New Mexico Resource List
NFB of New Mexico
Adelmo Vigil, President
700 New York Avenue
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310
Home phone: 575-921-5422
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbnm.org/
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Alexia Switzer, President
New Mexico Parents of Blind Children
Phone: 505-859-5909
Email: [email protected] & [email protected]
Other State Resources
Library Services:
New Mexico Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507-5166
Librarian: John Mugford
Library Code: NM1A
Telephone: 505-476-9770
Toll free (In state): 800-456-5515
Fax: 505-476-9776
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/direct-and-rural-services/lbph
Rehabilitation Services:
New Mexico Commission for the Blind
2905 Rodeo Park Drive East, Building 4, Suite 100
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Phone: 505-476-4479
Toll Free: 888-513-7968
Children's Services:
State Department of Education
Special Education Bureau
Jacqueline Denton, Interim Director
120 South Federal Place, Room 206
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Phone: 505-827-1401
Fax: 505-954-0001
Website: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/seb/
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].