works one-on-one with customers, making sure that they receive satisfactory results that will help improve day-to-day living.

Products include vision aids, desktop and portable electronic magnifiers, canes, cell phones, lighting, mirrors, monoculars, magnifiers, large print and talking items, and computer software.

RehabMart

Discount Rehabilitation and Medical Supplies
150 Sagewood Drive
Winterville, GA 30683-1563
800-827-8283 (Toll free)
706-213-1144
603-843-2144 (Fax)
www.rehabmart.com  
E-mail: info@rehabmart.com  

Offers a wide range of blindness and low vision products and equipment, including braille, canes, home management devices, writing aids, large print, magnifiers, talking products, men's and women's watches, and toys and games.

Resources for Rehabilitation

22 Bonad Road
Winchester, MA 01890
781-368-9094
www.rfr.org 
E-mail: info@rfr.org

Publishes a wide range of publications that enable people with disabilities and chronic conditions to remain independent:

• Individuals with a disability or chronic condition
• The parent of a child with a disability
• The adult offspring of an older parent with one or more disabilities
• A professional service provider.

Also produces a series of large print materials designed for distribution to clients and patients.

Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
105 Judd Street
London WC1H 9NE
England, UK
+44 20 7388 1266
+44 20 7388 2034 Fax
www.rnib.org.uk
E-mail: helpline@rnib.org.uk  

The RNIB [all links on this page open in a new window]offers information, support and advice to over two million people in the UK with sight problems.

The RNIB's research library is Europe's largest, most comprehensive, and diverse collection of print and electronic materials covering all aspects of partial sight and blindness. Some materials are also available in braille and audio formatsl. You can search the online catalog for items in the collection.

The RNIB's online shop sells a variety of accessible products, such as clocks, games, lighting, talking book players, telephones, and publications.

Sammons Preston Roylan
P.O. Box 5071
Bolingbrook, IL 60440-5071
800-323-5547 (Toll free)
800-547-4333 Fax
www.sammonspreston.com
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E-mail: CustomerSupport@SammonsPreston.com

Rehabilitation equipment and supplies for the professional and for home, designed to maximize independence and facilitate everyday activities, such as dressing, bathing, grooming, and eating; therapeutic games, and assessment kits for occupational, physical, speech and recreational therapists.

Savvy Senior

www.savvysenior.org  

Savvy Senior is a national information service devoted to older Americans and the families who support them. Through a variety of media, Savvy Senior provides information and resources through its nationally syndicated newspaper column, senior newswire service, resource books, and weekly radio program and television features on NBC, CNBC, CNN, and Retirement Living TV.

Savvy Senior's resources include:

• Assistive Devices
• Caregiving and Support Services
• Employment
• Finances and Retirement
• Government Resources and Assistance
• Health Resources
• Housing, Long Term Care, and Universal Design
• State and Local Resources

Seniorstore.com
P.O. Box 738
Auburn, NY 13021
800-704-5913 (Toll free)
www.seniorstore.com  
E-mail: seniorstore@msn.com

Large print books and videos, nostalgia gifts, music, exercise videos. Low vision products, talking products, talking gifts.

ShopLowVision.com
3030 Enterprise Court, Suite D
Vista, CA 92081-8358
800-826-4200
800-368-4111 (Fax)
www.shoplowvision.com
E-mail: Contact ShopLowVision.com

For Consumers: ShopLowVision.com offers a wide range of adaptive daily living products for home and leisure; kitchen and dining; health and wellness; office and technology; electronic low vision; travel and mobility; glare control; and braille.

For Professionals: ShopLowVision.com offers a wide range of optical magnification products including charts, spectacles, magnifiers, loupes, telescopes, absorptive lenses, and lamps/lighting.

SightConnection
9709 Third Ave. NE, #100
Seattle, WA 98115-2027
800-458-4888 (Toll free)
206-525-5556 Voice/TDD
206-525-0422 Fax
www.sightconnection.com  
E-mail: csbps@csbps.com

SightConnection is the retail operation of Seattle-based Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted (CSBPS). CSBPS works with individuals, families, and communities to restore, maintain, and enhance the independence and well-being of people with impaired vision, and specializes in working with age-related vision loss. SightConnection revenue helps support the broad range of programs provided by CSBPS.

SightConnection products include books and reading accessories, braille tools, calendars, writing and recordkeeping, canes, cassette players and audio accessories, CCTVs and video magnifiers, clocks and watches, cooking and kitchen, eyewear and eye patches, games and playing cards, health & personal care, home & office, lighting, magnifiers, Spanish talking products, telephones.

Speak To Me Catalog
PMB 154
330 SW 43rd Street, Suite K
Renton, WA 98055-4976
800-248-9965 (Toll free)
www.speaktomecatalog.com [link opens in new window]

Specializes in products that talk, sing, play music, or record messages. Products include talking clocks, watches, greeting cards, music boxes, calculators, novelties, bibles, books on tape, radios, games, toys, talking thermometers, and digital recorders.

Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc.

9 Nolan Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788
631-724-4479 (Phone and Fax)
www.tvi-web.com  
E-mail: contact@tvi-web.com

Technologies for the Visually Impaired Inc. offers a wide range of adaptive devices, software, and accessories specifically designed for use by blind or visually impaired individuals, including adaptive computers, reading machines, Windows access software, speech synthesizers, refreshable braille products, voice recognition software, screen magnification software, CCTV products, braille embossers, braille translation software, tactile imaging products, various accessories, and customized personal computer systems.

The Tiresias web site [link opens in new window]
provides in-depth information on assistive devices for people with visual disabilities, current and future research, technical information, disability organizations and agencies, sources of research, funding, publications, standards, and legislation.

Royal National Institute of the Blind
105 Judd Street
London WC1H 9NE
England, UK
Dr. John Gill, OBE, FIEE
+44 20 7391 2244
+44 20 7391 2318 (Fax)
www.tiresias.org [link opens in new window]

E-mail: john.gill@rnib.org.uk