{"id":915,"date":"2018-06-25T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flnavigator.com\/health\/?p=915"},"modified":"2020-10-03T01:35:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T01:35:55","slug":"services-for-people-with-visual-disabilities-in-palm-beach-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/2018\/06\/disability\/services-for-people-with-visual-disabilities-in-palm-beach-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Services for People with Visual Disabilities in Palm Beach County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Services for People with Visual Disabilities <\/b><\/span>in Palm Beach County<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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General information on Community Services:<\/b><\/span>
\nInformation and referral 211<\/span>
\nArea Agency on Aging (Elder Helpline) 561-684-5885 <\/span>
\nPalm Beach County Department of Community Services <\/span>561-355-4700<\/span>
\nGeneral Information on Vision <\/b><\/span>
\nLighthouse International 800-829-0500 <\/span>
\nwww.lighthouse.org<\/a> <\/span>
\nPrevent Blindness America 800-331-2020<\/span>
\nwww.preventblindness.org\/<\/a> <\/span>
\nMacular Degeneration Association 941- 870-4399<\/span>
\nAmerican Macular Degeneration Foundation <\/span>
\n888-622-8527 https:\/\/www.macular.org<\/a> <\/span>
\nBlinded Veterans Association <\/span>
\n800-669-7079 www.bva.org\/<\/a> <\/span>
\nCanadian National Institute for the Blind <\/span>
\n800-563-2642 www.cnib.ca<\/a> <\/span>
\nRehabilitation Services<\/b><\/span>
\nFlorida Division of Blind Services 866-225-0794<\/span>
\nLighthouse for the Blind 516-586-5600 <\/span>
\nFlorida Outreach Center for the Blind 561-642-0005<\/span>
\nReading and Listening<\/b><\/span>
\nTalking Books Library 1-888-780-5151<\/span>
\nRadio Reading Service <\/span>1-800-273-6677 x7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nNFB Newsline <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>1-866-504-7300<\/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>
\nBraille Bibles International 800-522-4253<\/span>
\nAssistive Technology<\/b><\/span>
\nFlorida Reading and Vision Technology 954-525-5311 <\/span>
\nwww.floridareading.com<\/a> <\/span>
\nHumanware 1-800 722-3393 <\/span>
\nwww.humanware.com\/<\/a> <\/span>
\nLS & S 1-800-468-4789<\/span>
\nwww.lssproducts.com\/category\/assistive-technology<\/a> <\/span>
\nMaxiAids 1-800-522-6294<\/span>
\nwww.maxiaids.com<\/span>
\nFreedom Scientific (computer technology)<\/span>
\n1-800-444-4443 www.freedomscientific.com\/ <\/span>
\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>
\nVerizon 1-888- 262-1999<\/span>
\nNote: Many cell phone companies offer this service. For information contact your cell phone provider.<\/span>
\nCounseling and Support Groups<\/b><\/span>
\nRuth Rales Jewish Family Services (<\/span>561) 852-3333<\/b><\/span>
\nMorse Life Neighbors2Neighbores (561) 531-9844.<\/span>
\nTransportation:<\/b><\/span>
\nNon Driver\u2019s ID Cards <\/span>Delray Beach <\/span>
\n501 S. Congress Ave.<\/span>
\nPalm Tran Connection 1-877-870-9849<\/span>
\nRuth Rales Jewish Family Services <\/span>561-852-3333<\/span>
\nThe Volen Center 561-395-8920<\/span><\/span>
\nWe Care <\/span><\/span>487-2827<\/span>
\nSenior Services<\/b><\/span>
\nThe Volen Center <\/span><\/span><\/span>561-395-8920
\nAdult Day Care, Senior Center, Transportation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n 
\nFor people with disabilities and certain health conditions:<\/b><\/span>
\nArthritis Foundation<\/span><\/a>
\n561-833-1133 <\/span>
\nCoalition for Independent Living Options, Inc. <\/span><\/a>
\n561-966-4288 <\/span>
\nPathways to Independence<\/a> <\/span>
\n561-626-6611 <\/span>
\nFree Phones for the Hearing Impaired<\/span> <\/b>
\nAudiology with a Heart 561-366-7219<\/span>
\nDeaf and Hearing Resources of Palm Beach County<\/span>
\n561-802-3353<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Services for People with Visual Disabilities in Palm Beach County Compiled by Robert Goodman, MSW   General information on Community Services: Information and referral 211 Area Agency on Aging (Elder Helpline) 561-684-5885  Palm Beach County Department of Community Services 561-355-4700 General Information on Vision Lighthouse International 800-829-0500 www.lighthouse.org Prevent Blindness America 800-331-2020 www.preventblindness.org\/ Macular Degeneration […]<\/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":[71,72,74,103,161,172],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disability","tag-disabilities","tag-disability-2","tag-disabled","tag-guide","tag-resources","tag-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","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=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1864,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flnavigator.com\/healthfairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}