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american printing house for the blind, 1 n c . Wr mjr 2004 — 2005 a catalog of products AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE and services for FOR THE BUND, INC. daily living Our databases provide knowledge: information you can use in real life. Louis is one example of OUr Accessible r Materials and databases. Do you need a aph File book in braille, large print, y Reposito recorded, or computer disk format? Check Louis — it will tell you if the item is available and where to find it. Louis lists the location of over 170,000 items available from more than 180 agencies! Check out our new interface! Improvements include: • enhanced low vision and speech access • search for and purchase APH products from one easy-to-use display • bonus features: product pictures, brochures, product demonstrations, and Fred's Head links Now with new, easier-to-use search pages! American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. Louisville, Kentucky, USA 800.223.1839 (US & Canada) • www.aph.org • [email protected] Greetings from APH Table of Contents President Tuck Tinsley Welcome to the 2004-2005 edition Services for Adults from APH.ii of the APH Adult Life Catalog. What is the Federal The products in this catalog were Quota Program?.iii selected for their usefulness to adults who are visually impaired About This Catalog.iv and for others with special needs. Books and Other Reading Material.1 Items in the catalog range from Nonfiction.2 high- to low-tech and are designed to promote Magazines.4 independent living. Children's Fiction.5 APH is committed Learning Materials.7 to the development Mathematics.8 of products for Geography.14 adults. We work Braille Instruction.17 continuously to Reading and Writing Supplies.21 identify the needs of this population, Braille.22 design products Tactile Graphics.30 to meet those Print.33 needs, manufacture Low Vision.37 the products, and distribute Orientation and Mobility.45 information about them through our Assistive Technology.49 catalogs and our Transition, Career, Web site. APH and Professional.63 also offers various services that support our products, Independent Living.67 such as product training workshops. Recreation and Leisure.77 Please feel free to contact us with Recreation.78 your product ideas or needs. We "Special Touch" Gift Items.84 hope to hear from you soon. Resources for Adults: Agencies That Serve People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.93 Index.97 Sincerely, Tuck Tinsley III, Ed.D. How to Order.103 President Welcome! Services from APH for Adults This section lists services provided by the American Printing House for the Blind. An Adult Resources appendix in the rear of the catalog lists other agencies that may be helpful to you. Full-Time APH Researcher Devoted to Adult Products APH employs a full-time staff range of products useful to older member dedicated to researching students and adults. and developing an ever broadening Services Offered from the APH Web Site: www.aph.org APH offers several services free- photos, and some are enhanced of-charge through our Web site. with features such as brochures, The Louis Database allows users to product demonstrations, and Fred's search for APH products, academic Head Database links. tests, Braille Authority of North The Fred's Head Database is a America (BANA) code books, or unique and growing collection of 175,000 books in accessible media information, tips, and tricks for from over 180 agencies across independent living. This easily- the U.S. APH products and books searched database contains may be ordered via the Web site. entries on such diverse topics as Contact information is given for public transportation, accessible obtaining materials from other nutrition, accessing computers, agencies. and much more. New Easier-to-Use Louis Screens! The Accessible Media Producer's Database allows you to find the We think you will find that the location of producers across the improved Louis screens are more U.S. who create materials in user-friendly. A drop down box braille, large print, and sound now allows searchers to specify recording formats. The database search type (keyword, title, author, also lists transcribers with expertise subject), and another keyword in accessible tests and tactile box allows users to narrow their graphics. searches. Items are listed with descriptive headings and product Ordering & Info: www.aph.org or 1-800-223-1839 Welcome! What Is the Federal Quota Program? The federal Act to Promote the Education of the Blind was enacted by Congress in 1879. This act provides accessible educational materials to eligible students who meet the definition of blindness. Federal funds are available to organizations in each state to provide materials for students working at less than college level. These organizations may be residential schools for the blind, state departments of education, or other agencies serving people who are blind. Who Is Eligible? In order for students to be eligible for registration in the Federal Quota Program, they MUST meet the following requirements. • meet the definition of blindness • "be enrolled in a formally - "central visual acuity of 20/200 organized public or private, or less in the better eye with nonprofit educational program of correcting glasses or a peripheral less than college level" field so contracted that the widest • be enrolled with the registering diameter of such field subtends school or agency on the first an angular distance no greater Monday in January than 20 degrees" But Doesn't This Just Apply to School Children? There is no chronological age limit for eligibility. An adult is defined as a student over school age as determined by respective state law. To be registered, adults must have a written educational plan and must be receiving a minimum of 20 hours per week of instruction in an educational program. Social and leisure programs do not qualify as instructional programs. To learn more about the Federal Quota program, contact the APH Field Services Department at 1-800-223-1839, ext. 300. Our web site, www.aph.org, has contact information for the Ex Officio Trustees in your state. These Trustees can help you determine if your program or those