North East Rehabilitation Officers

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Education: Dorton College
(Offers Residential and Distance Learning Courses); Queen Alexandra College for People with Visual Impairment; RNIB Loughborough College; Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool); The Royal Blind School Edinburgh; The Royal National College

Regional Links: (AIRS) Access to Information and Reading Services
(Produces Talking Newspapers and also transcribe printed information into large print and Braille and on to audio cassette. ); Blind Society for North Tyneside; County Durham Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted; In Association with One North East (Disability Site); NE Regional Visual Impairment; Newcastle Disability Forum; North East Ophthalmology Society; Northumbria Sight Service; (VINE) Visual Impairment North East

National Organisations: A-Z to Deafblindness; Action for Blind People; Association of Blind Piano Tuners; British Computer Association of the Blind; British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society; British Wireless for the Blind Fund; Calibre Cassette Library; Deafblind UK; Electronic Aids for the Blind
(Charity that Assists Individuals Acquire Specialist Electronic Equipment); English Blind Golf Association; Eye UK; Fight for Sight; Look. The National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children; National Blind Childrens Society; Guide Dogs for the Blind Association; Optima Low Vision Services; The Royal National Institute of the Blind; (TNAUK) National Talking Newspapers and Magazines; Sense, organisation for deafblind people; Social Care Association; (Organisation Rehabilitation Officer/Worker can be member of); Youreable.com; (Very good disability site)

Low Vision Pages: Big Print Newspaper; NHS Local Services Search
(GP Surgeries and Opticians); Moorfields Eye Hospital (London)
(One of the Worlds Leading Centers for Eye Health); MyEyeNet
A comprehensive link directory devoted to the eyecare industry; Ocular Times
(Amsler Grid); RNIB Low Vision Page; SPECS – Specific Eye Conditions

Other Rehabilitation Officer/Worker Groups: London Rehabilitation Workers Forum/; Rehabilitation Teaching

Providers of Rehabilitation Training Courses: School of Vision & Rehabilitation Studies; University of Central England Rehabilitation Training Courses

Rehabilitation Centers: RNIB Manor House Skills Development Centre; Seeability (Surrey); St Dunstans, Caring for Blind ex-service men and women; Wilberforce

International: American Council of the Blind; American Foundation for the Blind
(good selection of rehabilitation books); European Blind Union; (There are commissions covering all rehabilitation issues); Harry’s Links
(Huge World Resource Links Page); ONCE Spanish Organisation of the Blind (English Page)

Companies Providing Products to People Who Are Visually Impaired: Cobolt Systems; Dolphin Computer Access; Lakeland Ltd
(Not a Dedicated Site for Products for People who are Visually Impaired but has some Useful Gadgets); Sight & Sound Technology; Tieman UK - Formerly Concept Systems

North East Rehabilitation Officers

Working Together With People Who Are Visually Impaired