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Assistive Technology/Devices and Products
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Informational Resources
Nebraska Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Statewide vocational rehabilitation agency serving the needs of blind Nebraska citizens.
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Nebraska Department of Education
To lead and support the preparation of all Nebraskans for learning, earning and living.
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Services
Nebraska Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Statewide vocational rehabilitation agency serving the needs of blind Nebraska citizens.
Visit Nebraska Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired website
Nebraska Talking Book & Braille Service
NTBBS is a part of a nationwide network of cooperating libraries headed by the National Library Service, (NLS,) a division of the Library of Congress providing free audio books and audio magazines and Braille through the mail.
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Outlook Nebraska
Provides employment opportunities for people who are blind.
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Radio Talking Book Service
Nebraska’s only reading service that uses radio as the main platform for its services. Since 1974, RTBS provides human-voiced audio access to local, current information connecting listeners to business as consumers, allows for the spurring of economic activity, and creating opportunities for community engagement.
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Taxicab Coupon Program
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Theatrical Audio Descriptions
Audio Description allows those who are visually impaired to more fully enjoy a live performance through a verbal description of a stage production. The visually impaired patron wares a single earpiece connected to a personal headset receiver. A trained audio describer provides live, verbal descriptions of actions, costumes, scenery and other visual elements of the live performance, which is transmitted to the headset so only those wearing them hear the supplemental description as well as the dialogue.
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UNMC Weigel Williams Center for Visual Rehabilitation
UNMC Weigel Williams Center for Visual Rehabilitation provides low vision checkup services, Informational resources and also sells a limited range of assistive products through their Low Vision Store
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Support Groups
Nebraska Foundation for Visually Impaired Children
A non-profit organization founded in 1960 to meet needs of blind and visually impaired Nebraska school children that were not being met through school systems or government programs.
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Omaha Association of the Blind
Providing community for visually impaired blind of Omaha through education, entertainment and networking.
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