Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs

Founded in 1935, Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs is a non-profit association based in Wien, Austria working on disability, health.

The Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs is a non-profit self-help association founded in 1935 that supports blind and visually impaired people in Austria. It provides free services to members, including social-law counselling, assistive device advice and testing through its aids shop, low vision counselling, psychological and art therapy counselling, online and video counselling, mobility training, and leisure activities. It also advises companies and authorities on accessibility and runs sensitisation training. Its main counselling centre is in Vienna's 20th district, with a second Vienna site in Floridsdorf (21st district) and offices in Linz and Graz, and it operates mobile services across the federal states. The association is funded almost entirely by private donations and lotteries, and it holds the Austrian donation seal (Spendengütesiegel). Donations have been tax-deductible since 2009.