Links of Interest

Please visit links to web resources and collaborators.

Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals
www.acvrep.org

Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
www.advocacycenter.org

American Council of the Blind
www.acb.org

American Foundation for the Blind
www.afb.org
AFB Senior Site has chosen the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired as the April 2011 Agency of the Month! Find out more about Senior Site, which encourages older adults with eye diseases to live independently and productively, and connects them and their family members to the local services and resources they need. Please visit http://www.afb.org/seniorsitehome.asp

American Optometric Association
www.aoa.org

American Printing House for the Blind
www.aph.org

Assisted Living Research Institute
www.assistedliving.org/assisted-living-options-for-people-with-disabilities

Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
www.aerbvi.org

Cross-Disability Transportation Issues Committee
www.cdtrans.org

Florida Association of Agencies Serving the Blind
FAASB is a statewide nonprofit organization that provides direct support services to visually impaired and blind Floridians through our local nonprofit member agencies.
www.faasb.com 

Florida Department of Health
http://www.floridahealth.gov

Florida Division of Blind Services
www.state.fl.us/dbs

Florida Families of Children with Visual Impairments
www.ffcvi.org

Florida Optometric Association
www.floridaeyes.org

Jewish Books for the Visually Impaired
www.jewishbraille.org

Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley-school.org

Health Foundation of South Florida
www.hfsf.org

Healthy Vision/Healthy People 2010
www.healthyvision2010.org

Helping Students with Visual Impairments- Accredited Schools Online
www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/helping-students-with-visual-impairments/

Miami-Dade Public Library System
www.mdpls.org

Miami Kids Maganize
www.miamikidsmagazine.com

National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov

National Federation of the Blind
www.nfb.org

Rapid Wristbands
www.rapidwristbands.com
Thank you to Rapid Wristbands who supplies Miami Lighthouse with probono Braille wristbands.

Retail Savings Guide for People with Disabilities
https://www.couponchief.com/guides/savings_guide_for_those_with_disability

Retinitis Pigmentosa
www.visionchannel.net/retinitis/

Retinitis Pigmentosa
www.visionchannel.net/retinitis/

Social Security
www.ssa.gov

Talking Book Library
www.klas.com/talkingbooks/florida

The Association for Retinopathy of Prematurity and Related Diseases 
www.ROPARD.org

The Children's Trust
www.thechildrenstrust.org

We Connect Now
weconnectnow.wordpress.com
We Connect Now is dedicated to uniting people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment issues.

WLRN Radio Reading Service
www.wlrn.org

Miami Lighthouse is AER accredited distinguishing that an agency or school operates at the highest level of quality and is positioned to generate the outcomes needed by the clients.

Miami Lighthouse received the coveted Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2023 Nonprofit Business Innovative Excellence NOVO Award with an organizational budget of $2 million and above.

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired has received 14 consecutive 4-star ratings, the highest rating possible, from the nation's premier independent nonprofit evaluator Charity Navigator. Attaining a 4-star rating indicates that our organization adheres to sector best practices, exceeds industry standards, and executes its mission in a financially efficient way.

Early Intervention Blind Babies Program Named the Children's Trust 2016 Program of the Year. This most prestigious award recognizes this Early Intervention Program, in particular, for including parents as teachers.

Miami Lighthouse Learning Center for Children™ is a Florida gold seal and nationally Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment (APPLE)

Miami Lighthouse was recognized at the 2015 Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire Awards luncheon as an organization that has demonstrated excellence and innovation in community health.

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2015 Beacon Award in Education at the 13th Annual Beacon Council Awards.

Miami Lighthouse is a two-time Charity Partner (2013 and 2014) of the Marlins Foundation and a 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Legacy Partner. Our Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program has received over $300,000 in charitable donations through these partnerships.

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2008 Concern Award from Health Foundation of South Florida.

Miami Lighthouse received a Silver medal at the 2016 Miami Today Gold Medal Awards Ceremony.

Miami Lighthouse named "Best of Miami" Charity 2017 by the New Times.

Miami Lighthouse received United Homecare’s 2012 Thelma Gibson Community Service Award at the 18th Annual Claude Pepper Memorial Awards Ceremony.

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious South Florida Business Journal 2011 Excellence in Health Care Award in the Community Outreach category.

Miami Lighthouse honored by being named the recipient of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce 2010 Non-Profit Business Diamond Award1.

Miami Lighthouse received the prestigious 2020 award for "Best in Nonprofit" campaign by PRWeek referred to as the "Oscars of the PR industry".

Miami Lighthouse is proud to be a strategic partner with ABLE United, Florida's disability savings program, to learn more visit www.ableunited.com

Supporting nearly 200 comprehensive eye exams in Lee County through our Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program.