Michigan Resource List
NFB of Michigan
Michael Powell, President
29619 Fox Run Circle
Warren, Michigan 48092
Phone: 586-754-1325
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbmi.org/
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Haley Dare, President
Parents of Blind Children in Michigan
Phone: 269-779-2216
Email: [email protected]
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library
702 West Kalamazoo Street
P.O. Box 30007
Lansing, MI 48909-7507
Librarian: Susan M. Chinault
Library Code: MI1A
Telephone: 517-373-5614
Toll free (In state): 800-992-9012
Fax: 517-373-5865 or 800-726-7323
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.michigan.gov/btbl
Rehabilitation Services:
Michigan Commission for the Blind
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
201 North Washington Square
Lansing, Michigan 48933
Phone: 517-373-2062
Toll Free: 800-292-4200
Website: www.michigan.gov/mcb
or
Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center
3600 East Cork Street
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008
Phone: 269-337-3848
Toll Free: 800-292-4200
Children's Services:
Michigan Department of Education
Special Education and Early Intervention Services
Teri Johnson Chapman, Director
608 West Allegan Street
Lansing, Michigan 48933
Phone: 517-373-0923
Toll Free: 888-320-8384
Fax: 517-373-7504
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_6598---,00.html
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].