Check Out All the Resources Available to the Visually Impaired Community!

Playing a game of cards. Dialing the phone to talk to a friend. Making a cup of tea. Individuals who are visually impaired do not have to miss out on these and other activities. Olmsted’s Resource Center is a unique store and lending library featuring books on tape, large print publications, large print books and a selection of adaptive aids that make life with a visual impairment easier, safer, and more enjoyable.

We have a large selection of adaptive aids on display and available for purchase, such as talking clocks, watches and scales; large print calendars, check registers and playing cards; and a variety of other items designed specially for those with visual impairments.

The Resource Center is open Monday-Friday 8am to 4pm. If you are looking for something specific to purchase, please call before you visit our store to ensure item availability. Debbie Gipson can be reached at 716-882-1025 or by email at dgipson@olmstedcenter.org. Online purchasing will be available for a limited number of products in our On-Line Store this summer.

Our bright, comfortable library is the perfect place to relax with a book – or find one to take home. Large print selections form the New York Times, Readers Digest and a variety of audio tapes and large print novels are always available, as well as information on eye disorders and treatments. Olmsted Center also partners with the New York State Talking Book Library to provide service applications for talking book machines. Also available for your use are Video Magnifiers to enlarge your reading material, bills or anything that you have difficulty seeing.

Olmsted’s Resource Center is a source of enrichment and support for anyone who is experiencing impaired vision as well as family members and friends. We also have a list of resources available in the WNY community. Click here to view via the sub-navigation menu on the left.

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Latest News

Hopkins Apartments
Jul-07-2008 — Olmsted Center has received funding for its sixth housing project. Nelson Hopkins Apartments, to be located in Lockport, will feature 24 affordable units and qualifies for the Green Building Initiative. Project completion is expected to be December 2009. Read More...

Statler Orlando
Jun-03-2008 — Statler Center, in partnership with the Lighthouse of Central Florida and the Department of Education, proudly brings to you our very successful hospitality and customer service training program for the blind or visually impaired. Read More...

Avaya Donation
Jun-01-2008 — Avaya Corporation donates a new VOIP phone system and call center software to Olmsted Center in effort to provide jobs for individuals with physical disabilities & vision impairments. Read More...

$1 Million Hilton Foundation Donation
May-20-2008 — Statler Center has been awarded $1,000,000 from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation! Read More...

Siegel Pledges $100,000
May-01-2008 — Herb Siegel pledged $100,000 from the Herb Siegel Foundation, to Statler Center. This generous grant will be used to provide cutting edge computer equipment and software to all Statler Center students. Read More...

Congratulations Governor Paterson!

Olmsted Center congratulates New York State Governor David A. Paterson, the first legally blind governor in the United States, inaugurated on March 17, 2008.