This CD-ROM, also available in audiotape format, contains a simulated telephone conversation between a counselor at the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid Information Center and a student inquiring about financial assistance for the visually impaired. Following an introduction containing information about the contents, each track or section contains information about a different aspect of federal student loans. The sections are: (1) "Introduction and Contents"; (2) "Sources of Non-Federal Aid" (emphasis on the visually impaired); (3) "Federal Student Aid Programs--General Eligibility Requirements"; (4) "Demonstrating Need and Completing an Application"; (5) "What Happens after I apply"; (6) "Making Adjustments"; (7) "Verification and Deadlines"; (8) "Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and Federal Work Study"; (9) "Federal Perkins Loans"; (10) "Loans for Students--Direct and Federal Stafford Loans"; (11) "Loans for Parents--Direct and Federal Plus Loans"; (12) "Direct and Federal Consolidation Loans"; and (13) "How Will I Ever Remember All of This?" (SLD)