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In 1926, AFB's Directory of Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons was first published, compiled by social worker Lotta S. Rand. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1932, AFB engineers developed the Talking Book and Talking Book Machine [ 4 ] and set up studios for recording these books, marking the advent of the modern audiobook.
Blind persons at the Training Centre for the Adult Blind at Dehradun play Tug-of-War, 1951 Central Braille Press, Dehradun. The first institution was the St. Dunstan's Hostel for Indian War Blinded established by St. Dunstan of London in 1943, [6] which offered a basic set of rehabilitation services to the soldiers and sailors blinded in the World War II.
Wayfinder Family Services (WFS), Founded in 1953 [1] as the Foundation for the Junior Blind and previously known as Junior Blind, [2] is a United States–based nonprofit organization for services for the blind. The organization's mission is to help children and adults who are blind, visually impaired, or multi-disabled achieve independence.
World Access for the Blind (WAFTB) is an international non-profit, non-governmental and educational organisation based in California, United States.The organisation was started to strengthen the physical, mental and personal development of people with all forms of blindness, and to increase public awareness about the strengths and capabilities of blind people.
The Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired (ASB) is a private non-profit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It assists those living with vision loss to achieve independence through education, support services to advance necessary skills, and community connections.
Lighthouse Guild is an American charitable organization, based in New York City, devoted to vision rehabilitation and advocacy for the blind. Its mission statement is "To overcome vision impairment for people of all ages through worldwide leadership in rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy."
Orientation and Mobility training began after World War II when techniques were developed to help blind veterans of the war. Soldiers who had been blinded in battle were sent to recuperate at Valley Forge General Hospital before entering Avon Old Farms Convalescent Hospital, the U.S. Army's former experimental rehabilitation center for blind soldiers in Avon, Connecticut. [2]
holding the register of blind and partially sighted people on behalf of the local authority; providing a training and transcription service to outside agencies; providing health and social activities to service users; Among the social activities provided to service users is a tandem riding club, featured in the BBC programme You and Yours. [7]
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