Assistive Technology Services

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, schools are required to provide accommodations for children with a visual impairment. However, the schools are not required to provide the same accommodations for these children at home. This leaves children with a visual impairment without the resources to maintain the same level of academic growth and personal achievement while at home.

Listed below is the assistive technology that can enable children with a visual impairment to become self-sufficient in their academic studies and personal growth while at home.

Braille paper, stylus, and slates
Braille displays
Braille embossers
Braille and speech notetakers
Braille Translation Software
Braille writers
Computers
DAISY players and recorders
Drawing kits
Mount Batten Braille Learning System
Paper – bold lined, raised lined, yellow contrast
Scan and read software
Screen readers
Screen magnification software
Talking calculators
Talking dictionaries
Video magnification products (CCTVs)

How to Apply

Any child birth through 21 with a visual impairment, their family, teacher, or Para professional may write a letter of request to the Nebraska Foundation for Visually Impaired Children. The NFVIC meets monthly and will act promptly with the request. The NFVIC would like to receive a letter from a teacher, parent, student needing the request (if able to write a letter) and any other representative from an additional agency working with that student.

Please include the following in the letter of request:

Child's name
Age of child
Parent/Guardian's name
Address & phone number
Type of Visual impairment
School attended & grade level
Specify the hardware/software you are requesting
State the reason for Request
State your role with the student and family

Send all requests to:

NFVIC
425 N 30 St
Omaha, NE 68131
Teresa@nebraskafoundation.org

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