A Guide for the Blind

and Visually Impaired

Informational Resources

Facts
About285 million people are visually impaired worldwide;39 million of them
are blind.
Throughout the world, most people with visual impairment are age 50 or
older.
About 90% of the world's visually impaired live in developing countries.
The number of people blinded by infectious diseases has been greatly
reduced by recent public health efforts, but age-related impairment is
increasing.
Cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness globally, except in the most
developed countries.
Correction of refractive errors could give normal vision to more than 12
million children ages 5 to 15.
Globally about 80% of all visual impairment is avoidable.

Organizations
American Foundation for the Blind
Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Blinded Veterans Association
Braille Institute of America
Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
Lighthouse International
Michigan Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired
National Federation of the Blind

Books on teaching Braille @ the

EMU Library
ABC's of braille / by Bernard M. Krebs ; researched and developed by the Jewish Guild for the
Blind, New York. Louisville, Ky. : American Printing House for the Blind, 1973.
3rd Level
HV1669 .K7x
Beginning with braille : firsthand experiences with a balanced approach to literacy / Anna M.
Swenson. New York : AFB Press, c1999.
3rd Level
HV1672 .S94 1999
Braille literacy : a functional approach / Diane P. Wormsley. New York : AFB Press, 2003.
3rd Level
HV1672 .W64 2003
Instructional strategies for braille literacy / Diane P. Wormsley & Frances Mary D'Andrea. New
York : AFB Press, c1997.
3rd Level
HV1672 .I576 1997

Books In Braille @ EMU Library

Braille music chart / compiled by Edward W. Jenkins. Louisville, Ky., American Print. House for the Blind, 1960.
ARC Storage
MT38 .J446x 1960
Catoctin Mountain Park [braille] : Catoctin Mountain Park, Cunningham Falls State Park, Maryland / National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Harpers Ferry, WV
(P.O. Box 50, Harpers Ferry 25425) : National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, Publications, [2012].
Government Information - 2nd Level North
I 29.155:C 29
Chamizal National Memorial, Texas [braille]. Harpers Ferry, WV : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, [2012].
Government Information - 2nd Level North
I 29.155:C 35
Dictionary of braille music signs / by Bettye Krolick. Washington : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1979.
ARC Storage
MT38 .K76
Flood preparation and safety [braille] / Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Administration. [Washington, D.C.] : Dept. of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Administration, [2012?].
Government Information - 2nd Level North
HS 5.125:F 65
How to read Braille music : book I, vocal and instrumental. Champaign, Ill. : Stipes Publishing Co., 1975.
ARC Storage
MT38 .K7x
Preparing your pets for emergencies makes sense [braille] : get ready now / Federal Emergency Management Agency. [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Emergency Management
Agency, [2012?].
Government Information - 2nd Level North
HS 5.125:P 44
Primer of braille music / compiled by Edward W. Jenkins. Louisville, Ky. : American Printing House for the Blind, 1964.
ARC Storage
MT38 .P45x 1960
Touch the universe : a NASA braille book of astronomy / by Noreen Grice. Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press, c2002.
3rd Level
QB68 .G75 2002

Books on visual impairments

The art and science of teaching orientation and mobility to persons with visual impairm
ents
/ William H. Jacobson. New York : AFB Press, c1993.
ARC Storage
HV1758 .J33 1993
Children with visual impairments : social interaction, language and learning / Alec
Webster and Joao Roe. New York : Routledge, 1998.
3rd Level
HV1626 .W43 1998
Children with visual impairments : a parents' guide / edited by M. Cay Holbrook.
Bethesda, Md. : Woodbine House, 1996.
3rd Level
HV1596.3 .C55 1996
Skills
for success : a career education handbook for children and adolescents with visual imp
airments
/ Karen E. Wolffe, editor ; foreword by Dean W. Tuttle. New York : AFB Press, c1999.
3rd Level
HV1638 .S55 1999

Videos
What can baby see? [videorecording
] : vision tests and interventions for infants with multiple
disabilities
/ California State University, Northridge ; project
director, Deborah Chen. New York : Distributed by AFB
Press, [1997], c1996.
ARC Storage
VHS 5617

Periodicals
American Foundation for the Blind directory of agencies servi
ng the visually handicapped in the U.S
. New York : The Foundation, 1981-1984.
3rd Level
HV1791 .A4
Braille book review. Washington : Library of Congress,
[National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped. Library retains the latest 3 years of unbound
issues.
Insight : research and practice in visual impairment and blind
ness.
Lawrence, KS : AER
RE:view. Washington, D.C. : Heldref Publications, c1989-

Teacher Resources
American Federation for the Blind
American Association of Blind Teachers
Bright Hub Education
Lesson Planet
National Center for Accessible Media
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Teaching Visually Impaired