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REHABILITATION OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND TALKING BOOKS/CASSETTES. by Larissa Danik There are approximately 5,000,000 visually impaired persons in the U.S., of which 500,000 are totally blind. Diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration, as well as injuries and such inherited diseases as albinism, retini- ties pigmentosa, are the causes of visual disorders. As sistance to blind individuals is provided by public and private agencies and is geared to making the blind lead as independent and as normal lifes of which they are capable of. I work for the N.J. State Commission for the Blind, a state, tax supported agency, and we provide services to the blind depending on the age and the needs of the blind person. I. Educational services: Children from birth to age 18 are taught by special teachers braille, mobility skills, and other tools to function in public and private schools in N.J. where they are mainstreamed. N.J. has no segre gated schools for blind students only. II. Vocational services: adults between the ages 18 and 60 are trained for work, jobs and professions. Coun selors prepare blind persons for gainful employment and help place them in private, competitive and govern mental positions. Ill Home services to the elderly blind (over 60 yrs): instructors teach blind seniors to take care of their per sonal needs, their homes and families: social workers help them obtain all financial entitlements (such as so cial security, medicaid, etc.), transportation, housing, meals, leisure time activities, etc. For the older visually impaired people especially, the Talking Books play a very important role. Older persons who read a lot with their eyes when they were younger, need to continue reading — for many it is the only leisure time activity left. The Library for the Blind in Trenton, N.J., supplies Talking or Cassette Books free of charge to all visually impaired individuals. The records and tapes are loaned and mailed free of charge to all who have been regis tered with the Library or the Commission for the Blind. Most books are in English, a few in Spanish and Italian, still fewer in Russian and Yiddish. Only two or three are in Ukrainian. Fortunately, in Ohio, a Mrs. Myroslava Oryshke- wych, has begun putting on records and tapes a sub stantial number (over 200) of books in the Ukrainian language and these may be sent, on request, anywhere in the U.S. and Canada, free of charge. The address: The Cleveland Society for the Blind 1909 East 101 Street Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Attention: Mrs. Myroslava Oryshkewych Summary: Among Ukrainians the incidence of blindness is not high. However, as a community we should be aware that services for the visually impaired exist and that all individuals have a right to avail themselves of them. Most of them are free to N.J. residents. The address: N.J. Commission for the Blind 1100 Raymond Blvd Newark, N.J. 07102 Tel. (201) 648-3333 BEFORE THE 20th CONVENTION...! The 20th Convention of The Ukrainian National Wo men’s League of America, Inc., scheduled for May 25- 27, 1984, will commemorate the history of The Ukrain ian Women’s Movement. The UNWLA is presently gathering printed matter concerned with The Ukrainian Women’s Movement, as well as correspondence and other evidence available from the Movement’s founders and participants. From what has already been collected, it is apparent that materials are needed for the time period 1939-1945. During these wartime years, despite enormously diffi cult circumstances, Ukrainian women nonetheless con tinued, or at least attempted organizational work in Halychyna and abroad. We request that those who have printed, written or other material to allow the UNWLA to benefit from it. We seek, among other materials, minutes of women’s group meetings in towns, villages, in Ukraine or abroad, memoirs, notes, reports, pictures or slides, as well as tape recorded recollections of this work. Please meet the deadlines announced in the circu lars of the Executive Committee of the UNWLA. UNWLA INC. SCHOLARSHIP FUND The month of March is the beginning of the school year in South America. We ask all the sponsors and benefactors to please have your contribution paid into the fund, so that we’ll be able to send the stipends to your “children.” The sooner we have your payment — the sooner the stipends will be sent. Please make checks payable to: UNWLA Inc. Scholarship Fund Please send your payments to: Mrs. Irena Kaczaniwska 4831 N. 12th Street Philadelphia, PA. 19141 Remember, all your contributions are tax deductible. For information on UNWLA Scholarship Fund and how you can become a sponsor or benefactor, please write to UNWLA Inc. Social Services Chairperson: Mrs. Anna Krawczuk 26 William Street Maplewood, NJ 07040 I wish to extend my thanks to Mrs. L. Magun, President and to the other members of Regional Council f New York for the opportunity to Attend the Seminar sponsored by the Natio nal Council of Women of the United States. I enclose $35.00 for Press Fund of “Our Life”. _ , Sophie Kotyk ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛЮТИЙ 1984 21
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