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5400 West Elm Street, Suite 106, Mchenry, IL 60050
Seniors with vision loss or who are blind, obtain and are trained on the use of adaptive free devices to maintain their independence in and outside the home. This includes independent living skills training, advocacy, and peer mentoring.
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United Way of the Midlands
2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 1, Bloomington, IL 61704

- Assists qualified individuals who are blind or have low-vision learn the skills needed to maintain an independent lifestyle.

- Provides a variety of low-vision aids and assistive devices at no cost.

- Offers referrals for additional services such as community orientation, mobility training, and guide dog services.

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United Way of the Midlands
1850 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608
The Chicago Lighthouse helps clients who are blind or partially sighted develop skills and techniques for safe, effective, and efficient travel. Specialists work one-on-one with clients to make sense of their surroundings by enhancing environmental, bodily and spatial awareness. Clients also learn techniques to utilize remaining vision in conjunction with auditory, olfactory, and kinesthetic senses to experience the world more in a more meaningful way.
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211 Metro Chicago
65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60601
Second Sense provides orientation and mobility training one-on-one at their office, in your home, throughout your community, and in other locations you wish to travel to independently. This program helps teach individuals how to get where they want to go - safely and independently and teaches individuals how to maneuver with a cane.
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211 Metro Chicago
1750 South Big Bend Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63117
Specialists are available to conduct an evaluation and services. Their role is teach a child to orient and understand where they are in space and to move safely from place to place.
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United Way of Greater St Louis 211
1313 Farnam Street, Suite 316, Omaha, NE 68102

Vocational rehabilitation services include vocational guidance and counseling; training, tuition, and equipment; occupational equipment and supplies; assistance for establishing small businesses (NBE); job placement and follow-up services; and medical services.

Orientation and adjustment center.

Consultants for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Training in cane travel and independent living skills.

Home training.

Supportive services and transitional services for youth who are proceeding from high school to college.

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United Way of the Midlands
8038 MacIntosh Lane, Rockford, IL 61107

Providers certified orientation and mobility specialists who teach individuals to use a white cane and navigate their surroundings.

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United Way of the Midlands
4600 Valley Road, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE 68510

Vocational rehabilitation services include vocational guidance and counseling; training, tuition, and equipment; occupational equipment and supplies; assistance for establishing small businesses (NBE); job placement and follow-up services; and medical services.

Orientation and adjustment center.

Consultants for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Training in cane travel and independent living skills.

Home training.

Supportive services and transitional services for youth who are proceeding from high school to college.

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United Way of the Midlands
4125 South 72nd Street, Omaha, NE 68127

Provides employment, training on using smart phones and computers and other technology for anyone who can’t see a screen clearly, orientation and mobility services, recreational and cultural programs (including audio description services) adapted for people with limited or no vision.

Various Programs include:

-- Tandem Bike Club

-- Bowling League-Golf Clinic

-- Art Programs

-- Social and Recreational Events

-- Employment training and opportunities

-- Training on Adaptive Technology for computers and smart phones

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United Way of the Midlands
219 East Cole Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187

Empowers children and adults with vision loss, regardless of income, to optimize their visual capabilities and independence through the use of prescriptive tools, technology, rehabilitative training, and inspiration. Comprehensive exam and follow up with a low vision doctor, occupational therapy, and technology training is available.

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United Way of the Midlands
22 Veterans Drive, Suite A, Harrisburg, IL 62946

Provides services for blind individuals ages 55 and older. Services include low-vision and other communication aids, orientation and mobility training, services to help correct blindness, training in activities of daily living, and any other appropriate services to assist them to live independently. 

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United Way of the Midlands