MAB sponsors different group for adults with low or no vision or diseases likely to cause visual impairment.  Call a staff member at 372-3870 ext 106 weekdays 9-5 for details. (Click for overview of Visual Impairment resources)

This local chapter provides a chance to network over lunch, meet nifty people, learn new resources, and have a good time.  For details, you can check their website by clicking here or call a member of the group at 704/733-0605 any day 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.   (Click for overview of Visual Impairment resources)

This enthusiastic group is for children with visual impairments, their parents, and their siblings.  They gather to share information, listen to speakers, share support, and have fun.  Childcare may be available for children (including siblings) up to 13 years of age.  They meet once a month on Saturday afternoon.  For details, you can call a leader of the group at 704/733-0605 any day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.   (Click for overview of Visual Impairment resources)

Retinitis Pigmentosa -- Foundation Fighting Blindness (1998)   (23,710)
Sunshine Club for the Visually Impaired (?2005)  (120,710)  Note: We made 11 phone calls to attempt to update this group but received no response.  It may still exist but we were unable to obtain any information. 

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.