Disability - American FactFinder. Deaf-Blindness Resources, Technical Assistance, Training : NCDB. WonderBaby : Resources for Parents of Blind & Disabled Babies & Children. Resources for Serving Blind and Visually Impaired students - Bethel University. The Blindness Resources Page. Living Blind: Blindness information, resources and fun stuff too. The Low Vision Gateway. Browse by Function. Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) National Insurance Institute, overview - Disability pension recipients in 2008. GPS for the visually impaired. Since the Global Positioning System (GPS) was introduced in the late 1980s there have been many attempts to integrate it into a navigation-assistance system for blind and visually impaired people. Software Solutions[edit] Symbian OS[edit] Loadstone GPS[edit] The Loadstone project is developing an open source software for satellite navigation for blind and visually impaired users.
The software is free and runs currently on many different Nokia devices with the S60 platform under all versions of the Symbian operating system. A GPS receiver must be connected to the cell phone by Bluetooth. The Loadstone developers, who are blind, are from Vancouver, Glasgow, and Amsterdam. Lodestone is the name of a natural magnetic iron that was used throughout history in the manufacturing of compasses. JavaME[edit] LoroDux[edit] LoroDux was a project by Fachhochschule Hannover.
Windows Mobile[edit] Mobile Geo[edit] IOS[edit] BlindSquare[edit] BlindSquare is MIPsoft's GPS navigation software for iPhone and iPad. Sendero Group Home Page, GPS for the Blind. Braille Smartphone Called VOIM For The Visually Impaired – - SoftSailor.