Welcome to a place where you can find answers and solutions !
P.O. Box 5181 Salem, OR 97304-0181
Phone: toll-free 800.860.4224 or 503.581.4224
Fax: 503.581.0178
E-mail: info@blindskills.com
We publish DIALOGUE Magazine, a World of Ideas for Visually Impaired People of All Ages
Highlights from the Summer 2010 DIALOGUE:
"B" Is For Build Your Network by Antonio Guimaraes Jr.This Trip Pushed My Limits by Marty Klein
Out of the Cookies and Into the Yarn by B. T. Kimbrough
Moving: How to Pack Up and Relocate without Going Mad by Satauna Howery
What's New and Where to Get It by Jackie Ohime
Call for Submissions
Have a story to tell about an experience with blindness or low vision? Submit it to DIALOGUE!
Spring Sale!
E-mail subscriptions to DIALOGUE--now $20 per year.
JOB HUNTING RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS
in large print, cassette
and diskette formats, now $7
CONNIE'S KITCHEN: A COMPILATION OF RECIPES AND TIPS FROM THE PAGES OF DIALOGUE
in large print and braille formats, now $10
Blindskills sponsors a monthly support group, Shared Visions, for people with vision loss in the Salem area. This month's meeting will be on Wednesday, July 21, at 2 pm in our offices at 680 State Street, Suite 110, in downtown Salem.
Shop Albertson's and help Blindskills!
If you're an Albertson's Preferred Card holder (free and easy to get), you can help Blindskills each week when you shop for groceries. Once you're signed up with your Preferred Card, go to the web site www.albertsons.com/cp/, enter your card number and phone number, and select Blindskills from the list of participating charities. The process takes about five minutes, and donations based on your shopping will help Blindskills every quarter--at no cost to you.
Blindskills, Inc. is a non profit 501(c)(3)corporation. It relies on donations from readers, friends and benefactors for funding. Federal ID # 93-0829936.
If you (or someone you know) began to lose vision, what would you do?
A young mother has just learned that her baby has an eye disease that will ultimately result in blindness. She has heard about Blindskills, calls, and requests information on how-to techniques and available resources. Elsewhere, a computer programmer's elderly mother is diagnosed with macular degeneration. He searches the Web for information regarding the various facets of the disease and the possibility of assistive aids. He finds the Blindskills Web site and contacted us. Although the young mother and the computer programmer look for answers in different ways, both of them find help from Blindskills.Blindskills, an Oregon-based nonprofit corporation since 1983, assist visually impaired people of all ages to obtain the information, services, and products they need to adapt to living with vision loss.
- Blindskills publishes DIALOGUE, a quarterly magazine primarily written by and for visually impaired people. DIALOGUE is available in four formats: large print, cassette, braille and via e-mail. Its content includes information on adapting to life with low vision, techniques of daily living, career interviews, recreation and sports, technology tips and reviews, and descriptions of new products and services designed for visually impaired people.
- Blindskills also publishes Where Do I Go From Here , a free cassette for people who are just beginning to lose vision. The tape includes a companion piece, in print for family or friends, which gives suggestions for assisting someone with low vision.
- In the past year, Blindskills, Inc. assisted over 2000 individuals who contacted its staff via the toll-free number, which can be reached from anywhere in the United States and Canada. We also maintain this Web site with hundreds of links to organizations and services for visually impaired people.