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	Achromatopsia Network rare hereditary vision disorder
	Action for Blind People (ABP) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Afro-Asian Council of Ophthalmology (AACO)
	AMD Alliance International age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
	American Academy of Optometry (AAO)
	American Academy of Optometry (British Chapter) – United Kingdom (UK)
	American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS)
	American Association of Certified Orthoptists (AACO)
	American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists (AAOP)
	American Blind Skiing Foundation (ABSF)
	American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO)
	American Board of Opticianry (ABO)
	American Council of the Blind (ACB)
	American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
	American Nystagmus Network (ANN) involuntary eye movement
	American Optometric Association (AOA)
	American Optometric Student Association (AOSA)
	American Society of Ocularists (ASO) Artificial eyes
	American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS)
	American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN)
	American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) – “The Vitreous Society”
	American Uveitis Society (AUS) inflammatory eye diseases
	Applied Vision Association (AVA)
	AR Lens Council of America Anti Reflective Lens Coatings
	Association for Macular Diseases (AMD)
	Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
	Association for Retinoplasty of Prematurity and Related Diseases (ROPARD)
	Association of Blind Citizens (ABC)
	Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand (ABCNZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Association of Blind Piano Tuners (ABPT) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers (ACLM) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Association of Dispensing Opticians of New Zealand (ADONZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Association of Optometrists (AOP) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Association of Optometrists Ireland (AOI) – Ireland (IE)
	Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO)
	Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)
	Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology (ATPO)
	Association of Vision Science Librarians (AVSL)
	Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists (ACBO)
	BiOptic Driving Network (BDN)
	Blind Information Technology Specialist (BITS)
	Blind Sailing New Zealand (BSNZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Blind Sport New Zealand (BSNZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)
	Braille Institute of America 1-800-BRAILLE (272-4553)
	British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Association of Retinal Screeners (BARS) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Ophthalmic Photographic Association (BOPA) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (BRPS) – United Kingdom (UK)
	British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Braille Authority (CBA) – Blind & Visually Impaired – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind (CGDB) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) – Canada (CA)
	Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) – Canada (CA)
	Center for Keratoconus
	Center for the Partially Sighted (CPS)
	Children’s Glaucoma Foundation (CGF)
	College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
	College of Syntonic Optomertry (COS)
	Combat Blindness Foundation (CBF)
	Commission on Opticianry Accreditation (COA)
	Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO)
	Contact Lens Council (CLC)
	Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA)
	Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA)
	Cornea Research Foundation of America
	Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance (CRSQA)
	Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI)
	Council of Schools for the Blind (COSB)
	Deafblind Association, The – Australia (AU)
	Deafblind International (DbI)
	DeafBlind New Zealand (DNZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Deafblind Scotland (DS) – Scotland (UK)
	Deafblind UK – United Kingdom (UK)
	Diabetic Retinopathy Foundation (DRF)
	Discovery Fund for Eye Research (DFER)
	European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
	European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO)
	European Eye Bank Association (EEBA)
	European Federation of the Contact Lens Industry (EFCLIN)
	European Glaucoma Society (EGS)
	European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society (EPOS)
	European Retina, Macula and Vitreous Society (EURETINA)
	European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
	European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS)
	Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)
	Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI) – India (IN)
	Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind (EDFB)
	EyeCare Foundation, The
	Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Fight for Sight, Inc.
	Fighting Blindness (FB) – Ireland (IE)
	Foundation Fighting Blindness, The (FFB)
	Foundation for the Junior Blind (FJB)
	General Optical Council (GOC) – United Kingdom (UK) Regulatory body
	Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF)
