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
Resources for Parents and Teachers of Children with Visual Impairments 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
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