Specialized Products

Descriptions were taken from companies’ and organizations’ web sites.

Independence Market

National Center for the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314
Web site: secure.nfb.org/ecommerce/asp/default.asp
E-mail: materials@nfb.org

Products include: Canes, directional devices, housewares, items to assist with leisure activities, low vision, magnifiers, mathematical aids, measuring devices, medical devices, recording and playback devices, time keeping devices, and writing supplies.

Advantage Canes

Revolution Enterprises Inc.
12170 Dearborn Place
Poway, CA 92034
Phone: (800) 380-5132
Fax: (858) 679-5788
Web site: www.advantagecanes.com
E-mail: advantagecanes@aol.com

Sells rigid, folding, identity, children's and support canes made of graphite. Also sells a wide selection of cane tips.

AmbuTech

34 Debaets St.
Winnipeg, MB RR2J359 Canada
Phone: (800) 561-3340
Fax: (800) 267-5059
Web site: www.ambutech.com

Sells adjustable support canes as well as aluminum, graphite and fiberglass canes.

Independent Living Aids

200 Robbins Lane
Jericho, NY 11753
Phone: (516) 937-1848
Fax: (516) 537-3906
Web site: www.independentliving.com
E-mail: can-do@independentliving.com

A catalog company selling a wide range of low tech and high tech products for the visually impaired. A sample of the products sold are: low vision and talking clocks and watches, large print address books, kitchen items, games and much more.

Innovative Rehabilitation Technology Inc. (IRTI)

13465 Colfax Highway
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Phone: (530) 274-2090
Fax: (530) 274-2093
Web site: www.irti.net

Sells a variety of two and four-track tape recorders, plus hardware and software which can play Daisy-formatted books.

LS&S, LLC

1808-G Janke Dr.
Northbrook, IL 60062
Phone: (800) 468-4789
Fax: (877) 498-1482
Web site: www.lssgroup.com

An online catalog company selling a wide range of talking and optical products as well as large selection of educational and daily living aids for visually impaired and hard of hearing people.

Perkins Products/Howe Press

175 N. Beacon St.
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: (617) 972-7308
Web site: www.perkins.org
E-mail: howepress@perkins.org

Manufacturer of the Perkins Brailler, and other Braille writing aids.

Science Products for the Blind (also known as Captek)

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 888, Southeastern, PA 19399
1043 Lancaster Ave.
Berwyn, PA 19312
Phone: (800) 888-7400
Web site: www.captek.net

Manufacturer of talking cash registers, talking money identifiers and other high tech products.

The Selective Doctor, Inc.

P.O. Box 28432
Baltimore, MD 21234-8432
Phone: 410-668-1143
E-mail: braillerrepair@yahoo.com
Web site: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mappie/sdi/contactbody.html

Repairs all kinds of Perkins Braillers.

Sendero Group, LLC

118 Maple Lane
Davis, CA 95616
Web site: www.senderogroup.com
E-mail: gps@senderogroup.com

Manufacturer of Global Positioning Systems to aid blind people in travel.

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