Resources / Links
Cab Rides
Tired of looking for that cab ride at an out of town airport or getting a taxi across town. Mark suggests 1-800-cab-ride, a prepaid cab ride service in 40 plus major metropolitan areas, you'll need to establish an account and then you just schedule your rides. For more info use the following link, http://www.1800cabride.com/CabRideInfo.aspx
DART
For more information call DART Customer Service at 214-979-111 or go to www.DART.org
Helping The Blind And Visually Impaired
Our mission in creating this website is to provide valuable information regarding the various options and opportunities available to the blind and visually impaired communities. We firmly hope you find our site informative and useful. If you have any input or information that you feel would be relevant to include on this site, please feel free to contact us. Thank you and enjoy your visit. http://www.visuallyimpairedandtheblind.com/index.html
Low Vision Network of Texas
Tax Help
Fort Worth Area offering free tax preparation help.
Yahoo Groups
Here are registration links to subscribe to various Yahoo Groups where you can connect with other blind and low-vision people with different interests.
Blind Ambitions Groups:
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Our mission is to educate the blind and visually impaired and their families about available resources, and to encourage each individual to move to the next step, whatever it may be. Our slogan is 'We may have lost our sight, but we have not lost our VISION!' Join our group and share YOUR VISION with like-minded friends. Whether newly blind, always blind, or somewhere in between, or a supportive family member or friend, you are invited to join in and express your views as related to issues that affect the blind.
Blind Faith Groups
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A forum to express your spirituality with the blind and low-vision community, including their families and friends. Welcome to all past members of the ONA Society YahooGroup!
Eyes on Employment
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Information about employment in general and specific job postings. While you may have lost your sight, here you can gain the confidence to regain your VISION. How To Vanquish Procrastination... There are two main motivators in the universe, desire and fear. When we are motivated by desire, we come up with reasons, justifications and motivations to go after and get what we want. When we are motivated by our fears we come up with reasons, excuses and justifications as to why we don't. Partner with Mark and Eyes On Employment to vanquish procrastination and be motivated by your desire, not your fear.
Main Menu Live
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Main Menu Live is a place where people can chat about any and all assistive and acceptable technology for the blind. This group supports the Main Menu Live radio show heard every Friday night on ACB Radio's Mainstream. Here you can talk about computer technology, acceptable devices and any other adaptive technology to assist those with visual impairments for independent living. This group is intended for the blind and visually impaired, their family members or anyone involved in the manufacturing, production or sales of any assistive technology
New Publication to Ensure Your Meetings are Inclusive of People with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Justice's Disability Rights Section has an excellent resource website at www.ada.gov
On that page is a link to their business focused section http://www.ada.gov/business.htm
On that page is their new publication, "Accessible Information Exchange: Meeting on a Level Playing Field." This publication focuses on planning and conducting meetings and events that are accessible to people with disabilities and can be found at http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm
