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State Wide Resources TX
Education:
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Location: 1100 W. 45th St. Austin, TX 78756
The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a state run agency that serves students who are low vision, blind, or deaf-blind through their main campus and through the schools outreach program that serves other local school districts. The school also offers a short term program, summer school, and aid with the transition to work/college.
For more info click the link above to visit their site.
Organization:
Austin Lighthouse-Travis Association for the Blind
Location: 4512 S Pleasant Valley Rd, Austin, TX 78744
The Austin Lighthouse is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides training, support, job opportunities, and outreach to blind or low vision residents of Travis county and surrounding areas. Programs and services on offer include job readiness training, assistive technology training, and a distribution services training program that over the course of 60 days of on the job training aims to make trainees certified warehouse specialists.
For more info click the link above to visit their site.
Location: 3602 West Dallas Houston, TX 77019
The Houston Lighthouse is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides a variety of programs and services to those who blind or visually impaired. Services on offer include an adult day program, a low vision clinic, youth day camps, job and accessible technology training, and an independent living apartment center for those who are lower income.
For more info click the link above to visit their site.
Lighthouse for the Blind Fort Worth
Location: 912 W Broadway Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104
The Lighthouse for the Blind of Fort Worth is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that serves those who are blind or low vision in Tarrant county and surrounding areas through a host of programs and services. Services on offer include training in orientation and mobility, assistive technology, and independent living training.
For more info click the link above to visit their site.
Location:503 Allena Drive San Antonio, Texas 78213
Guide Dogs of Texas is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that breeds, trains, and places guide dogs with those who are legally blind through their 4 acre campus located in San Antonio.
For more info click the link above to visit their site.
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