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Contact Information
Visually Impaired Advancement (VIA)Contact: Sherri Shaw, Vision Rehabilitation Services
Email Address: sshaw@olmstedcenter.org
Phone: 716-888-4638
Alternate Phone: 866-882-1025 x4638
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116-1170 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14209
Area Served: Out of State
Map Location Vocational Training
Narrative
The Olmsted Center for the Visually Impaired prepares blind, visually impaired and physically disabled persons from pre-school through adulthood for rehabilitaion, O&M, Vocational training, AT training and support, Vision clinic, CSW, preschool, housing etc to enable them to live a fulfilling life and be gainfully employed.
The National Statler Center is the educational and employment arm of the Olmsted Center and is a national program for training in the fields of customer service with both onsite programs and distance learning courses. The National Statler Center has an 82% placement rate for our graduates.
In addition, vision related services could accept out of state insurances as a secondary form of payment.
Service Types
- Job Placement
- Job Seeking
- Job Skills
- Job Support
- Schools - Residential
Program Type
- Assistive Technology and Equipment
- Education
- Jobs
- Vocational
Populations Served
- Developmental Disability
- Hard of Hearing
- Learning Disabilities
- Physical Disabilities
- Visual Impairment
Ages Served
- 19 - 22
- 23 – 59
- 60 +
Accessibility Features
- Accessible Parking
- Accessible Public Transportation
- Accessible Restrooms
- Elevators
- Free Transport
- Near Public Transportation
- Services at Work
- Sign Language
- Wheelchair Ramps
Additional Information
- Accredited By: NYS Dept of Education
- Fees: Personal Funds
- Licensed By: NYS Dept of Education
