Note:  For magazines listed as available on audio cassette, ask about which machines are needed to play them back.  Some periodicals for computer users are listed in the department Technology and Electronics.

Click here to go to Periodicals for Christians.

American Foundation for the Blind [AFB]
internet: http://www.afb.org

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness (JVIB) (in regular print, audio cassette, braille): research and information for and about people of all ages with visual impairments and teachers and professionals who work with them.

American Printing House for the Blind [APH]
internet: http://www.aph.org/

Seveal magazines for children and youth are available in alternative formats.

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board [Access Board]
internet: http://www.access-board.gov

Free quarterly newsletter Access America in almost all formats, including braille, audio cassette, disk.

Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
location: Philadelphia, PA  U.S.A.
internet: http://www.asb.org/main/index.htm

They have 25 periodicals available on audio cassette, and also some in braille.

BlindSkills
internet: http://www.blindskills.com/

Magazine Dialogue, available in braille, large print (18 point), audio cassette, or e-mail.  Many interesting articles help teens and adults to understand blindness issues, including transition to college, living independently, choosing and using technology, and many others.

Books Aloud, Inc.
internet: http://www.booksaloud.org

The Lion, 10 issues/year on audio cassette, contains news of the Lions, Lioness, and Leo (high school-based) Clubs around the world.

Boomerang! magazine is for children ages 6-12, available in mp3 on-line or on CD by mail.

Boomerang!
internet: http://www.boomkids.com/

location: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN  U.S.A.
internet: http://www.breakingnewground.info

Quarterly magazine Breaking New Ground on farming for persons with disabilities, available in PDF format.

Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., The
internet: http://www.bna.com/

Monthly publication Americans with Disabilities Act Manual on enforcement and implementation of the ADA.

C I Publishing
internet: http://www.speechtechmag.com

Speech Technology magazine is devoted to the use of speech with computers for output and for input, plus telecommunications technology.

California Deaf-Blind Services
internet: http://www.cdbs.org

Free newsletter reSources with information for parents and professionals.

California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped [CTEVH]
internet: http://www.ctevh.org

Access newsletter in braille for students in grades 11 and 12.

Closing the Gap
internet: http://www.closingthegap.com

Closing the Gap is a large newspaper that covers technology and disabilities.

Clovernook Center
internet: http://www.clovernook.org

Periodical Tactic (braille, large print, diskette) for computer users with visual impairments.

Courage Handi-Ham System
internet: http://www.handiham.org/

Newsletter Handi-Ham World for disabled ham radio operators (in regular print, audio cassette, and on-line).

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
location: Massachusettes Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School
internet: http://www.djo.harvard.edu/

Disability Resources
internet: http://www.disabilityresources.org/

Magazine Disability Resources Monthly, available in standard print, audio cassette, or on-line PDF file.

Exceptional Parent Magazine
internet: http://www.eparent.com/

Monthly magazine, seeking to support families of children and young adults with all types of disabilities.

Head to Head Ministries, Inc.
internet: http://www.headtohead.org/

A magazine on-line Head to Head for Christian families dealing with brain injury.

Helen Keller National Center for Deafblind Youths and Adults
internet: http://www.helenkeller.org/national/

Nat-Cent News, 3x/year in braille and large print, covers research reports and activities for the deafblind.  National Parent Network, 3x/year in braille and large print, is for families of deafblind persons.

Innovative Rehabilitation Technology, Inc.
internet: http://www.irti.net/

Technical Innovations Bulletin is available to read on-line with their print-to-audio version.

Large Print Literary Reader, The
internet: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/temp/toropov.html

This magazine is issued quarterly, and contains the abridged writings of many famous authors.

Mainstream Magazine
internet: http://www.mainstream-mag.com

Covers products, profiles, and opinions for/on all disabilities (though it covers physically disabilities more heavily).  Available in regular print, ASCII diskette, or audio cassette.

Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind
internet: http://www.matildaziegler.org/

Monthly general-interest magazine in braille, audio cassette, e-mail, and on-line.

National Braille Press
internet: http://www.nbp.org

Our Special Magazine, 6 times/year, especially for blind women, in braille.  Syndicated Columnists Weekly,  weekly braille magazine of syndicated columns from many of the U.S.'s largest newspapers. Call for prices.

National Center for Vision and Child Development
internet: http://www.lighthouse.org

Envision, a free newsletter for parents of children or adolescents with visual impairments.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
internet: http://www.lcweb/loc.gov/nls

Has a book Magazines in Special Media which lists magazines available on different media (e.g., braille, audio cassette, computer diskette, talking book record, large print, Moon type) and how to order them.

Newsreel Magazine
internet: http://www.newsreelmag.org/

"Newsreel Magazine by and for the Blind is a unique monthly interactive audio magazine produced in the voices of its blind or visually impaired subscribers."

New York Times Large-Type Weekly, The
internet: https://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/HDSHome.do?mode=HDSHome

ProjectLarge print summary of the previous week's news plus the Monday crossword puzzle, some film and book reviews, and editorials, available via home delivery.

PACER Center -- TATRA
internet: http://www.pacer.org/

Newsletter Points of Departure for parents and professionals working with young adults with disabilities.

Playback Marketing
contact: Ed Potter
mail: 1308 Evergreen Avenue, Goldsboro, NC  27530  U.S.A.
voice: 888-217-2312, 919-736-0939

Playback Magazine provides reviews of audio equipment, including radios and tape recorders.

Reader's Digest
internet: https://www.rd.com/offer/rdlp/giftown03/index.jsp?trkid=www_rdlargeprint_com

Reader's Digest for Easier Reading, selections from the weekly regular print edition, monthly in large print; and Reader's Digest Large Type Selections, selections from the condensed books and their other publications, 5 times per year in large print.

Royal National Institute for the Blind -- Customer Service
internet: http://www.rnib.org.uk

They produce many periodicals in braille, for a variety of ages and interests.  Some are specifically for children.  Ask for a catalog (prices are in pounds).

Scottish Braille Press
internet: http://www.royalblind.org/sbp/

Transcribes into braille several magazines for their publishers, and publishes some braille magazines of some of its own, including Braille Science Journal and Home Help for women.  Write for a catalog.

Shoofly: An Audiomagazine for Children
internet: http://www.shooflyaudio.com/

Quarterly compilation of stories, songs, and poems for children ages 3-7, on audio CD or mp3 download.

Teaching Research Division
mail: Western Oregon University, 345 North Monmouth Avenue, Monmouth, OR  97361  U.S.A.
internet: http://www.tr.wou.edu/tr/dbp

Newsletter Deaf-Blind Perspectives.

Time Customer Services
mail: P.O. Box 60001, Tampa, FL  33660-0001 U.S.A.
voice: 800-881-2137

Time Large Print comes in 16 point type and features selected articles from Time Magazine, in their entirety.

Trace Research and Development Center
internet: http://trace.wisc.edu

Their web site includes links to other disabilities sites.  The text of many documents can be read, including back issues of Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.  A catalog of publications available from them may be looked at on-line or ordered in print.

Western Center for Microcomputers in Special Education, Inc.
internet: http://www.thecatalyst.us/index.html

Periodical The Catalyst discusses special education.

WGBH/DVS
internet: http://www.wgbh.org/

Quarterly magazine DVS Guide in braille, audio cassette, and large print.  Their program schedule lists selected public television series with DVS.

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