Evansville Association for the Blind

General Information

Evansville Association for the Blind
500 North Second Avenue
Evansville, IN 47710
(812) 422 1181
[email protected]
http://www.evansvilleblind.org

Brief Description

The Evansville Association for the Blind is a not-for-profit organization incorporated as a workshop in the state of Indiana on April 13th, 1923. Today, the workshop is a community rehabilitation facility utilizing individual goals, wages, supportive services, and a controlled work environment to help vocationally handicapped persons achieve or maintain maximum potential as workers.

Services Offered

  • Counseling
    • Offers evaluations; psychological testing and evaluations; individual, group, family/parent, couple counseling; placement in school, training, institution; and referral to community services.

  • Employment/Job Training
    • Provides vocational evaluation, career and skill counseling, occupational skill development, sheltered workshops, placement, follow-up service.

  • Recreation Services
    • Offers special programs for persons over 55.

  • Daily Living Skills/Independent Living Skills Training
    • Provides remedial education and training in personal management and home management skills in client's home and community.

  • Computer Training/Assistive Technology
    • Offers computer training.

  • Community Outreach Programs
    • Provides orientation and mobility training through contracts with regional school corporations.

  • Reading Services
    • Operates cooperative program with local public radio station (WNIN-FM).

  • Travel/Orientation and Mobility
    • Provides orientation and mobility training.

  • Braille and Reading Instruction
    • Provides instruction in braille, handwriting, and typing.

  • Low Vision Services
    • Provides low vision evaluation and follow-up.

  • Information and Referral
    • Refers for some health services.

  • Support Groups
    • The low vision support group offers a variety of services to those with visual impairments.