Ohio Resource List
NFB of Ohio
Richard Payne, President
1019 Wilmington Avenue
Apartment 43
Kettering, Ohio 45420
Phone: 937-396-5573
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbohio.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:
Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled
Cleveland Public Library
17121 Lake Shore Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44110-4006
Librarian: Will Reed
Library Code: OH1A
Telephone: 216-623-2911
Toll free (In state): 800-362-1262
Fax: 216-623-7036
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://cpl.org/aboutthelibrary/ohio-library-for-the-blind-physically-disabled
Rehabilitation Services:
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired and
Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
400 East Campus View Boulevard
Columbus, Ohio 43235-4604
Phone: 614-438-1250
Children's Services:
Ohio Department of Education
Office for Exceptional Children
Sue Zake, Director
25 South Front Street, MS 409
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 614-466-2650
Toll Free: 877-644-6338
Fax: 614-728-1097
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Special-Education
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].