Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired (ASB), a private, non-profit organization, promotes self-esteem, independence, and self determination in people who are blind or visually impaired. ASB accomplishes this by providing support through education, training resources, as well as through community action and public education, serving as a voice and advocate for the rights of all people who are blind or visually impaired.
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Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired (ASB), a private, non-profit organization, promotes self-esteem, independence, and self determination in people who are blind or visually impaired. ASB accomplishes this by providing support through education, training resources, as well as through community action and public education, serving as a voice and advocate for the rights of all people who are blind or visually impaired.
On November 30, 1983, three agencies (Radio Information Center for the Blind, the Nevil Institute for Rehabilitation and Service and Volunteer Services for the Blind) merged to form Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, an incorporated non-profit agency. A lineage that began in 1874 with the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men to provide outstanding service to people who are blind and visually impaired was now a unified selection of services, all under one roof. Today, ASB is the largest non-profit organization located in...
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