Action Disability Resources, Inc.
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American Printing House for the Blind
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Aquatic Access, Inc.
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Attention Control Systems, Inc.
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Best Bath Systems
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Canine Assistants
3160 Francis Road
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Telephone: 800 771-7221
Fax Number: 770 664-7820
Web site: www.canineassistants.org
Canine Assistants is a 501 C-3 non-profit organization. Please contact this organization to send more information about their organization or answer any questions that you might have.
Canine Companion
8150 Clarcona Ocoee Road
PO Box 680388
Orlando, FL 32868
Telephone: 407-522-3300
Fax Number: 407-522-3347
Web site: www.caninecompanions.org
Canine Companions for Independence is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly-trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.
Captioned Media Program - National Association of the Deaf
1447 E. Main St.
Spartanburg, SC 29307
Telephone: 800-237-6213
Fax Number: 800-538-5636
TDD: 800-237-6819
Web site: www.cfv.org
This company distributes captioned films and videos for educational and general interest purposes. To obtain an educational film in captioned form, one hearing impaired student must be among the users. To obtain a general interest item, a group of hearing impaired persons is a prerequisite.
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3
Wakefield, MA 01880-3233
Telephone: 781-245-2212
Fax Number: 781-245-5212
TDD: 781-245-9320
Web site: www.cast.org
Founded in 1984 as the Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST is an educational, not-for-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities.
Deaf Consumer Program/Sign Language Interpreter Services
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Effective Communication Solutions, Inc.
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FAAST, Inc. – Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology
325 John Knox Road, Building 400, Suite 402
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Telephone: 888 788-9216
Fax: 850 487-2805
Website: www.faast.org
The FAAST Value Statement:
We value each individual’s right to achieve their highest potential and the possibilities that can be realized through collaborative efforts focused on the goal of improving life for Floridians with and without disabilities.
FAAST is a non-profit organization funded by the U.S. Department of Education through the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), private foundations and individuals.
FAAST ATBay – a “classified ads” feature that connects people with available AT!
FAAST has worked with thousands of people with and without disabilities throughout the state to provide:
Hands on assistive technology demonstrations and trainings.
Financing for assistive technology purchases.
Assistive device lending programs.
Community outreach to rural and underserved groups.
Accessible, affordable housing.
Advocacy and education on consumer choice.
Florida Relay Service 7-1-1
Website: www.ftri.org
The Florida Relay Service is the communications link for people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf/Blind, or Speech Impaired. Through the Florida Relay Service, people who use specialized telephone equipment can communicate with people who use standard telephone equipment. To call Florida Relay, dial 7-1-1 or use the appropriate toll free numbers listed below.
1 800-955-8771 (TTY, Text Telephone)
1 800-955-8770 (Voice, for a hearing caller)
1 800-955-1339 (ASCII, Computer Program)
1 877-955-8260 (VCO, Voice Carry Over Direct)
1 877-955-5334 (STS, Speech to Speech)
1 877-955-8773 (Spanish)
1 877-955-8707 (French Cr.)
1 800-676-3777 (Customer Service)
Types of Relay Calls
Voice (for a hearing caller)
Standard telephone users can easily initiate calls to TTY users. The Relay Operator types the hearing person's spoken words to the TTY user and reads back the typed replies.
TTY (Text Telephone)
A person who is deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or speech impaired uses a TTY to type his/her conversation to a Relay Operator, who then reads the typed conversation to a hearing person. The relay operator relays the hearing person's spoken words by typing them back to the TTY user.
VCO (Voice Carry Over)
Voice Carry Over is an ideal service that enables a hard of hearing or deaf user to use his/her voice to speak directly to hearing persons. When the hearing person speaks back, the Relay Operator serves as the "ears" and types everything that is said on a TTY or text display.
