California
Provides educational and therapeutic sailing excursions and programs in the Los Angeles area.
Provider of technology services for people who are blind and visually impaired in San Francisco.
Advance Vision Center of Optometry, pc
A San Jose low vision clinic that helps patients regain their independence by educating them to the technology available to them.
Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles
The Audio Internet Reading Service serves those who are blind, sight impaired, print impaired, low vision, or have eye or other diseases that make it difficult or impossible for them to read. Our mission is to podcast to this group, a variety of news, information, and entertainment that’s otherwise inaccessible.
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors
Seeks to make all aspects of sailing accessible.
Bay Area Outreach And Recreation Program
The leading provider and promoter of accessible sports and recreation opportunities for children and adults with physical disabilities in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Blind and Vision Impaired of Marin
An organization helping the blind and visually impaired in Marin County gain and maintain their independence.
Blind Babies Foundation provides critical early intervention and education services to infants and preschoolers who are blind or visually impaired. The Foundation provides services to children under six years of age who have a visual impairment in 14 central and northern California counties at no cost to families.
Blind Children’s Learning Center
The Southern California area center provides a comprehensive educational program addressing all the needs of blind and visually impaired children, through birth through completion of high school.
Los Angeles Center serves children and their family through infant, preschool, first and second grade programs.
Blind Community Center of San Diego
Offers social, recreation and education activities to promote independence and self-reliance.
Blindness Support Services Inc.
Provides innovative approaches to achieving independence and self-reliance for blind and visually impaired residents in Southern California.
Free audiolibrary for the blind, visually impaired, physically and learning disabled of all ages. Home delivery is available for Santa Clara clients.
Braille Institute Telephone Reader Program
Free service offering telephone access to “USA Today”, grocery advertisements, department store advertisements and KCAL 9 local news web site.
The program provides Department of Rehabilitation consumers, who are legally blind, opportunities to be trained in the operation of cafeterias, vending stands, and snack bars, with the ultimate goal of becoming independent food service professionals in California. The formal training consists of four months of classroom and two months on-the-job training.
California Association of Blind Students
The goal of the association is to answer any questions or concerns that blind students may have in regards to school and the services they receive.
California Association of Blind Students Mailing List
The list is for any high school or college student who lives or goes to school in California. You will also receive the newsletter sent out by the CABS board.
Weekly new service provided in English and Spanish by the California Council of the Blind.
California Council of the Blind Travel Website
A travel website which will benefit the California Council of the Blind. When you book travel at the website, 50% of the commission will be received by CCB. These funds will be used to advocate for blind and visually impaired members and their friends.
California Deaf-Blind Services
Serves individuals who have hearing and vision problems, with or without additional disabilities.
California Department of Vocational Rehabilitation: Blind and Visually Impaired Services
Services include adjustment to blindness, preparation for work, assistive technology, reader services, occupational training, job placement, and on the job follow up.
California Early Start Program
Early intervention services intended to support and enhance the capability of every family with an infant or toddler with a disability to meet the special developmental needs of their child.
California Eye Institute at St. Agnes Hospital
California School for the Blind
The School provides intensive disability specific educational services for enrolled students who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or multidisabled.
California Telephone Access Program
The program distributes telecommunications equipment and services to individuals certified as having difficulty using the telephone. Equipment and some services are available at no charge to eligible consumers.
California Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired
A forum where transcribers, educators, rehabilitation counselors, parents and the visually impaired share their expertise.
Canine Companions for Independence
Provides highly-trained assistance dogs for children and adults with disabilities, free of charge. The Santa Rosa facility provides services for the Northwest region of the United States. The Oceanside facility provides services for the Southwest region of the United States.
Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
The Center provides programs and services for the blind and visually impaired people of Kern County.
Central Coast Center for Independent Living
CCCIL provides advocacy, education and support to all people with disabilities, their families and the community. Open to persons with disabilities who live in the counties of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito.
Provides computer adaptive technology and training to blind and visually impaired individuals in Southern California.
Community Association of the Blind
Provides programs and services to blind and visually impaired persons to enrich their lives.
Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
The Center provides programs that address the emotional, recreational, vocational, social and rehabilitation needs of the blind and visually impaired in the San Joaquin County area.
