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Google Directory : Visually Impaired
http://tinyurl.com/2f4wtj
Google Directory : Visually Impaired

Careers for the Blind and Visually Impaired
http://www.pianotuningschool.org/
Careers for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Scottish Sensory Centre
http://www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/
Scottish Sensory Centre
The Scottish Sensory Centre promotes and supports new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments, that is; visual impairment, deaf and deafblind. It achieves this by means of CPD short courses, conferences, research and providing a postal resource library; and by dissemination of reports, research, course materials and new developments via this website, publications and presentations.

Visual Impaired Schools (for the Blind) ... Atlas
http://www.educationatlas.com/visual-impaired-schools.html
Visual Impaired Schools (for the Blind) - Education Atlas
Online directory of schools and institutes for the visually impaired and the blind.

Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/corecurric.htm
The Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students, Including those with Additional Disabilities*
Some years ago, a reporter asked a prominent blind woman, "What is it that blind people would want from society?" The woman replied, "The opportunity to be equal and the right to be different."

Teaching Students with Vision Impairments
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/vision.html
Strategies for Teaching Students with Vision Impairments.
There is no "typical" vision impaired student. The major challenge facing visually impaired students in the science educational environment is the overwhelming mass o f visual material to which they are continually exposed, viz., textbooks, class outlines, class schedules, chalkboards writing, etc. In addition, the increase in the use of films, videotapes, computers, laser disks, and television adds to the volume of v isual material to which they have only limited access. To assist in overcoming a students' visual limitation requires unique and individual strategies based on that student's particular visual impairment and his/her skill of communication

Teaching Tips for the Visually Impaired
http://http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/visimpair/teach.htm
Teaching Tips for the Visually Impaired ... Students with Visual Impairments

Visually Impaired and Education
http://tinyurl.com/yp7ze4
Parent Pals.com Special Education Resources ... Visually Impaired and Education

Visual Impairments : Fact Sheet
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs13txt.htm
Visual Impairments : Fact Sheet
The terms partially sighted, low vision, legally blind, and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments. They are defined as follows ...

Prevent Blindness America
http://www.preventblindness.org/
Since 1908, Prevent Blindness America has been the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization with the sole mission of preventing blindness and preserving sight.

Low vision aids for independent living
http://www.independentliving.com/
Low vision aids for independent living

Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
http://www.vdbvi.org/
Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired .. Virginia, USA

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
http://www.rfbd.org/
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
For 60 years, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), a national nonprofit, volunteer organization, has been the leading producer of accessible educational materials for students with disabilities such as visual impairment or dyslexia that make reading standard print difficult or impossible. With titles available in every subject area and grade level from kindergarten through graduate studies, RFB&D’s digitally recorded textbooks are effective learning tools for students challenged by the printed page.