Connecticut Resource List
NFB of Connecticut
Maryanne Melley, President
NFB of CT Outreach Office
477 Connecticut Blvd., Ste. 217
East Hartford, Connecticut 06108
*NFB of CT: 860-289-1971
Phone: 860-212-5549
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbct.org/
NFB Parents of Blind Children
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Carlton Walker, President
Phone: 717-658-9894
Email: n[email protected]
Website: http://nopbc.org/
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Connecticut State Library
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
198 West Street
Rocky Hill, CT 06067-3554
Librarian: Gordon Reddick
Library Code: CT1A
Telephone: 860-721-2020
Toll Free (In state): 800-842-4516
Fax: 860-721-2056
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/organizational-unit/library-blind-physically-handicappd
Rehabilitation Services:
Bureau of Rehabilitative Services--BESB Program
184 Windsor Avenue
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
In State Toll-Free: 1-800-842-4510
Phone: 860-602-4000
Fax: 860-602-4020
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.besb.state.ct.us/
Children's Services:
Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Special Education
Charlene Russell, Chief Operating Officer
165 Capitol Avenue, Third Floor, Room 360
Post Office Box 2219
Hartford, Connecticut 06145-2219
Phone: 860-713-6910
Fax: 860-713-7014
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2678&Q=320730
NFB Training Centers
BLIND, Incorporated (Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions, Incorporated)
Dan Wenzel, Executive Director
100 East 22nd Street South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: 612-872-0100
Toll Free: 800-597-9558
Fax: 612-872-9358
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.blindinc.org/
Colorado Center for the Blind
Julie Deden, Director
2233 West Shepperd Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80120
Phone: 303-778-1130
Toll Free: 800-401-4632
Fax: 303-778-1598
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.cocenter.org/
Louisiana Center for the Blind
Pam Allen, Director
101 South Trenton Street
Ruston, Louisiana 71270
Phone: 318-251-2891
Toll Free: 800-234-4166
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.louisianacenter.org
For more information about blindness, please contact the Jacobus tenBroek Library of the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute at 410-659-9314 or send an email to [email protected].