The Braille Institute of America:
Locations:
- Anaheim Center: 527 North Dale Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92801
- Laguna Hills Neighborhood Center: 24411 Ridge Route Drive, Suite 110 Laguna Hills, CA 92653
- Los Angeles Center: 741 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029
- Rancho Mirage Center: 70-251 Romon Road, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
- San Diego Center: 4555 Executive Drive, San Diego, CA 92121
- Santa Barbara Center: 2031 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
The Braille Institute Of America is a non-profit organization that offers a variety of free programs and services like their youth program which is a free program that gives visually impaired youth lessons on assistive technology, orientation and mobility, career ed, and independent living skills. They provide an assortment of services to adults such as career counseling, orientation and mobility, and in home services. They also provide a free library for the blind and visually impaired stocked with copies of books in Braille and recorded formats.
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San Diego Center for the Blind:
Located: 5922 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115
The San Diego Center for the Blind offers a variety of programs and services to those who are blind or visually impaired like their job training program where they help prepare you for the job market through training and connecting you with potential employers. The center offers counseling and support groups for those who are struggling with a sudden loss of vision. The center also offers an assistive technology course where those who are visually impaired learn to use devices like screen readers, magnifiers, and talking watches. The devices used in the class are available to purchase through their store.
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Light House for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
Headquarters Location:
1155 Market Street, 10th Floor
(between 7th and 8th Street)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Light House for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides visually impaired Californians with a variety of programs and services like their blind and low vision training course which teaches those who are going blind necessary skills like how to read Braille, how to travel with the use of a cane, and how to live independently. Light House provides an employment immersion program which helps students seek employment through lectures, and interactive activities like how to properly create a resume, and how to properly disclose your disability by taking part in a mock interview. Light House also has a deaf-blind training program for those who are both deaf and blind. Classes include orientation and mobility training, daily living skills training, and an employment access program those who are both deaf and blind seek and retain employment.
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Located: 3417 W Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA 93711
The Valley Center for the Blind offers those who are blind and visually impaired a mix of courses and programs like their S.C.O.R.E. program (Students Conquering Obstacles for the Realization of Employment) which helps students 14 to 24 obtain the skills necessary to go to college or gain and maintain a steady job. The center offers a few recreation activities such as knitting, crocheting, and arts and crafts. The center also offers workshops in areas such as employment related skills, self advocacy, and cooking classes.
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Vista Center For The Blind And Visually Impaired:
Located: 2500 El Camino Real #100, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Santa Cruz Location: 3315B Mission Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
The Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired offers those who are blind or visually impaired a variety of programs and services like their living with low vision program which is for those who are struggling to adapt to low vision or blindness. The class teaches you necessary skills like how to use assistive technology as well as providing therapy/counseling to those who need it. The vista voyagers program is a youth program meant to help children gain independence by teaching them skills like how to properly use assistive technology, safe travel techniques, career education exposure , and independent living skills. The Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired also has a store packed with a variety of assistive technology device like magnifiers, talking watches, talking calculators, canes, and large print calculators and address books.
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