you serve qualifies for Federal Quota funds. Ordering & Info: www.aph.org or 1-800-223-1839 Welcome! About This Catalog Service Since 1858 Depictions of Products in Photographs Since 1858 the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) has been Some products you receive may creating unique products for people vary slightly from those depicted in who are visually impaired or blind. the photographs. These differences APH is a nonprofit organization. It will not affect the functioning of is the oldest company in the United the product. States manufacturing products Product Information and for blind people and is the largest organization of its kind in the Ordering on the Web world. Visit the APH web site for product Locating Products information, ordering for U.S. customers, and much more. Our Products in this catalog are site is fully accessible to users who organized by subject area, such as are visually impaired or blind: "Assistive Technology." There is an www.aph.org. To order, click on alphabetical index in the back of the "Shop APH" link. the catalog. Credit Card Order? The Call Prices and Types of Funds Is On Us! Accepted APH has a toll free phone number All items in this catalog can be for all of your customer needs: purchased with regular funds, checks, or credit cards. Most items • Questions about APH products can also be purchased with Federal and services Quota funds. Prices are subject to • Placing credit card orders change without notice. • Questions about existing orders Trademarks or status of products under repair All trademarks appearing in this Call Monday through Friday from catalog are of their respective 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern companies. Time: 1-800-223-1839. Ordering & Info: www.aph.org or 1-800-223-1839 Books and Other Reading Material Nonfiction . 2-3 Food at Your Fingertips . 2 Cooking Without Looking . 2 Beyond TV Dinners: Three Levels of Recipes for Visually Handicapped Cooks. 2 Cookies for Christmas. 2 To Every Season: A Family Holiday Cookbook. 2 Learning to Budget. 3 Roberts Rules of Order. 3 Self-Esteem and Adjusting with Blindness: The Process of Responding to Life's Demands. 3 ABC's of Braille. 3 Magazines .4 Reader's Digest® and Newsweek® .4 Children's Literature: Chrissy's Collection . 5-6 Gingerbread Man. 5 There Was an Old Lady. 5 The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 6 So You Want to be President. 6 Some From the Moon/ Some from the Sun. 6 Ordering & Info: www.aph.org or 1-800-223-1839 Books and Other Reading Material: Nonfiction Food at Your Fingertips Beyond TV Dinners: Three Levels of Recipes for Visually ©1974 This compilation of Handicapped Cooks basic recipes and techniques runs the gamut from terms and ©1978 Includes beginning to measurements to full-fledged intermediate cooking skills and recipes and menu planning. 18 recipes. 18 point type. point type. Braille Braille: 5-42560-00.$65.00 5-13080-00 $49.00 Large Print: J-06850-00.$29.50 Large Print 4-02470-00 $60.00 Cooking Without Looking: Food Preparation Methods and Techniques for Visually Handicapped Homemakers by Esther Knudson Tipps ©1988 Comprehensive in its scope, this large print cookbook covers a variety of topics and To recipes, including a number of all-American favorites. Every 18 point type. Season: A Family Large print: Holiday Cookbook 4-04060-00.$52.00 This cookbook stresses the Braille: importance of tradition and 5-26140-00.$78.00 togetherness by giving the historical background and several Cookies for Christmas recipes for national and religious Over 130 recipes for cookies of all holidays. Recipes vary in difficulty types: drop cookies, bar cookies, from simple to advanced and refrigerator cookies, brownies, and ingredients are clearly listed and more - and not just for Christmas! easily obtainable. Ages 11 + Braille: T-N1421-80.$63.00 Braille: T-N1414-60.$26.00 2 Ordering & Info: www.aph.org or 1-800-223-1839 Books and Other Reading Material: Nonfiction Learning to Budget ©1997 This workbook from the Life Skills Mathematics series teaches the importance of planning and maintaining a budget. Includes worksheets for planning your own budget. 15 point type. Large Print: L-97297-00.$25.50 Robert's Rules of Order Long-considered the authority on parliamentary procedure, this manual is a necessity for anyone who holds meetings, newly revised, this edition is easier to use. Braille: T-N1414-20.$247.50 Self-Esteem and Adjusting ABCs of Braille with Blindness: The Process of by Bernard M. Krebs Responding to Life's Demands ©1973 ABC's of Braille is a by Dean W. Tuttle and simplified introduction to the Naomi R. Tuttle characters and rules of English Braille geared to the requirements ©1996 This classic book explores: of children from the ages of 9- the development of self-esteem, 12. The plan and layout of the adjusting with blindness, and instructional material feature fostering self-esteem. Includes a number of devices which are material from biographies and designed to assist both the teacher autobiographies of people who are and the student. blind. Print edition is 14 point type. Braille: 5-00200-00.$55.00 Braille: 5-00500-00.$178.00 Print: L-96229-00.$79.50 3 Ordering & Info: www.aph.org or 1-800-223-1839 Books and Other Reading Material: Magazines Reader's Digest® and Newsweek® APH produces these publications in the following accessible editions: Magazine Format Annual Subscription Reader's Digest® Braille $171.00 (optional) Cassette Tape $17.00 (optional) (15/16, 4-Track) Newsweek® Cassette Tape $51.00 (optional) (15/16, 4-Track) Blind U.S. citizens are eligible to subscribe to these publications. If you are unable to pay the subscription rate, we invite you to subscribe free of charge. Contributions to defray the production costs are accepted. Gift subscriptions are available at the above rates. Non-U.S. citizens must pay the above subscription costs. Note: Reader's Digest®, Large Print Edition is not published by APH, but is available directly from Reader's Digest® Large-Type Edition, P.O. Box 8177, Red Oak, IA 51591, 1-800-807-2780. Reader's Digest is a trademark of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.; Newsweek is a trademark of Newsweek, Inc. 4 Ordering & Info: www.aph.org or 1-800-223-1839