What's New on Blindness on the Web 27th Edition

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Blindness Resource Center has made major changes to the followng sections:
- Expanded Yahoo! Section in our Search Page
- The 4th Annual Harvest Swing Golf Tournament
  is scheduled for August 31, 1998
  at the Knollwood Country Club

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Low Vision Gateway
C created to be your starting point to access information on the World Wide Web related to the fields of low vision and blindness.

1998 CSUN Conference Proceedings Offered Free On-Line
Assets '98 : The Third International ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, April 15-17, 1998, Marina del Rey, CA USA
CHOCO BRAILLE has new for Easter - A 6 oz. Brailled chocolate Bunny from The Chocolate Experience. Available in both gourmet and sugar-free flavors.
Florida Outreach Project For Individuals with Deaf-Blindness
The Kansas Audio-Reader Network is expanding its services to include Real-Audio on the Web. Also check out their newsletter.
SCIENCE FOR ALL: including students wth disabilities and integrating technology. A new online workshop by NCIP.
SonicVisioN: airborne ultrasonic imaging technology that enables the Blind and mobile robots to perceive objects.

Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines- Final Rules from the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board published in the Federal Register 2/3/1998.
Tubby-Like Human Gene Causes Inherited Blindness, Reports NATURE GENETICS
Tutorials Designed with the Blind in Mind
Producers of tutorials which are designed to assist the blind in learning computers. (at VIPACE)
WAI Accessibility Guidelines: Page Authoring
- W3C Working Draft Latest Edition
USHER Syndrome Links(HKNC)
World Database - Schools for the Blind

How to read Adobe or PDF Files?
New computer tutorials on web at the Empowerment Zone
Accessibility speech by Bill Gates, with Q&A At the Microsoft accessibility summit last week at the Microsoft Corporation.
LIVE Broadcast of FCC Chairman Kennard's Address at AFB Conference(March 8th and 9th)

The Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children
- Insights: Newsletter
- Site Map

The Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill
- CIB Newsletter in PDF Format
- Directory of Adminstrative Staff(in frames)

Texas School for the Blind
- How do you remember Emerson Foulke?
- News & Updates

Overbrook School for the Blind
- Overbrook 2001
- New Projects
- Professional Summer Workshop June 16th and 17th, 1998

American Foundation for the Blind:
- National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those With Multiple Disabilities

Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., provides skilled dogs and training in their use free of charge. California and Oregon campuses.
Guide Dog Association of New South Wales(Australia) The site has information on Vision Impairments, Cane or Canine?, Teacher Resources, Services Information, and a Gift Shop
Helen Keller Services for the Blind and National Center
also checkout the HKNC Newsletter
Western Pa BOLD Web Page Blind Outdoor Leisure Development, Incorporated

Color Macular Reader An affordable, COLOR, lightweight, hand-held CCTV

Okay Vision-Aide Corp: OVAC provides affordable CCTV magnifiers, ranging from the black & white hand scanner to a desktop color unit with auto focus & zoom. Prices range from $295.00 to $1695.00.
Okay Vision-Aide Corp.
14811 Myford Road, Tustin, CA 92780-7253
Phone: 800-325-4488 FAX 714-669-1081
E-mail: vision-aide@ovac.com
The Blindness Resource Center Vendor Listing: A comprehensive collection of vendors of products for persons with visual impairments.

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- Visually Impaired Computer Users Group of New York City (VICUG-NYC) meets on the second Monday of every month at the Associated Blind building, which is located at 135 West Twenty-third Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, in New York City.
  - Information and Telephone Contact Line: 212 539-3514
  - NYC: Special Interest Groups have been formed for:
    - Braille 'n Speak/Braille Lite support group
    - Access to MIDI and music
  - Directions to the meeting site are available here.
  - MOVING TARGETS: Topical Topics of Interest to the Blind and Visually Impaired Community of the New York Metropolitan Area
- Web Sites of Blind/VI Computer User Groups Nationwide
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