	GL Foundation, The – {Pediatric Glaucoma} – Miami, Florida
	Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind (GDFB)
	Guide Dog Users Inc. (GDUI)
	Guide Dogs for the Blind
	Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Guide Dogs of America
	Guide Horse Foundation for the blind using miniature horses
	Homai National School for the Blind and Vision Impaired (HNSBVI) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind (IGDCB)– Israel (IL)
	International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
	International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE)
	International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)
	International Colour Vision Society (ICVS)
	International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)
	International Eye Foundation (IEF)
	International Federation of Guide Dog Schools for the Blind (IFGDSB)
	International Glaucoma Association (IGA)
	International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS)
	International Ocular Surface Society (IOSS)
	International Refractive Surgery Club (IRSC)
	International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF)
	International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV)
	International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR)
	International Society for Eye Research (ISER)
	International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases (ISGED)
	International Society for Orbital Disorders (ISOD)
	International Society of Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO)
	International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
	Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
	Lighthouse International vision impairment and vision rehabilitation.
	Macular Degeneration Foundation (MDF)
	Macular Degeneration Partnership (MDP)
	National Academy of Opticianry (NAO)
	National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving People with Blindness or Visual Impairment (NAC)
	National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR)
	National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
	National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
	National Beep Baseball Association (NBBA) – Blind & Visually Impaired
	National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO)
	National Braille Press (NBP) – Blind & Visually Impaired
	National Contact Lens Examiners (NCLE)
	National Examining Board of Ocularists (NEBO) Artificial eyes
	National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health
	National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children (LOOK) – United Kingdom (UK)
	National Federation of Opticianry Schools (NFOS)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
	National Industries for the Blind (NIB)
	National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) – India (IN)
	National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF) Eye-Optical
	National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
	Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA)
	New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS)
	North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)
	Operation Eyesight Universal (OEU) Canadian-International
	Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society (OPS)
	Optical Laboratories Association (OLA)
	Opticians Association of America (OAA)
	Opticians Association of Canada (OAC)
	Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEP)
	Optometrists Association Australia (OAA)
	ORBIS “saving sight worldwide”
	Orthoptic Association of Australia (OAA) – Australia (AU)
	Pan American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO)
	Parents of Visually Impaired New Zealand (PVINZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Pediatric Glaucoma & Cataract Family Association (PGCFA)
	Pediatric Keratoplasty Association (PKA)
	Polycarbonate Lens Council Eyeglasses
	Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
	Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)
	Retina Australia – Australia (AU)
	Retina Association of New Zealand (RNZ) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Retina International (RI)
	Retinoblastoma International (RI) – Childhood eye cancer
	Retinoblastoma Society (RS) – Childhood eye cancer – United Kingdom (UK)
	Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) – Australia (AU)
	Royal National College for the Blind (RNCB) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) – New Zealand (NZ)
	Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) – India (IN)
	Scottish Blind Golf Society (SBGS) – Scotland (UK)
	Sense – Deafblind – United Kingdom (UK)
	Sense International (SI) – Deafblind
	Sense Scotland (SS) – Deafblind – Scotland (UK)
	Sight Savers International (SSI)
	Specific Eye Conditions (SPECS) – Patient support – United Kingdom (UK)
	Surgical Eyes founded by patients with longer-term complications from refractive surgery
	Talking Newspaper Association of the UK (TNAUK) – United Kingdom (UK)
	Tissue Banks International (TBI)
	United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR)
	Vision 2020 Australia – Australia (AU)
	Vision Australia Foundation (VAF) – Australia (AU)
	Vision Council of America (VCA)
	Vision of Children – Childhood hereditary blindness
	Vision World Wide (VWW)
	Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH)

