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| A Survivor's Guide to Braille Music Notation | Free resource - print, braille and CD with lessons designed to teach braille music reading and writing |
| Accessible Games | Links to websites which offer accessible computer games |
| Accessibility.com.au | Information about and services for people with vision impairments |
| Albinism Through the Eyes of Bianca | Bianca Knowlton's website with information and photos |
| Templates by Meredith Walsh which can be used to produce professional information packages for teachers (A$30) | |
| Albinism Fellowship of Australia | Offers support to people with albinism and their families |
| American Foundation for the Blind | Large range of support for people with vision impairments |
| APH Museum | Educational history of blind people, noted blind people etc |
| Association for Children with a Disability | Range of resources to support families |
| ATTO | Access technology tutorials including JAWS, ZoomText, BrailleNote, Clicker 4 etc |
| Australian Association of Parents of Vision Impaired (AAPVI) | Australian parent website |
| Blind Readers' Page | Guide to sources of information in alternative format - also information about blindness and vision impairments |
| Blind Sports Victoria | Sports and recreation for people with vision impairments |
| Braille Test 'n' Teach | Software for teaching braille available from Optek (A$275) |
| Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) | Canadian based website |
| Career Connect | AFB website on careers, assistance with CV writing, preparing for job interviews etc |
| Centre for Eye Research Australia (University of Melbourne) | Research and information about vision impairment eg impact of vision impairment studies |
| May assist in the selection of suitable technology solutions for students with vision impairments | |
| Copyright and Print Disability | “Frequently Asked Questions” produced by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| Cortical Vision Impairment | Information from the American Printing House for the Blind |
| E-bility | Links to information about disability including software reviews |
| Early Support | UK based website for parents of young children with disabilities |
| Focus on Low Vision | Comprehensive overview of low vision - causes, implications, quality of life |
| Glaucoma Australia | Information about Glaucoma |
| GlobeAll | Distance education course offered by Hadley University in conjunction with ICEVI which is free to professionals, parents and people with vision impairments worldwide |
| Guide Dogs Victoria - Children's Mobility Services | Orientation and mobility training, camps program |
| Hadley School | Distance education course offered by Hadley University in conjunction with ICEVI which is free to professionals, parents and people with vision impairments worldwide |
| Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission | Fosters understanding and protection of human rights in Australia |
| I Do Like It | Braille reading program for beginning braille readers |
| It's Vision Time | Email newsletter from New South Wales Itinerant Teachers |
| KidsVis | Free materials for schools on vision from the Optometrists Association of Australia |
| Learning Through Listening | Lesson plans and activities |
| Look Out Marcus! | Book designed to teach children about vision impairment |
| Low Vision Module | Training CD from Vision Australia - includes reader and workbook; accessible to blind users (A$262) |
| Low Vision Module | Training CD from Quantum Technology for teachers, parents etc which includes structure of the eye, measuring visual acuity, visual pathway, diseases of the eye etc (A$680) |
| Macular Degeneration Foundation | Information about Macular Degeneration |
| Resources and products for people with vision difficulties and impairments Tutorials for Microsoft Accessibility features |
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| Mountbatten Website | Includes resources for the Mountbatten Brailler - for parents and teachers |
| National Federation of the Blind | Large range of support for people with vision impairments - US “voice of the blind” |
| Paralympic Talent Search | People with vision impairments and physical disabilities are invited to participate in sporting tests |
| Perkins Online Museum |
Online museum - includes historical information about teaching reading and writing, science and maths, famous people, sports etc |
| Pictorial History of Braille Writing Machines | Pictures and written descriptions of many mechanical braille writers |
| Program for Students with Disabilities | Provides additional support to the School Global Budget to Department of Education schools for eligible students with disabilities |
| OnLine Magazine | Excellent magazine full of access technology for students with vision impairments including those with multiple disabilities available for free from the Education Queensland website |
| Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities | Guidelines, standards, annual conference |
| Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children | Information about vision impairment, particularly for families |
| “SCI-VIS” (Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students) | Exciting 5-day camp for students with vision impairments around September each year in Huntsville Alabama simulating astronaut training |
| See/Hear Magazine | Quarterly newsletter for families and professionals on vision impairment and deafblindness |
| SIBS | Website about and for siblings of children with disabilities |
| Software - Demonstration, Shareware and Freeware | Links to a range of shareware, freeware and demos of access technology for people with vision impairments - includes large cursors, voice output, magnification, maths software, typing programs etc |
| Sort It | RNIB's website for for young people with sight problems aged 11-16 years Contains information about vision impairment written for young people (symptoms, causes, treatments), bullying, schools, resources, interviews with celebrities with vision impairments etc) |
| SPEVI - South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment | Professional association for educators Biennial conference, newsletter, journal, listserv |
| Stargardt's Australia | Information and help for people with Stargardt's |
| Statewide Vision Resource Centre | Website dedicated to education of students with vision impairments |
| Switched on Braille | CD for teachers, parents etc which includes history of braille, braille code, teaching braille, worksheets etc (Quantum Technology - A$99) |
| Teaching Students with Sensory Impairments | Free resource for mainstream teachers, students, parents and therapists - includes definitions, teaching strateties, activities, social skills, counselling, working with families etc |
| Teaching Vision to Kids | 16 page teaching guide aimed to assist in teaching vision to students in years 4 to 8 which ncludes lesson plans and handouts found on the USA's National Eye Institute website |
| Technology | RNIB information sheets |
| Texas School for the Blind | Excellent website with resources for teaching students with vision impairments including those with additional impairments |
| The Bulletin | Fortnightly newsletter with information including the widely acclaimed Statewide Vision Resource Centre professional development program; teaching tips and strategies; notice and reports on camps and activities; news from the field of vision impairment. Email Deb Lewis if you would like to receive your copy electronically. |
| 3VI: Bigger Bolder Brighter | Information from the Royal Society for the Blind for students (approximately grade 4) including how the eye works, simulations of four eye conditions, interviews with several people with vision impairments, classroom activities and teacher resources |
| Vision: Photos, Images & Videos | Images relating to the eye, vision testing and vision impairment produced by the National Eye Institute, USA |
| Vision Australia | Vision Australia home page |
| Vision Australia Fact Sheets | Many fact sheets relating to vision impairment |
| Vision Simulation | Includes photos simulating vision impairments (eg RP, scotomas, hemianopia, haemorrhage, cataract) with notes which are read aloud as a commentary |
| Vision 2020 | Global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness |