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LiberalEsto

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1. First, ask the pharmacist to give her regular pill bottle caps

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 11:40 AM

Feb 2013

instead of the childproof ones. At the pharmacy, you can also pick up one of those 7-day pill dispensers with each day marked in big letters.

I did a search for "products for blind, disabled" and came up with lots of sites.

http://www.maxiaids.com/store/
http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13134&deep=2&trail=22

also these organizations:
American Foundation for the Blind - www.afb.org
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - www.loc.gov/nls

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Help! Where can you buy special stuff for the blind? [View all] leftyladyfrommo Feb 2013 OP

First, ask the pharmacist to give her regular pill bottle caps LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #1

(link) National Federation of the Blind resources for living eShirl Feb 2013 #2

MO? loyalsister Feb 2013 #3

Can't relate easily to the US dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #4

Thank you. Thank you. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2013 #5

All of these suggestions are good, but I would also thucythucy Feb 2013 #6

Google "low vision store" and you'll get a bunch of hits. nolabear Feb 2013 #7

Sight Connection is a good place liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #8