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Consumer Resources
Shopping Guide
The following companies and organizations manufacture
and distribute products, or provide services that are useful to
people who are blind or visually impaired. For the convenience of
consumers in the Greater Rochester Area, many of these items are
in stock at ABVI-Goodwill’s Consumer Shoppe. The companies
listed here are a mix of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
Endorsement by ABVI-Goodwill is not intended. All details were current,
to the best of our knowledge, at the time this list was compiled.
Addresses for companies and organizations are included in this list,
and additional information is located in the DIRECTORY
SECTION of this Guide.
APPLIANCES
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• LS&S
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
• Maxi Aids
BAKING AND FOOD PREPARATION
• Campbell Soup Company’s ”Easy
Way to Delicious Meals“
• Consumer Shoppe
• Cooking with Betty Crocker Mixes
(Braille, cassette, print)
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• Microwave Times
• National Braille Press
(cookbooks in Braille)
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
• Maxi Aids
BRAILLE EQUIPMENT
• American Bible Society
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• Howe Press of Perkins School for
the Blind
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• New York State Resource Center for
the Visually Impaired
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
• LS&S
• Massachusetts Association for the
Blind
• Maxi Aids
• Sense-Sations
BRAILLE MATERIALS
• American Brotherhood for the Blind/Twin
Vision Publishing Division
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• Braille, Inc.
• Christian Record Services
• Christian Science Reading Room
• Guild for the Blind
• John Milton Society for the Blind
• Mid-Michigan Center for the Blind
(greeting cards)
• National Braille Association
• National Braille Press
• New York State Resource Center for
the Visually Impaired
• Sense-Sations
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
• Xavier Society
PLEASE NOTE: A complete listing
of magazines available in Braille, large print and cassette formats
can be obtained from the New York State Library Service in Albany.
This booklet, Magazines in Special Media, produced by the
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
(NL SBPH), is free and available upon request, (800)
342-3688.
CANES
• Ambutech
• Autofold
• Carex Health Care Products
• Carolyn’s low Vision Products
(formerly Carolyn’s Canes)
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• LS&S
• Maxi Aids
• Rainshine Company
• Sense-Sations
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
CASSETTE BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• Bible Alliance
• Choice Magazine Listening
• Christian Record Services
• Christian Science Reading Room
• Educational Tape Recordings for
the Blind
• Guideposts
• Horizons for the Blind
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• John Milton Society for the Blind
• Matilda Ziegler Magazine
• New York State Library for the Blind
and Visually Handicapped
• Recorded Periodicals
• Recordings for the Blind
• Sense-Sations
• The Newsreel
• Volunteer Services for the Blind
• Xavier Society for the Blind
CASSETTE EQUIPMENT & ACCESSORIES
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• LS&S
• TFI Engineering
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
DRAWING AND MEASURING
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• Howe Press of Perkins School for
the Blind
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
EDUCATIONAL & INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• Howe Press of Perkins School for
the Blind
• Hadley School for the Blind
• New York Resource Center for the
Visually Impaired
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
PLEASE NOTE: Materials are available
from many other sources (listed in this Guide) via the Internet,
e-mail and/or fax. For information, you may call or write the company
or organization in which you are interested.
HOBBIES AND CRAFTS
• Horizons for the Blind
• National Braille Press
KITCHEN UTENSILS
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• Kentucky Industries for the Blind
• Maxi Aids
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
LABELERS
• Bossert Specialties, Inc.
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• Kentucky Industries for the Blind
• National Braille Press
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
LARGE PRINT MATERIALS
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• Bossert Specialties, Inc.
• Christian Record Services
• Doubleday Large Print Book Club
• Horizons for the Blind
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• Jewish Braille Institute
• John Curley & Associates
• John Milton Society for the Blind
• Keats Publishing (religious classics)
• National Association for Visually
Handicapped
• National Library Service for the
Blind
• New York Times
• Oscar B. Stiskin Large Print Books
• Readers Digest
• R. R. Bowker Co.
• Rochester Public Library
• Thorndike Press (Harlequin romance
novels)
• Transaction Books (classics)
• Walden Books
• The World at Large
• Xavier Society for the Blind
MAGNIFIERS
• ABVI-Goodwill Low Vision Center
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• LS&S
• Maxi Aids
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
MISCELLANEOUS
(gifts, collectors items, sweatshirts, etc.)
• Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc.
(catalog on tape)
• Custom Marketing (gifts for dog
lovers)
• Easier Ways
• Playback Marketing (catalogs on
tape)
• Mid-State Association for the Blind
(Braille sweatshirts)
• Seedlings Braille Books for Children
(mugs, sweatshirts, etc.)
• Speak to Me Catalog
READING SPECIALTIES
(lamps, tables, etc.)
• LS&S
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
RECREATIONAL BOOKS & GAMES
• American Printing House
for the Blind,
Inc.
• The Howe Press of Perkins School
for the Blind
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• LS&S
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
• American Council of the Blind
• American Foundation for the Blind
• National Association for Visually
Handicapped
• National Federation of the Blind
• National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS BPH)
• New York State Resource Center for
the Visually Impaired
• Rochester Public library
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• Kentucky Industries for the Blind
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
SEWING
• Horizons for the Blind
• Maxi Aids
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
TABLEWARE
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• Kentucky Industries for the Blind
• Maxi Aids
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
TALKING ITEMS
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• LS&S
• Maxi Aids
• MYNA Corporation
• Radio Shack
• Speak to Me
• TFI Engineering
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
• Xerox
(The Reading Edge Reading
Machine)
TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS
• American Printing House for the
Blind
• The Howe Press of Perkins School
for the Blind
• Science Products for the Blind
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• LS&S
• Maxi Aids
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
WRITING DEVICES AND SUPPLIES
• Independent Living Aids, Inc.
• Maxi Aids
• The Lighthouse, Inc.
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