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For StudentsKeys to Success for Blind and Visually Impaired Students Where can students obtain good adjustment to blindness
training? Blind Industries and Services of Maryland also offers an excellent adjustment to blindness training program. www.bism.org The Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services may provide financial assistance for you to attend adjustment to blindness training. What other types of assistance are available through the
Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)? What scholarships are available from the National Federation of the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland?The National Federation of the Blind offers 30 scholarships annually. For
more information go to
www.nfb.org/nfb/scholarship_program.asp The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland offers at least two scholarships annually.
For more information,
What are the main sources for accessible textbooks for blind and visually impaired students?Bookshare
www.bookshare.org What are additional sources for accessible books, magazines and newspapers?The Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has fiction and non-fiction books and periodicals in Braille, Large Print or Audiotape. You must register, and be determined as eligible, to use this service. www.lbph.lib.md.us/brochure.htm NFB NewslineŽ provides access to over 200 newspapers and
several magazines via the telephone. To register for NewslineŽ call the
Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at (410)
230-2424 or 1 (800) 964-9209. |
