Programmes & Services
Programmes:
- Training of Primary Health Care (PHC) workers and other professionals in vision screening and adjustment to blindness techniques
- Adjustment to Blindness
- Advocacy
- Public Education
- Eye Health / Prevention of Blindness
- Braille Training
- Voluntary Reading Programme
- Orientation and Mobility Services (Using a White Cane)
- Social Assistance Programme
Services
- Client Counselling
- Reading for the Blind
- Braille Services for External Events / Activities
- Library / Educational Support Services
- Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)Training
Other Services
Book Loan
Audio Book Download
Audio Book Download
Our library stocks reading materials in audio, Braille and large print formats.
You can borrow books in any of the three abovementioned formats. Members living in Kingston, St. Andrew, Portmore and Spanish Town are allowed to keep the books for a maximum period of one (1) month. Persons living in rural Jamaica are allowed a maximum period of six (6) weeks.
Audio Book Download
Audio Book Download
Audio Book Download
You can receive audio and e-books on their storage devices by accessing authorized websites.
Persons needing assistance with this process can request same.
Low Vision Assessment and Support
Low Vision Assessment and Support
Low Vision Assessment and Support
For our low vision members we offer the use of a closed circuit television (CCTV). This machine significantly magnifies print and displays it on a screen where it can be read. The user can change the magnification levels depending on the size of the print and their own level of vision.
Internet Cafe and Lab
Low Vision Assessment and Support
Low Vision Assessment and Support
We offer a well equipped computer lab. You can use the computer lab for research and have access to the internet for a variety of purposes.