Speech to Speech (STS)
Speech to Speech allows speech disabled persons to voice their conversation. A specially trained Florida Relay Operator will listen and present the speech disabled user's dialogue to the called party. No special telephone equipment is needed to use this service. A STS call can be made from any standard telephone.
Florida Service Dogs, Inc.
4149 Davie Ct.
Jacksonville, FL 32210
Telephone: 800 549-2600 this is a voice to text paging service, ask for either Carol Christopherson or FL Service Dog
Fax Number: 779-2975
e-mail: buddynme@bellsouth.net
Days and Hours of Operation: Call anytime, appointments will be set.
Fees, if applicable/Form of Payment: Costs only based on dog's training expenses.
Mission: Florida Service Dogs, Inc. is a non-profit organization to provide highly trained dogs to qualified individuals with disabilities as well as provide education and advocacy to any interested party regarding obtaining, maintaining and training of such service dogs. To also provide interested parties basic knowledge of the legal rights regarding the use of such service dogs in areas such as the public, housing and the work environment.
Ears to You - Provides hearing dogs to hearing impaired
Puppy Power - Three-part division of FSD that provides:
a) Therapy dog/Teams for hospitals, nursing homes and children's homes,
b) Therapy dogs for individuals with mental disorders for companionship, and
c) Foster homes to our dogs in training and our Puppy Power Therapy Teams.
FL Telecommunications Relay, Inc
1820 E. Park Ave., Suite 101
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Telephone: 800-222-3448
Fax: 850-656-6099
TDD: 888-447-5620
Web site: www.ftri.org
Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc. (FTRI) is a statewide not-for-profit organization that administers the Specialized Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program for citizens of Florida who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf/Blind and Speech Impaired.
Areas of Interest under FTRI:
The Florida Link - the FTRI newsletter
Florida Video Relay
TASA meetings (Telecommunications Access Systems Act)
Guide Horse Foundation
2729 Rocky Ford Road
Kitrell, NC 27544
Telephone: 252 433-4755
Web site: www.guidehorse.com
Our mission is to provide a safe, cost-effective and reliable mobility alternative for visually impaired people. The Guide Horse Foundation is committed to delivering Guide Horses at no cost to the blind relying on unpaid volunteers and charitable donations to pay all travel and housing expenses for the handler's on-site training. We also have the goal of helping the tiny horses by providing them with a higher purpose in life.
Low Vision Center of Northeast Florida
2519 Riverside Ave.
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Telephone: 904 389-9989
The Low Vision Center of Northeast Florida is a full-time non-profit low vision clinic designated to help individuals of all ages with low vision find the tools and techniques needed to resume daily living activities.
A comprehensive low vision examination is provided by a licensed optometrist who specializes in low vision. During the examination, several aspects of your vision will be measured.
National Captioning Institute (NCI)
1900 Gallows Rd., Suite 3000
Vienna, VA 22182
Telephone: 703-917-7600
Fax Number: 703-917-9853
TDD: 703-917-7600
Web site: www.ncicap.org
NCI is a nonprofit corporation whose goal is to expand the captioned television service. The staff produces captions for television programs. NCI also designs, manufactures, and distributes the TeleCaption decoder device, which is attached to the user's television set.
New Horizons Service Dogs, Inc.
1590 Laurel Park Court
Orange City, FL 32763
Telephone: 386 456-0408
Fax: 386 456-0409
Web site: www.newhorizonsservicedogs.org
New Horizons Service Dogs is a Florida based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving Floridians.
"We provide trained and certified service dogs to persons with disabilities.
We educate the public and increase awareness regarding the needs and concerns of the disabled.
We provide ongoing support to the partners to assure a great working team."
