Web Resources for the Blind
If you know of good sites we don't have listed (and there are many at the
moment),let us know
Resource Index
General support and access sites
National Eye Institute
Upshaw institute -- support and
technical references
Sean's Accessibility Page Links to accessibility sites.
Bobby Make your website
accessable to the blind.
CAST, Bobby's parent organization deals
with a wide variety of accessibility issues.
American Acadamy of Ophthalmology
American Optometric Association
National Eye Institute
Texas Commission for the Blind
Ability Maine Current information and resources for the
disability community.
Peter's Anomaly support group.
Iris Network services for the visually impaired in Maine
Iris Network education in Maine.
Dialogue Magazine for the Blind
Braille
reference
Closing the Gap Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation
American Foundation for the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind of Maine
American Council of the Blind
National Association for Visually Handicapped
Catholic Charities of Maine Education and services.
Exceptional Parent magazine for parents of children with
special needs.
Mainely Access Braille and
audio book production, more.
Lighthouse -- easy to see, easy to use products.
Independent living aids Can-do products
Accessibility products
EyeNet-The Web's most
comprehensive source for eyecare information.
A comprehensive
link directory devoted to the eyecare industry. Over 2000 consumer and
professional links ...
Special needs family friendly fun
- enhancing the quality and fun of family life with special needs.
Electronically readable copies of many books.
Freedom Scientific JAWS, Open Book,
and more.
National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
Vision Connection
Assistive technologies in the classroom
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Guide dogs, service and therapy animals
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
Delta Society - therapy animals, service dogs, more.
Seeing eye dogs
Pine Tree Guide Dog Users site
Guide dog users
Your humane society will have contacts with people knowledgeable about a wide variety of
animals, including service animals. In Bangor, Maine, check
with the Bangor Humane Society.
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Radio
Learn to be a ham radio operator. Find out how
you can get your license.
Gordon West Radio school
American Radio Relay League booksSome are digitally
accessible.
Write us if you are in Central Maine. We can help.
American Radio Relay League The joy and challenge of
amateur radio.
Online training for license exams
More online test practice
And still more practice
Track space weather than may affect communications on earth
Morse Code
More Morse Code
NHEST introduction to emergency preparedness.
As always, let me know of any accessibility problems with any of these sites.
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Nature and Science
Sounds of Nature
EnjoyBirds.com by MIST Software Associates"The software that
migrates with you." This is a comprehensive fieldguide to over 2000 birds, primarily
sound-oriented, by Marty Michener, NHEST board member, who supplied the recordings we
use and did some of the original bird recordings for Cornell in the late 1950s.
Sounds of nature. Doug Von Gausig.
Bird recordings arranged
by family from the Doug Von Gausig.
Bird song links around the world
from Von Gausig.
New York State Birds
Many North
American birds from Birdwatchers Digest
Florida
birdsongs
Cornell Lab bird of the week
Owl biology, sounds
Lang Elliot's bird
pictures, recordings
Songs and recording techniques
12 recordings
Selected Bolivian
birds
Birding by Ear homepage
British Columbia birds
13
California birdsongs
Selected vireos
and others
An online
fieldguide to the frogs and toads of Georgia. Many of the
species are found throughout much of North America. This site
gives verbal range descriptions so you will be able to get an idea of which
species occur in your area. Let me know how you do with this site.
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Camping, outdoor activity, and other material
Opportunities Unlimited For The Blind.
Blind campers enjoy educational and recreational
opportunities that the 297 acres of forest and water offer. Offerings in science
and nature education are being developed. And they are often looking for
visually impaired folks to run their programs.
Visions Camps, books, more.
Summer
camps for visually impaired campers
Braille and talking compasses
GPS systems for the blind among other things. President Michael May
has been on the news as having recovered some of his sight after stem cell surgury.
Blind Sailing International
Tree key
Join the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence using your home computerLet me know how this site works for your
screen reader or browser.
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