A website that helps workers, job seekers, and service providers understand the connections between work and benefits.
Discovery Blind Sports, Kirkwood
Teaches challenging sports to people with little or no vision.
Doheny Eye Institute Keck School of Medicine of USC
Offers classes and activities for the benefit of its members and others in Berkeley, California and the surrounding area. Operated for blind people by its members, most of whom are themselves blind or visually impaired.
Educates, trains, supports and empowers people with disabilities through assistive technology. Los Angeles area served.
A camp for the blind and visually impaired of all ages located in Napa Valley. The camp is a service of the Lighthouse of San Francisco.
Environmental Traveling Companions
Assistive technology consultation and training for persons who are blind or vision impaired.
Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind
Dedicated to giving guide dogs to the blind and the visually impaired at absolutely no cost to them.
Family Resource Centers Network of California
Located throughout California, providing resource and referral, education, family support and transition assistance to families of children with disabilities.
Foundation Fighting Blindness Local Chapters
List of local chapters of the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
Provides education, training and employment services for the disabled in Orange County.
An organization of guide dog handlers and others who share a common interest in issues surrounding living and working with guide dogs.
Offers guide dogs and training free-of-charge to blind and visually impaired people throughout the US and Canada. Campuses in San Rafael, California and Boring, Oregon.
Provides guide dogs and training free of charge, to blind and visually impaired individuals.
Palm Springs facility provides guide dogs and training to blind individuals.
Hazel Hurst Foundation for the Blind
Phone: (661) 831-1530
Bakersfield, California
Provides no interest loans for adaptive equipment for blind and visually impaired college students or employed persons living in California. Call and ask for a loan application.
Goal is to promote social, economic and educational opportunities for the blind.
The purpose of the Council is to gain full independence and equality of opportunity for all blind and visually impaired Californians in Humboldt County.
Independent Living Resource Center, San Francisco
Provide service, education and advocacy to the disabled in San Francisco.
Jules Stein Eye Institute UCLA School of Medicine
Helps children and adults who are blind, visually impaired or multi-disabled achieve independence. Based in Los Angeles, offers specialized services to people throughout California and across the country.
Broadcasts the reading of newspapers, books and magazines to those with low vision, blindness and other print impairments. Airing 24 hours a day, the service is available to qualified recipients in San Diego through a specialized radio, and online via audio webstream.
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired—San Francisco
The Lighthouse is the largest agency providing direct service, advocacy and information to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern California.
Lions Center for the Blind Oakland
A rehabilitative education and training organization for visually impaired individuals of all means and ages.
Lions Eye Foundation of California-Nevada
Mission is to preserve and restore the gift of sight by providing free ophthalmic examinations, operations, and medications to the less fortunate members of our community.
Lions In Sight of California and Nevada
Dedicated to bringing basic eye care and eyeglasses to a world of people in need.
Los Angeles Radio Reading Service
Low Vision Optometry of Southern California
Marin Sailing School Program for the Blind
A program for blind or visually impaired persons using creative and adaptive methods to learn the skills of sailing.
Mary Ann Keverline Walls Low Vision Center-Southern California College of Optometry
Mericos Eye Institute Partial Vision Center Scripps Memorial Hospital
The center helps people with diminished vision lead more independent lives. Complimentary evaluations provided to people with partial vision through Scripps Mericos donors.
MVT Visual Rehabilitation Center
A Sacramento based vision rehabilitation center.
National Federation of the Blind North San Diego Chapter
A local chapter of the NFB of California.
National Federation of the Blind California List Serve
The California affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind. Local chapters listed.
Orientation Center for the Blind
A residential immersion program run by the California Department of Rehabilitation that teaches adjustment to vision loss. The center is located in Albany, California and training averages 7-9 months.
Prevent Blindness Northern California
Provides direct vision screening services, vision screening training programs, public education, and advocacy to the people of Northern California.
Mission is to assist individuals with disabilities to gain and sustain employment, in partnership with business and the community in the San Jose area.
Reading Service of the Redwoods
Provides on-air access to printed information for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Offers training in Window Eyes, System Access, Jaws, Open Book and more, located in Sacramento.
