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Offers an array of Social/Recreation Events that are adapted for our clients. Each client and one guide may attend free of charge.

Offers evaluation with a Low Vision Specialist, demonstration of assistive aids and appliances, digital talking book (a free library service), assistance with handicap placard, Telephone Directory Assistance exemption, and purchase of low vision aids such as UV shields, magnifiers, large print items, etc.

Employs individuals who are blind in manufacturing, food processing, administrative services, and leadership roles. Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes Paid Time Off (PTO), holiday pay, insurance for medical and dental, short-term disability, and more. Benefits vary slightly by position, length of employment, and job status, such as full-time or part-time.

Advocates, promotes, and provides sports, recreational, and social opportunities for blind and visually impaired youth and adults. Offers sports instructions, clinics, camps, training, and competition through weekly activities, special events, and partnerships.

Provides transportation and sighted escort assistance to doctor appointments, errands, and shopping for individuals with visual impairments.

Provides transportation and escort Services, life skills, support groups, and assistance with grocery shopping.

Offers information and referral as well as life skills education designed to inform individuals with visual impairments about community resources and services, health care and medical options, banking and home care.

Provide people with visual impairments the skills, supports, and solutions that advance their self-sufficiency. Offers lIfe skills education support services, technology solutions, and preventive services.

Offers monthly virtual support groups, on-site vision support services, trainings, and informal group meetings. Loans vision-related assistive technology, conducts eye exams, and supplies eyeglasses for those who cannot afford them through referrals or funding. Also provides employment opportunities for individuals who are legally blind, and public education to prevent blindness and vision impairment.

Offers a full range of individualized educational and therapeutic services for toddlers, school-aged children, and adults from 33 counties in Western Pennsylvania. WPSBC also provides support and resources to families and the community.

Provides instruction with mobility and orientation, as well as adaptive techniques that enable visually impaired and blind persons to independently perform daily living tasks and to travel safely in the home and in the community.

Services include: - Independent Living Services - Specialized Services - Vocational rehabilitation including counseling, guidance, pre-vocational training, job placement, and specialized blindness skills training - Orientation and mobility instruction (white cane usage) - Rehabilitation Teaching - Business Enterprise program that trains persons who are blind to work in food service - Transportation can be purchased by the agency for consumers when needed in conjunction with another service - Public education programs

InSight for Kids also holds Monthly Family Support Groups that help kids and their families get together to enjoy different opportunities as a group.

We feel that it is important for our blind and visually impaired clients to remain connected to the news and information they need- we refer our clients to Kings' College Radio, 88.5 FM to help them stay connected to the community by reading the newspaper from 10am-12pm daily. Northeast Sight Services provides referrals to this service.

Store offering a number of products including, cooking utensils and kitchen products, handheld and electronic magnifiers, talking clocks and watches, writing and communication supplies, large-print games and playing cards, Eschenbach sunglasses, low vision lamps, tactile marking products (to identify important buttons and settings on appliances and other devices), and large button telephones and remote controls.

Delivers library materials including books, large print books, audiobooks and DVDs to the homebound. Information about services for the blind is also available.

Provides individuals with the skills needed to remain independent in the community. This training focuses on activities of daily living (cooking, cleaning, managing your clothing, etc.), personal and interpersonal communication skills (money management, writing, maintaining your bills, etc.) along with orientation and mobility training.

Provides services and resources to blind and visually impaired people. Services include non-medical information and referral, the ACB Braille Forum (available in braille, large print, digital cartridge, email, online, and podcast), the ACB E-Forum (available via email, online, and podcast), legislative and governmental monitoring, scholarship assistance, and public education.

Offers support groups for individuals with visual impairments that provide a forum for contributing ideas, talking about feelings, and sharing practical information.

Provides specialized information and referral services for individuals with visual impairments.

Offers mutual support group.

Supports and promotes the interests of the blind and the prevention of blindness through a wide range of services, including: - Vocational Services - Rehabilitation and Social Services teach vision impaired persons and their family's techniques and use of adaptive equipment to promote independence - Glaucoma screenings, Kid Sight screenings - Vision Voucher Program - Referrals to local ophthalmologists for diagnosis and treatment, eye examinations and refractions for low income individuals without medical insurance - Assistance for the purchase of single lens eyeglasses for low-income individuals - Braille Transcription - Sight Loss Support Groups

Presents education and public awareness programs that promote the importance of good eye health and safety, and share information about potentially blinding eye conditions. Shares important information about signs and symptoms of various eye diseases and conditions,and ways to keep and make the most out of the vision you have.

Assists individuals who are blind or visually impaired gain the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities.

Educational and peer support groups, offered virtually, for visually impaired or blind persons who have been screened by VisionCorps. All currently virtual due to Covid-19 pandemic.