ACBO-Ohio offers scholarship opportunities at the Ohio State University, University of Toledo, and Wright State University, to visually impaired students or anyone endeavoring to be a teacher of blind children.

Provides a support group for older adults experiencing any degree of vision loss or impairment.

Coordinates support groups for people with low vision. Groups are usually led by a trained low vision volunteer with support from Cleveland Sight Center social workers. The groups provide practical and experiential support.

Maintains information about community resources that are appropriate for people with visual impairments. Offers encouragement for parents of blind children and newly blind people.

Trains dogs to guide the blind. Provides two and a half weeks of in-residence training to successfully match the blind person with a guide dog. Room, board, all equipment, and round-trip transportation are provided free of charge to the student.

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

Offers a curriculum about eye health and safety for children in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades.

Provides visual experiences to eligible children under the age of 18 who are diagnosed with a medical condition that will cause blindness or moderate to severe visual impairment.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.

Provides 16-week (self-paced) employment training program for persons who are blind or severely visually impaired. Program involves management training, food service safety, sanitation, merchandising, customer service, business math, accounting, restaurant law, taxation and vending machine maintenance/repair, as well as on-site work experience. Service includes exam and licensure. Locations are awarded according to agency selection process.

Providing rehabilitation assessment and training based on their expressed needs in the following areas: Activities of Daily Living, Orientation and Mobility, Assistive Technology and Functional Low Vision.

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

Assist individuals in planning a career path through team based processes and discovery and a Job Coach. Client works one-on-one with an assigned job coach to create a step-by-step plan as deemed necessary by the team members.

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

Provides training to help people with low vision to be independent in their homes. Services include assessment of needs, training with cooking utensils, cooking surfaces, telephones, controls for cooling/heating, cleaning procedures and use of equipment, and mobility training in the home and neighborhood. Provides assistive devices where indicated.

Provide services to help people with visual impairments gain or retain employment. Services could include evaluation, vocational counseling and guidance, providing adaptive equipment, training in the use of assistive technology (ex:JAWS) and orientation and mobility (helping people get around), treatment and job placement assistance.

Helps pay for adaptive equipment for the visually impaired. Will pay for up to 50% or $1000 maximum benefit.

The Council offers Information & Referral services to Ohio residents and their families experiencing blindness and vision loss. Support groups and weekend activities are offered at various times throughout the year. ACB Ohio has a state conference held in Columbus each fall. Also, people interested in becoming a member for a small fee will recieve a quarterly newsletter.

Conducts a monthly meeting to discuss issues and programs affecting the blind and vision impaired.

Offers information and referral services and provides printed materials regarding eye health and safety. Provides trained speakers who can discuss prevention of eye injuries, eye diseases, and related eye topics.

Offers information and referral services and provides printed materials regarding eye health and safety. Provides trained speakers who can discuss prevention of eye injuries, eye diseases, and related eye topics.

Provides a place for anyone with visual challenges to talk with people who have lived through similar struggles.