Provides training and consulting on a variety of technology and communication topics for the visually impaired in Del Norte and Humboldt counties.
San Diego Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Programs to increase the abilities of any adult with blindness or visual impairment to reach their own highest level of independence
San Francisco Public Library - Library for the Blind and Print Disabled
A subregional library of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped that serves residents of the City and County of San Francisco. Provides cassette and digital talking books and playback equipment to people of all ages who are blind, visually impaired, or have physical disabilities that prevent the reading of standard print.
San Jose Library: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Adaptive Technology Center
Located on the 2nd floor of King library and open to students, faculty and staff who are registered with the San Jose State University Disabilities Resource Center or San Jose State University Employment Accommodations Resource Center.
San Mateo County Council of the Blind
Santa Clara Valley Blind Center
Provides rehabilitative, educational and recreational services to the blind and visually impaired in San Jose and the greater community.
A cross-country ski program for blind and visually impaired persons.
Sierra Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Offers full services, at no charge, to clients in the foothill communities of Nevada and Placer Counties and beyond.
Silicon Valley Council of the Blind
Aims to improve the quality of life for all persons with vision loss through advocacy and mutual support.
Provides training, tools and mentorship programs to the blind and visually impaired in Sacramento and surrounding counties.
South Pasadena Optometric Group Inc
Offers low vision services.
Provides system integration, product installation, customized configuration services and training for a wide range of adaptive hardware and software in Southern California.
The Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County
Provides services and programs to the blind and visually impaired in
Monterey County.
Quarterly Magazine of the California Council of the Blind.
Provides free educational, social and recreational services to the blind and visually impaired in Southern California.
Braille Institute Los Angeles Regional Sight Center
Phone: (323) 663-0867
E-mail: la@brailleinstitute.org
Braille Institute Santa Barbara Regional Sight Center
Phone: (805) 682-6222
E-mail: sb@brailleinstitute.org
Braille Institute Rancho Mirage Regional Sight Center
Phone: (760) 321-1111
E-mail: dc@brailleinstitute.org
Braille Institute Orange County Regional Sight Center
Phone: (714) 821-5000
E-mail: oc@brailleinstitute.org
Braille Institute San Diego Regional Sight Center
Phone: (858) 452-1111
E-mail: sd@brailleinstitute.org
The California Council of the Blind
We would like to be the ones referring inquirers to the appropriate person(s) within the Council. On an ongoing basis, our office will have the most up-to-date contact information for each chapter or affiliiate within the Council, and we can answer inquiries directly and specifically. For more information call 1800-221-6359.
The California State Library Braille and Talking Book Library
Loans braille, cassette and digital talking books, magazines and playback equipment to Northern Californians unable to read conventional print.
The Center for Accessible Technology
Provides programs to enable people with disabilities to have access to computers and technology.
The Dr. Bill Takeshita Foundation
Provides information and assistance to help children who are visually impaired.
The Earle Baum Center of the Blind
The Earle Baum Center provides services, support, and social and recreational opportunities for people with sight loss through a variety of classes and programs throughout Northern California. phone (707) 523-3222 fax (707) 636-2768
Bringing greater independence to those with vision loss in San Francisco.
The Hatlen Center for the Blind
A unique program that teaches people who are blind or visually impaired to live independently by living independently in their own apartments in the community.
The Low Vision Center at Saint Mary Medical Center
Provides free services to the Southern California Community.
The Talking Book Library for the Blind
A subregional library of the National Library service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped serving Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties. Provides books and magazines on cassette tape and in braille to people of all ages who are blind, visually impaired, or have physical disabilities preventing the reading of standard print.
Offers low vision services.
TransAccess provides persons with disabilities access to adaptive technology and career transition services so that they can achieve their desired education and employment, and improve their quality of life. Serving those in the Bay Area.
United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego
Offers services for children and adults with disabilities.
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Palo Alto
The Center helps clients reach their highest potential through programs that promote independence and improve quality of life.
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Santa Cruz
The Center offers a full range of services to those who are blind and visually impaired.
Visually Impaired Persons Support Center
Provides independent life and job skills to the blind and visually impaired of Modesto.
Westside Center for Independent Living
Advocating and serving people with disabilities throughout Western Los Angeles and the South Bay Area.
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