Odd Shoe Exchange, National
P.O. Box 1120
Chandler, AZ 85244-1120
Telephone: 480 892-3484
Web site: www.oddshoe.org
The purpose of The National Odd Shoe Exchange (NOSE) is to provide a resource for new, quality single shoes and pairs of significantly different sizes. Many have this need due to injury, disease and genetic disorders. However the NOSE is not just about footwear. It is about people, quality of life, dignity and respect.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
20 Roszel Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
Telephone: 866-RFBD (7323)-585
Web site: www.rfbd.org
For more than 50 years, RFB&D has been an invaluable educational resource, enabling those with print disabilities to complete their educations, advance their careers and gain self-esteem.
RFB&D's materials are for all people who cannot effectively read standard print because of a visual, perceptual or other physical disability.
Seeing Eye, The
P.O. Box 375
Morristown, NJ 07963-0375
Telephone: 973-539-4425
Fax Number: 973-539-0922
Web site: www.seeingeye.org
Days and Hours of Operations: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. -5 p.m.
The Seeing Eye's mission: To help blind people achieve greater independence, dignity and self-confidence through the use of Seeing Eye dogs. In pursuit of this aim, it teaches Seeing Eye dogs to guide blind people; breeds and raises or obtains the dogs by purchase or gift; teaches instructors the science and technique of training dogs as guides for blind people; instructs blind people in the proper use and handling of the dogs; and educates the public about the role of dog guides and the capability of blind people for independent living.
Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.
4210 77th St. E.
Palmetto, Florida 34221
Telephone: 941-729-5665, 800-944-DOGS (3647)
Fax Number: 941-729-6646
Web site: www.guidedogs.org
Days and Hours of Operation: Mon. thru Fri. 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Southeastern Guide Dogs' primary mission is to offer, free of charge, a unique opportunity to achieve independent travel with safety and dignity to blind men and women through the use of professionally and humanely trained guide dogs. Will also provide services to individuals with other disabilities and to law enforcement agencies through specialized training of our career-changed dogs.
Talking Book Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
303 North Laura St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Telephone: 630-0999
Fax Number: 630-0604
TDD: 630-2740
Web site: http://jpl.coj.net
Days and Hours of Operations: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
A free service for people who have difficulty holding, handling or reading a regular print book because of a visual or physical disability.
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI)
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Temple Sisterhood Braille Group
8727 San Jose Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32217
Telephone: 733-7078
Fax: 448-9285
Web site: www.thetemplejacksonville.org
Days and Hours of Operations: Thursday 10 a.m. - noon
The Temple Sisterhood Braille Group, Inc., founded in 1957, is dedicated to training and equipping volunteers to produce free or low-cost quality Braille materials and raise-line drawings for the visually impaired students and adults of Florida so that the blind will have the necessary resources to lead more productive lives by gaining literacy in order to do well in school, obtain employment and follow recreational pursuits.
Temporary Loan Closet
2709 Art Museum Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Telephone: 399-8484, ext. 16
Fax Number: 399-5668
Web site: www.cilj.com
Days and Hours of Operations: Monday -Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Temporary Loan Closet (T.L.C.) is a cooperative effort of 20 agencies in the Jacksonville community providing First Coast individuals with disabilities, durable medical equipment on a temporary basis at a minimal cost. TLC stores a large array of durable medical equipment like wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, bathing aids, toileting aids, lifts, hospital beds and canes. Equipment is issued on a referral basis only, and, in most cases, must accompany a physician's prescription. Donations and volunteers are always needed on a regular basis.
WJCT Radio Reading Service
100 Festival Park Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Telephone: (904) 358-6308
Fax: (904) 358-6352
Website: www.wjct.org
Founded on May 3, 1993, the WJCT Radio Reading Service is a closed circuit radio station, transmitted via a sub-channel of WJCT 89.9 FM Public Radio in Jacksonville, Florida. WJCT RRS broadcasts 24 hours a day national, regional and local news, in addition to other vital information to people of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia who are print impaired. Listeners are determined by eligibility and are loaned on a permanent loan basis, free of charge, special radio receivers that only receive the sub-channel broadcast. For more information you can call (904) 358-6308. You can also access the Radio Reading Service on the World Wide Web at www.wjct.org.