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Friedman Place is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for blind adults located at 5527 North Maplewood Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. [1] A Supportive Living Facility with 81 resident apartments, Friedman Place provides specialized housing to qualifying individuals regardless of race, religion, or financial resources.
The Chicago Lighthouse is a non-profit organization located in Chicago, Illinois.. The Lighthouse is one of the oldest social service agencies in Chicago. Among the many programs it offers are a school for children with multi-disabilities; job training and placement; a low vision clinic; and a manufacturing facility that boasts the nation's sole contract to supply clocks to the U.S. government.
Hadley, formerly Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, is an American 501(c)(3) non-profit, based in Winnetka, Illinois.It offers instruction online and by mail for individuals who have lost their vision or are blind.
Christian Record Services offers free large-print and braille inspirational magazines. Among magazines offered are: Light (bi-monthly large-print magazine for adults, circulation 12,228), The Children's Friend (quarterly braille magazine for children 9–12, circulation 1,116), The Student (weekly Bible lessons, circulation unknown), Amazing Facts Bible Correspondence Course (circulation ...
Geraldine Jerrie Lawhorn was born on December 31, 1916, in Dayton, Ohio, to Pearl Walker and William Bert Lawhorn.Her parents were musicians, and at the time, the managers of a movie theater in Dayton.
Jacob W. Bolotin (January 3, 1888 – April 1, 1924) was the world's first totally blind physician.. Born in 1888 to a poor immigrant family in Chicago, United States, Bolotin fought prejudice and misconceptions about the capabilities of blind people in order to win acceptance to medical school and then into the medical profession.
A recently freed man who spent more than 12 years in prison for a fatal South Side shooting in which a legally blind witness identified him as the perpetrator is suing the city of Chicago and ...
The Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI), located in Jacksonville, Illinois, is a state-operated pre-kindergarten, elementary and high school for the blind and visually impaired.