{"id":633,"date":"2014-07-08T17:32:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T17:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flnavigator.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2020-10-03T01:37:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T01:37:28","slug":"services-for-people-with-visual-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/2014\/07\/disability\/services-for-people-with-visual-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Services for People with Visual Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Services for People with Visual Disabilities <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

in Palm Beach County<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Compiled by Robert Goodman, MSW<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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For general information on services in the community:<\/b><\/span>
\nInformation and referral 211<\/span>
\nArea Agency on Aging (Elder Helpline) 561-684-5885\u00a0<\/span>
\nPalm Beach County Department of Community Services <\/span>561-355-4700<\/span>
\n 
\nFor people with disabilities and certain health conditions:<\/b><\/span>
\nArthritis Foundation<\/span>
\n561-833-1133\u00a0<\/span>
\nCoalition for Independent Living Options, Inc. <\/span>
\n561-966-4288\u00a0<\/span>
\nPathways To Independence <\/span>
\n561-626-6611\u00a0<\/span>
\n 
\nFor people with visual impairments:<\/b><\/span>
\nFlorida Division of Blind Services 1-866-225-0794<\/span>
\nLighthouse for the Blind <\/span>561-848-7200\u00a0<\/span>
\nTalking Books Library 1-888-780-5151<\/span>
\nRadio Reading Service <\/span>1-800-273-6677<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nNFB Newsline <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>1-866-504-7300<\/span><\/span>
\nFlorida Reading and Vision 954-525-5311<\/span>
\n 
\nFor people with hearing impairments<\/b><\/span>
\nDeaf Service Center <\/span><\/span>
\nVoice (561) 278-6444 TTY 278-1444 <\/span><\/span>
\n 
\n 
\n 
\nCounseling and Support Groups<\/b><\/span>
\nRuth Rales Jewish Family Services (<\/span>561) 852-3333<\/b><\/span>
\nMorse Life Neighbors2Neighbores (561) 531-9844.<\/span>
\n 
\n 
\n 
\nTransportation:<\/b><\/span>
\nPalm Tran Connection 1-877-870-9849<\/span>
\nNon Driver\u2019s ID Cards <\/span>Delray Beach <\/span>
\n501 S. Congress Ave.<\/span>
\nRuth Rales Jewish Family Services <\/span>561-852-3333<\/span>
\nThe Volen Center 561-395-8920<\/span><\/span>
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\nFree 411 information from your phone company<\/b><\/span>
\nAT&T Special Needs Center 1-800-982-2891 <\/span>
\nComcast 1-866-853-1851<\/span>
\nNote: Many cell phone companies offer this service. For information contact your cell phone provider.<\/span>
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\nSenior Services<\/b><\/span>
\nThe Volen Center <\/span><\/span><\/span>561-395-8920
\nAdult Day Care, Senior Center, Transportation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nReligious Materials<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nJBI International 1-800-433-1531<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nJewish Heritage for the Blind 1-800-995-1888<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nLutheran Braille Workers 1-<\/span><\/span>800-925-6092<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Services for People with Visual Disabilities in Palm Beach County Compiled by Robert Goodman, MSW For general information on services in the community: Information and referral 211 Area Agency on Aging (Elder Helpline) 561-684-5885\u00a0 Palm Beach County Department of Community Services 561-355-4700   For people with disabilities and certain health conditions: Arthritis Foundation 561-833-1133\u00a0 Coalition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disability"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1931,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/1931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}