Independent Living Skills (ILS) training provides indivuduals with improved ability to perform activities of daily living with adaptations for vision impairment. Tasks such as pouring liquids, labeling personal and household items, note taking, dialing a phone, and cooking are able to be done with less frustration. Participants in the ILS traning classes receive adjustment to blindness counseling and self-advocacy skills that empower them to interact more effectively with family, friends, employers, and the community. Graduates of the ILS program are able to live independently and safely and have less need to rely on family and friends for daily living needs. Independent Living Skills training prevents premature placement into assisted living and nursing homes. Working-age adults who complete Independent Living Skills traning are often able to return to gainful employment.