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Eye Care Organizations
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
415-561-8500
www.aao.org
American Optometric Association
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141-7851
314-991-4100
www.aoa.org
General Organizations
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
2020 Vision Place
Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
301-496-5248
E-mail: 2020@nei.nih.gov
www.nei.nih.gov
Prevent Blindness America
500 East Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4557
1-800-331-2020
847-843-2020
E-mail: info@preventblindness.org
www.preventblindness.org
American Council of the Blind
1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 1004
Washington, DC 20005
1-800-424-8666
(202) 467-5081
info@acb.org
http://www.acb.org
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
1-800-232-5463
(212) 502-7600
afbinfo@afb.org
http://www.afb.org
Regional Offices:
Chicago, IL (312) 245-9961
Dallas, TX (214) 352-7222
Atlanta, GA (404) 525-2303
New York, NY (212) 502-7657
San Francisco, CA (415) 392-4845
Washington, DC (202) 457-1487
Lighthouse International
111 E. 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
1-800-829-0500
(212) 821-9200
(212) 821-9713 (TDD)
info@lighthouse.org
http://www.lighthouse.org
Lions Clubs International
300 22nd Street
Oak Brook, IL 60521-8842
(630) 571-5466
lions@lionsclubs.org
http://www.lionsclubs.org
National Association for Visually Handicapped
22 W. 21st Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(212) 889-3141
http://www.navh.org
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314
1-800-638-7518 - Job Opportunities
http://www.nfb.org
Disease Specific Organizations
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311-1717
1-800-342-2383 (National Headquarters)
1-888-342-2383 (Local Offices)
703-549-1500
E-mail: AskADA@diabetes.org
www.diabetes.org
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005-4001
1-800-533-CURE (2873)
E-mail: info@jdrf.org
www.jdrf.org
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3560
1-800-860-8747
301-654-3327
E-mail: ndic@info.niddk.nih.gov
www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
AMD Alliance International
1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 113
Baltimore, Maryland 21208
1-877-263-7171
http://www.amdalliance.org/
Association for Macular Diseases
210 E. 64th Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 605-3719
http://www.macula.org/
Children's Glaucoma Foundation (CGF)
2 Longfellow Place, Suite 201
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 227-3011
http://www.childrensglaucoma.org
(The) Foundation Fighting Blindness
Executive Plaza 1, Suite 800
11435 Cronhill Drive
Owings Mills, MD 21117-2220
1-800-683-5555
1-800-683-5551 (TDD)
(410) 785-1414
(410) 785-9687 (TDD)
http://www.blindness.org
(The) Glaucoma Foundation
116 John Street, Suite 1065
New York, NY 10038
1-800-452-8266
(212) 651-1900
info@glaucomafoundation.org
http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/
Glaucoma Research Foundation
490 Post Street, Suite 1427
San Francisco, CA 94102
1-800-826-6693
(415) 986-3162
http://www.glaucoma.org
Macular Degeneration International
6700 North Oracle Road, Suite 121
Tucson, AZ 85704
1-800-393-7634
http://www.maculardegeneration.org/
Macular Degeneration Partnership
8733 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 201
Los Angeles, CA 90048
1-888-430-9898 (recorded information)
(310) 423-6455
http://www.AMD.org
Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation
6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 325
Bethesda, MD 20817
(800) 475-6473
http://www.sjogrens.org
Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and the Visually Impaired
1703 N. Beauregard St, Suite 440
P.O. Box 22397
Alexandria, VA 22311
(703) 671-4500
aernet@laser.net
http://www.aerbvi.org
Institute for Families of Bl3/10/2004 2:12PMind Children
P.O. Box 54700
Mail Stop 111
Los Angeles, CA 90054-0700
(213) 669-4649
National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
P.O. Box 317
Watertown, MA 02471-0317
1-800-562-6265
(617) 972-7441
http://www.spedex.com/napvi/
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013-1492
1-800-695-0285
(202) 884-8200
nichcy@aed.org
http://www.nichcy.org
Low Vision Gateway
http://www.lowvision.org