National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK ia part of the National Institutes of Hea... Details >
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American Council of the Blind 
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is composed primarily of blind persons involved in 50 active State and 20 professional and special-interest organizations. ACB strives to strengthen vocational... Details >
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American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1921 to improve services for people who are blind or visually impaired, conduct research, and inform the public. AFB... Details >
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American Health Assistance Foundation
The American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that funds research into cures for Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration and glaucoma, and provid... Details >
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Association for Macular Diseases
The Association for Macular Diseases was formed by patients in 1977 to promote education on and research into macular diseases and to provide support for afflicted persons and their families. It also ... Details >
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Blinded Veterans Association
The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA), founded in 1945, promotes the welfare of blind and visually impaired veterans. BVA helps veterans become oriented and readjusted to blindness and obtain vocati... Details >
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Braille Institute
The Braille Institute was founded in 1919 as the Universal Braille Press to provide services to the blind, which now includes production of more than 5 million Braille pages yearly, preschool service... Details >
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Council of Citizens with Low Vision International
The Council of Citizens with Low Vision (CCLV) is an advocacy membership organization for partially sighted people. It aims to establish their right to make full use of their vision through the necess... Details >
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George Washington University HEATH Resource Center
The George Washington University (GW) HEATH Resource Center responds to written, telephone, or email inquiries about support services for disabled individuals in postsecondary education options. The c... Details >
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International Myopia Prevention Association
The International Myopia Prevention Association is a nonprofit organization that provides information to the public about myopia research. The organization's position is that myopia is not inherited b... Details >
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International Society of Refractive Surgery
This is an international organization of eye care professionals committed advancing the art and science of refractive surgery worldwide. The ISRS membership comprise many clinicians involved in the us... Details >
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Low Vision Center
The Low Vision Center (LVC), is a nonprofit organization that provides up-to-date information about eye diseases; programs about low vision for interested groups; referrals to other agencies in relate... Details >
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Macular Degeneration Partnership
The Macular Degeneration Partnership is a coalition of patients and families, researchers, clinicians, industry partners and leaders in the fields of vision and aging. Its mission is to create an unpr... Details >
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National Braille Association, Inc.
The National Braille Association (NBA) was founded in 1945 to provide continuing education to those who prepare braille, and to provide braille materials to persons who are visually impaired. The orga... Details >
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National Federation of the Blind
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), established in 1940 as an organization of blind persons, serves as both an advocacy and a public information vehicle. NFB contacts newly blind persons to h... Details >
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New Eyes for the Needy, Inc.
New Eyes for the Needy was founded in 1932 to provide better vision for the poor throughout the world. This organization solicits metal frames in any condition, unbroken plastic framed glasses, sungl... Details >
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Prevent Blindness America
Prevent Blindness America, formerly known as the National Society to Prevent Blindness (NSPB), was founded in 1908. It promotes the prevention of blindness through a comprehensive program of communit... Details >
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Schepens Eye Research Institute
This is an affiliate of the Harvard Medical School located in Boston, Massachusetts and is the largest independent eye research institute in the United States. Originally known as the Retina Foundatio... Details >
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