PROGRAMS

Daily Living Lab

• Visit Blindconnect's office and a trained volunteer will help you learn about adaptive computer programs, try new magnification techniques and daily living tools, or review your options for living with vision loss.  We don't sell any products.  We simply want you to find what works best for you and where to purchase it most cost-effectively.

Adjustment to Blindness (planned)

• Developing key understandings of blindness and appropriate coping skills were identified by the Angela's House Steering Committee as a critical to individual self-confidence.
  
  Plans to provide individual and group mental health counseling, led by a trained professional, are moving forward.  It is anticipated that the program will begin in fall, 2008.  Participation is by referral only.  Call (702) 631-9009 for information.

• Board members will facilitate a two-day free training to help individuals speak for themselves in addressing their unmet needs.  The program is based on American Foundation for the Blind's curriculum of Self-Advocacy Skills Training.  Call (702) 631-9009 for details.

Quarterly Meetings

• Scheduled the second Wednesday of March, June, September and December at the Plaza @ Sun Mountain, 6031 W. Cheyenne at Jones.  Meetings include business, networking, and speakers.  No-host lunch or dinner.

Meeting dates for 2008:

March 12 (11:30 - 1:30)
June 11 (5:30 - 7:30)
September 10 (5:30 - 7:30)
December 10 (11:30 - 1:30)

2009 Activities (planned)

• Vision Forum

Blindconnect will collaborate with Bureau of Services to Blind and Visually Impaired, City of Las Vegas Leisure Services, and Nevada Council of the Blind to provide the 4th annual Vision Forum.  It is planned for March, 2009.  Every year more individuals join us for workshops and networking, and a chance to view high and low-tech equipment and talk with providers of blindness services.  Information will be mailed in early February.

Other Blindness Organizations

Local:

The Blind Center of Nevada
Bureau of Services to Blind & Visually Impaired
Nevada Council of the Blind
Nevada Division for Aging Services

     (702) 642-6000
     (702) 486-5333
     (702) 383-0600
     (702) 486-3545

National Websites:

American Council of the Blind

American Foundation for the Blind 

Braille Institute

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Hadley School for the Blind

Helen Keller International

Macular Degeneration International

National Federation for the Blind

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