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Orientation and Mobility Training - Second Sense
65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 236-8569
https://www.second-sense.org/programs/live-with-vision-loss/orientation-mobility-training/
Second Sense provides orientation and mobility training one-on-one at their office, in your home, throughout your community, and in other locations you wish to travel to independently. This program helps teach individuals how to get where they want to go - safely and independently and teaches individuals how to maneuver with a cane.
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Services for Seniors with Vision Loss | LIFE Center for Independent Living (LIFE CIL)
2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 1, Bloomington, IL 61704
(309) 663-5433
https://www.lifecil.org/general-services/#SeniorsVisionLoss

- Assists qualified individuals who are blind or have low-vision learn the skills needed to maintain an independent lifestyle.

- Provides a variety of low-vision aids and assistive devices at no cost.

- Offers referrals for additional services such as community orientation, mobility training, and guide dog services.

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Orientation & Mobility - The Chicago Lighthouse - Main Office, Low Vision Clinic, & Chicago Lighthouse Industries
1850 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 997-3673
https://chicagolighthouse.org/program/adult-living-skills-program/
The Chicago Lighthouse helps clients who are blind or partially sighted develop skills and techniques for safe, effective, and efficient travel. Specialists work one-on-one with clients to make sense of their surroundings by enhancing environmental, bodily and spatial awareness. Clients also learn techniques to utilize remaining vision in conjunction with auditory, olfactory, and kinesthetic senses to experience the world more in a more meaningful way.
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Services for Older Adults Experiencing Blindness | Lake County Center for Independent Living
5400 West Elm Street, Suite 106, Mchenry, IL 60050
(847) 246-8531
https://www.lccil.org
Seniors with vision loss or who are blind, obtain and are trained on the use of adaptive free devices to maintain their independence in and outside the home. This includes independent living skills training, advocacy, and peer mentoring.
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Visually Impaired Program | Coleman Tri-County Services - CTS Creative
22 Veterans Drive, Suite A, Harrisburg, IL 62946
(618) 252-0275
https://colemantricounty.org/programs/creative-vision/

Provides services for blind individuals ages 55 and older. Services include low-vision and other communication aids, orientation and mobility training, services to help correct blindness, training in activities of daily living, and any other appropriate services to assist them to live independently. 

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Orientation and Mobility Training | DGCKids
1750 South Big Bend Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63117
314-776-7808
https://www.dgckids.org
Specialists are available to conduct an evaluation and services. Their role is teach a child to orient and understand where they are in space and to move safely from place to place.
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Spectrios Institute for Low Vision | Spectrios Institute for Low Vision
219 East Cole Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187
(630) 690-7115
https://www.spectrios.org

Empowers children and adults with vision loss, regardless of income, to optimize their visual capabilities and independence through the use of prescriptive tools, technology, rehabilitative training, and inspiration. Comprehensive exam and follow up with a low vision doctor, occupational therapy, and technology training is available.

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Orientation & Mobility Training | Center for Sight and Hearing
8038 MacIntosh Lane, Rockford, IL 61107
(815) 332-6800
https://www.cshil.org/vision/orientation-mobility/

Providers certified orientation and mobility specialists who teach individuals to use a white cane and navigate their surroundings.

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