Regional

	Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association (MABGA)
	Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA)

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Wyoming

Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association (BOA)
– Mumbai, India (IN)

Alabama

	Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology (ALAO)
	Alabama Council of the Blind (ACB)
	Alabama Industries for the Blind (AIB)
	Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB)
	Alabama Lions Sight Conservation Association (ALSCA)
	National Federation of the Blind of Alabama
	Sight Savers of Alabama provide eye care to needy children in Alabama

Alaska

	Alaska Board of Dispensing Opticians
	Alaska Board of Examiners in Optometry
	Alaska Optometric Physicians Association (AKOPA)

Alberta, Canada (CA)

Alberta Opticians Association (AOA)
Canada

Arizona

	Arizona Council of the Blind (ACB)
	Arizona Ophthalmological Society (AOS)
	Arizona Optometric Association (AzOA)
	Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB)
	Foundation for Blind Children (FBC) – Phoenix, Arizona
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Arizona
	Prevent Blindness Arizona (PBA)
	Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired (SAAVI)

Arkansas

	Arkansas Ophthalmological Society (AOS)
	Arkansas School for the Blind (ASB)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Arkansas

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

	Guide Dog Association of New South Wales and A.C.T.
	Royal Blind Society (RBS)

British Columbia, Canada
(CA)

	British Columbia Association of Optometrists (BCAO) Canada
	British Columbia Guide Dog Services (BCGDS)

California

California Academy of Ophthalmology (CAO)

California Association of Blind Students (CABS)

California Association of Orientation and Mobility
Specialists (CAOMS) – Blind & Visually Impaired

California Optometric Association (COA)

California Council of the Blind (CCB)

California School for the Blind (CSB)

Parents & Friends Association of the California
School for the Blind (PFA-CSB)

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of California

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of North San Diego
County

Parents & Friends Association of the California School
for the Blind (PFA-CSB)

Prevent Blindness Northern California (PBNC)

Colorado

	Colorado Optometric Association (COA)
	Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB)
	Colorado Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (CSEPS)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Colorado
	Opticians Association of Colorado (OAC)

Connecticut

	Connecticut Association of Optometrists (CAO)
	Connecticut Institute for the Blind (CIB) Oak Hill
	Connecticut Opticians Association (COA)
	National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut (NFBC)
	Prevent Blindness Connecticut (PBC)

Delaware

	Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired – Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter (Penn-Del AER)
	Delaware Association for the Blind (DAB)

Florida

Central Florida Lions Eye & Tissue Bank

Central Florida Tissue and Eye Bank

Florida Council of the Blind (FCB)

Florida Lions Eye Bank (FLEB)

Florida Optometric Association (FOA)

Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB)

Florida Society of Ophthalmology (FSO)

	Miami Ophthalmological Society (MOS) – Miami, Florida
	Palm Beach County Ophthalmology Society (PBCOS) – Palm Beach County, Florida

Medical Eye Bank of Florida (MEBOF)

Miami Ophthalmological Society (MOS) –

Miami, Florida

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Florida

North Florida Lions Eye Bank

Palm Beach County Ophthalmology Society (PBCOS)
–

Palm Beach County, Florida

Prevent Blindness Florida (PBF)

Professional Opticians of Florida (POF)

Georgia

	Opticians Association of Georgia (OAG)
	Georgia Academy for the Blind (GAB)
	Georgia Optometric Association (GOA)
	National Federation of the Blind of Georgia (NFBGA)
	Prevent Blindness Georgia (PBG)

Hawaii

	Hawaii Association of the Blind (HAB)
	Hawaii Ophthalmological Society (HOS)

Idaho

	Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind (ISDB)
	National Federation of the Blind of Idaho (NFBI)

Illinois

	Illinois Association of Ophthalmology (IAO)
	Illinois Optometric Association (IOA)
	Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness
	National Federation of the Blind of Illinois (NFBI)
	Opticians Association of Illinois (OAI)

Indiana

	Indiana Optometric Association (IOA)
	Indiana School for the Blind (ISB)
	Prevent Blindness Indiana (PBI)

Iowa

	Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology (IAO)
	Iowa Braille School (IBS) – Blind & Visually Impaired
	Iowa Department for the Blind
	Iowa Optometric Association (IOA)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Iowa – Old Capitol Chapter
	Prevent Blindness Iowa (PBI)

Kansas

	Kansas Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (KABVI)
	Kansas Association of Blind Athletes (KABA)
	Kansas Optometric Association (KOA)
	Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Kansas

Kentucky

	Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (KAEPS)
	Kentucky Association of Blind Students (KABS)
	Kentucky Department for the Blind
	Kentucky Optometric Association (KOA)
	Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB)
	Society of Dispensing Opticians of Kentucky (SDOK)

Louisiana

	Louisiana Association for the Blind (LAB)
	Louisiana Association of Dispensing Opticians (LADO)
	Louisiana Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology (LATPO)
	Louisiana Center for the Blind (LCB)

Maine

	Maine Optometric Association (MOA)
	Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (MSEPS)

Manitoba, Canada (CA)

Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) Manitoba Division

Maryland

	Baltimore City Medical Society (BCMS) – Baltimore, Maryland
	Blind Industries and Services of Maryland (BISM)
	Maryland Board of Examiners in Optometry (MBEO)
	Maryland Optometric Association (MOA)
	Maryland School for the Blind (MSB)
	Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (MSEPS)
	Opticians Association of Maryland (OAM)

Massachusetts

	Boston Foundation for Sight – Boston, Massachusetts
	Greater Boston Aid to the Blind (GBAB) – Boston, Massachusetts
	MAB Community Services – Blindness & Visually Impaired
	Massachusetts Alliance of Visually Impaired Students (MAVIS)
	Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB)
	Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (MLERF)
	Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (MSEPS)
	Massachusetts Society of Optometrists (MSO)
	National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts (NFB Mass)
	Opticians Association of Massachusetts (OAM)
	Prevent Blindness Massachusetts (PBM)

Michigan

	Michigan Eye-Bank
	Michigan Ophthalmic Personnel Society (MOPS)
	Michigan Ophthalmological Society (MOS)
	Michigan Optometric Association (MOA)
	Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind (MSDB)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Michigan
	Opticians Association of Michigan (OAM)

Minnesota

	Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) of Minnesota
	Minnesota Optometric Association (MOA)
	Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (MSAB)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Minnesota

Mississippi

	Mississippi Association of Dispensing Opticians (MADO)
	Mississippi Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Association
	Mississippi Industries for the Blind (MIB)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Mississippi

Missouri

Missouri Council of the Blind (MCB)

Missouri Optometric Association (MOA)

Missouri Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (MSEPS)

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Missouri

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) – St. Louis
–

Saint Louis, Missouri

Saint Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired
(SLSBVI)
–

Saint Louis, Missouri (MO)

Montana

	Montana Academy of Ophthalmology (MAO)
	Montana Association for the Blind (MAB)
	Montana Optometric Association (MOA)
	Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind

Nebraska

	Nebraska Academy of Eye Physicians & Surgeons (NAEPS)
	Nebraska Optometric Association (NOA)
	Prevent Blindness Nebraska (PBN)

Nevada

	National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska (NFBN)
	Nevada Optometric Association (NOA)

New Brunswick, Canada (CA)

New Brunswick Guild of Dispensing Opticians (NBGDO)

New Hampshire

	New Hampshire Association for the Blind (NHAB)
	New Hampshire Optometric Association (NHOA)
	New Hampshire Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

New Jersey

	Association for Blind Athletes of New Jersey (ABANJ)
	New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology (NJAO)
	New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians (NJSOP)
	Opticians Association of New Jersey (OANJ)
	Prevent Blindness New Jersey (PBNJ)

New Mexico

	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of New Mexico
	New Mexico Ophthalmological Society (NMOS)

New South Wales, Australia

	Guide Dog Association of New South Wales and A.C.T.
	Royal Blind Society (RBS)

New York

	American Council of the Blind of New York (ACBNY)
	Industries for the Blind of New York State (IBNYS)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of New York State
	New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE)
	New York State Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (NYSAER)
	New York State Ophthalmological Society (NYSOS)
	New York State Optometric Association (NYSOA)
	New York State School for the Blind (NYSSB)
	New York State Society of Opticians (NYSSO)
	New York State Society of Opticians (NYSSO) Nassau County Chapter

North Carolina

	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of North Carolina
	North Carolina Council of the Blind (NCCB)
	North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (NCSEPS)
	North Carolina State Optometric Society (NCSOS)
	Prevent Blindness North Carolina (PBNC)

North Dakota

	North Dakota Association of the Blind (NDAB)
	North Dakota Optometric Association (NDOA)
	North Dakota School for the Blind Foundation (NDSBF)
	North Dakota Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (NDSEPS)
	North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind

Nova Scotia, Canada (CA)

Ohio

	Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired of Ohio (AERO)
	Cincinnati Association for the Blind (CAB) – Cincinnati, Ohio (OH)
	Ohio Association of the Deaf-Blind (OADB)
	Ohio Ophthalmological Society (OOS)
	Ohio Optometric Association (OOA)
	Opticians Association of Ohio (OAO)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Ohio
	Prevent Blindness Ohio (PBO)

