Massachusetts Resource List
NFB of Massachusetts
Amy Ruell, President
22 Cottage Park Avenue, Unit 8
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
NFB of MA Phone: 617-752-1116
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nfbma.org
NFB Parents of Blind Children
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Carlton Walker, President
Phone: 717-658-9894
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://nopbc.org/
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Perkins Library
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472-2790
Librarian: Kim Charlson
Library Code: MA1A
Telephone: 617-972-7240
Toll free (In state): 800-852-3133
Fax: 617-972-7363
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: http://www.perkinslibrary.org
Rehabilitation Services:
Massachusetts State Commission for the Blind
48 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Phone: 617-727-5550
Toll Free: 800-392-6450
Children's Services:
Massachusetts Department of Education
Special Education Division
Marcia Mittnacht, State Director of Special Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, Massachusetts 02148-4906
Phone: 781-338-3375
Fax: 781-338-3371
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/SPED/
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].