Lighthouse Guild Tele-Support Groups
The Lighthouse Guild provides services that help people with vision impairment reach their goals.
These services include Tele-Support Groups, which are geared toward helping people cope with vision loss. They’re also tailored to specific demographics, with groups for adults, young adults, and teens, as well as groups for parents with vision loss and for parents of children with vision loss.
To connect with a Lighthouse Guild Tele-Support Group, call 212-769-6318 or fill out the contact form on their website. You can also follow the group on Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
National Federation of the Blind Groups
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has been working since 1940 to educate, connect, and empower members of the visually impaired community.
The NFB coordinates various groups designed to bring members together based on their identities or shared interests, such as crafting, cooking, parenting, and religious beliefs. The NFB Seniors Division, for example, hosts regular Zoom meetings for seniors living with blindness or vision impairment. There, members discuss relevant topics that are affecting their community.
The groups meet anywhere from weekly to monthly. For more information on the various Zoom offerings, including links and dial-in info, contact the group’s chairman; if needed, you can also check out the audiobook instructions for how to use Zoom.
Center for the Visually Impaired Support Groups
For more than 60 years, the Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI) has been helping people with vision loss adjust to life with limited or no sight and empowering them to maintain their independence.
CVI’s support groups are open to anyone who is visually impaired or a family member or friend of someone with vision impairment. Some meetings are held in person, in Atlanta, but others, such as the men’s support group, are able to be joined by phone or are held over a conference call.
To learn more about these CVI telephone support groups, call 404-875-9011 or email adultprograms@cviga.org.
