N.C. DIVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE BLIND

www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dsb/

Offers services to help North Carolinians who are blind or visually impaired.

FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS

www.blindness.org/

National organization whose stated mission is "to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by ... the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases."

TRIANGLE RADIO READING SERVICE

www.trianglereadingservice.org/

Volunteers read print media and reach 15,000 listeners with special radios in 20 North Carolina counties.

PREVENT BLINDNESS AMERICA

www.preventblindness.org/

Another national organization, founded in 1908, focusing on a continuum of vision care, from vision screenings to supporting vision research on loss and blindness.

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