This service provides counseling and training in independent living skills to blind, deaf/blind and visually impaired North Carolina residents. Counseling related to blindness, deaf/blindness, loss of vision and coordinating services with other providers are vital components. This service also focuses on developing skills in:
-Alternate communication methods
-Orientation and mobility
-Safe travel, such as using a sighted guide, using a white cane, taking public transportation and using environmental cues and directions
-Personal care skills
-Home management, such as learning to mark or label and organize items
-Leisure and recreation activities
-Use of technology, purchase of small adaptive devices (such as talking clocks or adapted cooking utensils) and instruction in how to use them
Social workers for the blind, located in all 100 North Carolina counties, provide these services.