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Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union
http://www.unss.sk/english/index_en.htm
Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union (UNSS) is a civic organisation established April 7th, 1990.
It pursues the objective to improve the quality of life of visually impaired Slovak people and to give partially sighted and blind citizens chance to live full-value life and participate in the development of an integrated society.
It provides the services of
- social rehabilitation
- counselling for families with impaired children
- helps with employment and retraining
- recreational reconditioning courses
- advocating for impaired people interests
- provides recommendation for applications for subsidizing the purchase of access technology
- provides consultancy on removing architectonic barriers
- organizing the training for guide dogs
Slovak hearing impairment union
It provides the services of
- social rehabilitation
- counselling for families with impaired children
- helps with employment and retraining
- recreational reconditioning courses
- provides information about the assistive technology
- organise training for sign language
Independent living centre - non profit association
http://www.csz.sk/index.php?id=0_1
It provides information about
- Foundation
- Assistive technology
- Barrier free environment
- Transfer services
- Car accommodation
Access Centre of the Technical University of Košice
http://www.tuke.sk/AC/indexACeng.html
Assistive Technology Specialist from Access Centre assists students in assessing, evaluating, applying and using a variety of assistive technology, computers and software that can offset the effects of a disability.
- counselling, advisory and technical support
- training of students in special technology usage
- training of teachers how to teach