Oklahoma

	Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology (OAO)
	Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians (OAOP)
	Oklahoma Council of the Blind (OCB)
	Oklahoma League for the Blind (OLB)
	Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB)
	Prevent Blindness Oklahoma (PBO)

Ontario, Canada (CA)

	College of Opticians of Ontario Canada
	Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO) Ontario, Canada
	Ontario Opticians Association (OOA) Canada

Oregon

	Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) of Oregon
	Opticians Association of Oregon (OAO)
	Oregon Academy of Ophthalmology (OAO)
	Oregon Commission for the Blind (OCB)
	Oregon Optometric Physicians Association (OOPA)
	National Federation of the Blind of Oregon (NFBO)

Pennsylvania

	Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired – Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter (Penn-Del AER)
	National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania (NFBP)
	Pennsylvania Association for Blind Athletes (PABA)
	Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB)
	Pennsylvania Optometric Association (POA)
	Philadelphia Regional Ophthalmic Society (PROS) Pennsylvania
	Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children (WPSBC)

Puerto Rico

Queensland, Australia (AU)

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland
(GDABQ)

Rhode Island

	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Rhode Island
	Rhode Island Optometric Association (RIOA)

Saskatchewan, Canada (CA)

South Carolina

	Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) – South Carolina
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of South Carolina
	South Carolina Commission for the Blind (SCCB)
	South Carolina Optometric Association (SCOA)
	South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind (SCSDB)

South Dakota

South Dakota Optometric Society (SDOS)

Tennessee

	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Middle Tennesse
	Prevent Blindness Tennessee (PBT)
	Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology (TAO)
	Tennessee Academy of Optometry (TAO)
	Tennessee Dispensing Opticians Association (TDOA)
	Tennessee Optometric Association (TOA)

Texas

	Dallas Lighthouse – Blind & Visually Impaired – Dallas, Texas
	Deaf Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT)
	Guide Dogs of Texas (GDTx) – Blind & Visually Impaired
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Texas
	North Texas Association of Baseball for the Blind (NTABB)
	Prevent Blindness Texas (PBT)
	Registered Opticians of Texas (ROATx)
	San Antonio Lighthouse (SAL) – Blind & Visually Impaired – San Antonio, Texas
	Texas Association of Blind Students (TABS)
	Texas Commission for the Blind (TCB)
	Texas Ophthalmological Association (TOA)
	Texas Optometric Association (TOA)
	Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI)

Utah

	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Utah
	Utah Optometric Association (UOA)
	Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB)

Vermont

	National Federation of the Blind of Vermont (NFBVT)
	Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)

Victoria, Australia (AU)

Guide Dogs Victoria (GDV) – Blind & Visually Impaired

Virginia

	Commonwealth Council of the Blind (CCB)
	National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Virginia
	Opticians Association of Virginia (OAV)
	Prevent Blindness Virginia (PBV)
	Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (VDBVI)
	Virginia Optometric Association (VOA)
	Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired (VRCBVI)
	Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (VSDB)
	Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled (VSDBMH)
	Virginia Society of Ophthalmic Medical Personnel (VSOMP)
	Virginia Society of Ophthalmology (VSO)

Virgin Islands

Washington

Capital City Council of the Blind (CCCB)

Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted
(CSBPS)
Seattle, WA

National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Washington

Opticians Association of Washington (OAW)

Optometric Physicians of Washington (OPW)

Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
(WAEPS)

Washington Council of the Blind (WCB)

Capital City Council of the Blind (CCCB)

Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB)

Washington Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL) – Blind & Visually Impaired

Washington DC – District of
Columbia

West Virginia

	West Virginia Optometric Association (WVOA)
	West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (WVSD&B)

Western Australia,
Australia

	Association for the Blind of Western Australia (ABWA) Australia
	VIZHELP Parent Support Group – Blind and vision impaired

Wisconsin

	Badger Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired – Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
	Industries for the Blind – Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI)
	Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin (LEBW)
	National Federation of the Blind of Wisconsin (NFBW)
	Prevent Blindness Wisconsin (PBW)
	Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology (WAO)
	Wisconsin Council of the Blind (WCB)
	Wisconsin Optometric Association (WOA)

Wyoming

Wyoming Optometric Association (WOA)

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March
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Eye & Optical Health – Associations & Organizations