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Following are some sample searches to provide you with hints on how to look for services. You may look up an organization by name, obtain a list of organizations in a particular U.S. state or Canadian province, or search for an organization by type or by services offered in the United States or Canada or both. The Directory also has an Advanced Search feature, which will allow you to make multiple choices in several of the categories. When you perform a search, names of the organizations that result from your search and the cities and states in which they are located are displayed. Then you have the option to do either of the following:

1. Select the link to a specific organization to display that organization's full profile on the screen.
2. Select Show All Addresses at the bottom of the screen to display the full street addresses and web sites of the organizations that result from your search. Web site addresses are links to the web sites of the organizations.
3. Select Show Full Profiles at the bottom of the screen to display the full profiles of all the organizations that result from your search.

Sample Searches

My mother has low vision. She lives part of the time in New York and part of the time in Florida. I would like to know of agencies in New York and Florida that provide low vision services and training in independent living skills.

1. Select Advanced Search at the bottom of the page.
2. Select Independent Living Services/Rehabilitation Services and Low Vision Centers and Services from the Services menu.
3. Select Florida and New York from the State menu.
4. Select Search.

My teenaged son recently lost his vision. Where can he learn to move around on his own?

1. Select Orientation and Mobility from the Services menu.
2. Select the state in which you are looking for services from the State menu.
3. Select Search.

Our company has a board member who is blind. I would like to prepare our meeting agendas and reports in braille for her. Where should I go to have something brailled?

1. Select Braille/Audio/Large Print Production from the Services menu.
2. Select the state in which you are looking for services from the State menu.
3. Select Search.

My company manufactures assistive technology for people who are blind or visually impaired. I would like to obtain a list of libraries across the country which may be interested in purchasing some of our equipment. How do I obtain such a list?

1. Select Advanced Search at the bottom of the page.
2. Select Library and National Library Service Regional/Subregional Library from the Organization Type menu.
3. Select All from the State menu.
4. Select Search.

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