Essential Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired
The West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services offers comprehensive skills training to help people with significant vision loss to work and live independently. This one-on-one training is customized to meet the unique needs of each individual, and may range from 3 to 9 months or more.
Available services include:
•Travel training
•Vision utilization training
•Assistive audio devices
•Computer literacy and access technology
•Braille instruction
•Compensatory daily living skills
•Coping strategies for dealing with vision loss
•Adaptive homemaking strategies
For more information about any of the services above, call the statewide toll-free hotline for Information & Referral Services for the Blind at 1-800-642-3021.
