Providing Technology and working skills to the blind, visually impaired, and disabled.
Our Mission Statement is to provide legally blind, visually impaired, and disabled person’s accessibility to adaptive technology, employment resources, vocational training, and self-advocacy.
This will allow independence, social integration, and realization of ones potential.
Thus an individual may remain independent and productive in their home and community.
Every seven minutes, someone in America will become blind or visually impaired. There are approximately 5.5 million elderly individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Approximately 93,600 visually impaired or blind students, 10,800 of whom are deaf-blind, are served in the special education program. There are approximately 5.5 million elderly individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Approximately 32% of legally blind working-age Americans are employed. Our Full Services Provided: Technology Items: >Adaptive Technology >Visual Aids >Technology Access Programs: >Social Integration >Self Advocacy Other Programs: >Vocational Training >Office Skills >Job Coaching >Aid In Job Placement >Placement Future Help and Follow Up The technology for the blind, visually impaired, and the disabled, includes different products items.
They range in many different prices, for samplings please see: http://shop.visualinnovations.org/ Some of these technology items that our clients require are low in cost but many technology items are very costly (some range to over $3000.00). The blind and visually impaired need the technology of today to enrich their lives.
Many organizations assist the blind with technology. In this respect they may train the blind how to use the technology. There is usually where it stops. The technology is not forwarded into their everyday lives.
We offer the blind, visually impaired, and the disabled, the technology as their own. Therefore, this technology goes with them wherever they need it. Are you upgrading your Have you thought what to do We recycle old computers. Did you know that most blind, The following are the Statistics for the 2004 Census & Vision Problems
Visual Disorders
Current Estimates
(in millions)
2020 Projections
(in millions)
AMD
1.8*
2.9
Glaucoma
2.2
3.3
Diabetic Retinopathy
4.1
7.2
Cataract
20.5
30.1
Adults, 40 Years and Older in the U.S.
(AMD) Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration
*Another 7.3 million people are at substantial risk for vision loss from AMD
We need to look at the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness in the U.S. Most of these are primarily age related eye diseases (but note that not all of them are). Those conditions include macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma, are affecting Americans more than ever before.
There are disturbing facts that the number of Americans with age related eye disorders and vision impairment is expected to double within the next three decades. Take into account that in 2000 there were 119 million people affected. The total in 2030 is expected in be 357 million.
Please see the new article posted on the about us page.
By the year 2020, 1 in 3 people will be visually impaired or blind!
According to the American Federation of the Blind:
Although estimates vary, there are approximately 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the United States
That is why we are here. We want to serve all of those who need our services to improve their overall quality of life.
computers?
with the computers you
have?
visually impaired, and
disabled individuals cannot
afford a computer or the
software?
Visual Innovations and Solutions has the answer
for you. We
take outdated computers and give them to
individuals that need
them. We provide the adaptive technology
needed so that the
blind, visually impaired, or disabled persons can
use the computer
to read a book, have contact with family and
friends, read the
newspaper, look for employment, and be brought
into the twenty
first century. By donating your old computers,
you will be opening
the window of opportunity to many.
Visual Innovations
875 Derbyshire Road #72
Daytona Beach, FL 32117
Phone:
Please contribute:
visualinn@yahoo.com
or use the contact page.
Please see our donations page too:
http://shop.visualinnovations.org/
You can contribute in many ways!
Buttlerfly Bath and Kandles contributes 20% of their online sales to our foundation.
Please see this link: http://butterflybathandkandles.com/
Thank you to our contributors!
We are proud to link with:
Access Ability Solutions:
http://www.accessabilitysolutions.net/
Ginger's Resources:
http://www.gingerresources.com
World Wide Technology:
www.3.org
Duxbury Systems:
www.duxburysystems.com
Volusia County Business List:
http://www.daytonabeachbusinesslist.com
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OnTimeRx Reminder Software and Services
Providing affordable reminders for phones, email, pagers, smartphones, PDA's and PC's to
improve the quality of life and health of patients with a variety of medical needs.
http://www.OnTimeRx.com/
Visual Innovations & Solutions
501-c3
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