Speakers' Bureau offered to community organizations. In-service training and consultation services for professionals and paraprofessionals. RIS is a reading service on the radio for people who have a print disability. Services are free to people who are legally blind or print handicapped, i.e. unable to read printed materials due to physical disability, neurological condition, or as a natural extension of the aging process. RIS broadcasts the daily newspapers, books, magazines, and offers a variety of programming.
Eligibility includes honorable discharge from military service and legal blindness.
Services include referral to Veterans Administrative Blind Rehabilitation Training Programs, medical, ophthalmology, optometry examinations, aids for the blind, veterans benefits, and any appropriate service to maximize adjustment to blindness. W.PA.C.C.L.V. provides information, education and socialization. The Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children is a chartered school which offers specialized educational services which are appropriate for blind children who have additional cognitive, physical or behavioral disabilities. Children from western Pennsylvania who meet the criteria for admission are able to enroll at the School. Pre-school age children are admitted at three years of age.