Health Agency: Community Toolbox: Services for the Visually Impaired
Audio-Reader Network
University of Kansas
PO Box 847
Lawrence KS 66044
Toll Free 800.772.8898
PH: 785.864.4600
Fax: 785.864.5278
Radio for the blind and print-disabled
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
A service of the University of Kansas
The Kansas Audio-Reader Network is a reading and information service for blind, visually impaired, and print disabled individuals in Kansas and western Missouri. Services are offered free of charge to anyone in our listening area who is unable to read normal printed material.
Audio-Reader offers print-disabled persons the opportunity for greater personal independence by providing access to the printed word and visual information, via electronic media and other technologies.
Kan-SAIL
http://www.srskansas.org/rehab/text/SBVI.htm
Kansas Rehabilitation Center of the Blind and Visually Impaired
2601 SW East Circle Drive North, (1st and MacVicar)
Kanza Business and Technology Park
Topeka, KS 66606-1703
785.296.3311, 800.547.5789
Losing your vision is not the end of your independence...
Vision loss due to a progressive disease or an unexpected accident can be deeply disturbing and frightening. You naturally wonder how your life will be different. You know you have to learn new ways of doing everyday tasks and fear you will become more dependent on family and friends. You wonder if you will be able to keep your job and earn a living.
Thousands of Kansans have vision problems that affect their lives in many ways. They include people of every age and walk of life. It is important to remember that you are not alone.
- About Kansas Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (KSBVI)
- Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
- Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (RCBVI)
- Rehabilitation Teaching
- Kansas Seniors Achieving Independent Living (Kan-SAIL)
- The Business Enterprise Program (BEP)
- A Day in the Life of RCBVI
- Quarterly Newsletter
Red Carpet Library Services
http://www.tscpl.org/services/RedCarpet/index.asp
Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library
1515 SW 10 th Ave
Topeka KS 66604
PH: 785.580.4545
TTY: 785.580.4544
Fax: 785.580.4430
The Library's national award-winning Red Carpet Service provides large print books, magazines, magnifiers, and audio and video tapes for users who are no longer able to read regular print items. Volunteers and staff members deliver these materials to residents of retirement and care facilities and directly to the houses of those who are homebound.
To enroll in the service or reserve a TTY for checkout, call 785.580.4545 - TTY number is 785.580.4544.
Programs We Provide:
- Homebound Program
- Adult Care Home Deliveries
- Activities & Materials
- Large Print Materials
- Low Vision Aids
- Hearing Devices
Besides helping our patrons at the Library, the Red Carpet staff and volunteers visit 50 sites on a two-week rotation. Some of these sites include retirement complexes, assisted living centers, and multi-level care facilities.
In a central location within the facility people can check-out, return materials and place reserves. Large & regular print books, videos and activity materials can be checked-out from the Red Carpet Outreach program for 21 days.
In multi-level care facilities, the Red Carpet staff will visit all areas desired. If the facility has a medical unit, staff will wheel book carts through the halls and even right up to the bedside if necessary.
Talking Book Services
http://www.tscpl.org/services/talkingbooks
Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library
1515 SW 10 th Ave
Topeka KS 66604
Toll Free in KS 800.432.2925
PH: 785.580.4530
TTY: 785.580.4544
Fax: 785.580.4430
Talking Books is a service of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Northeast Kansas Library System & the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Telephone Numbers :
800.432.2925
toll free in Kansas
785.580.4530 or 785.580.4533 in Topeka
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday - Friday