Tennessee Resource List
NFB of Tennessee
Christina Clift, President
4824 Tamarack Drive
Millington, TN 38053
Phone: 901-481-6180
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nfbtn.org
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Tennessee Parents of Blind Children
Natae Beaseley, President
Phone: 615-790-9765
Website: www.nopbc.org
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Tennessee Library for Accessible Books and Media
403 7th Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0313
Phone: 615-741-3915
Toll Free (in state): 800-342-3308
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://sos.tn.gov/tsla/lbph
Rehabilitation Services:
Tennessee Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
400 Deaderick Street, 11th floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37248-6200
Phone: 615-313-4914
Toll Free: 800-628-7818
Children's Services:
Tennessee Department of Education
Division of Special Education
Joey Hassell, Assistant Commissioner
Andrew Johnson Tower, 7th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Toll Free: 888-212-3162
Phone: 615-253-2112
Fax: 615-532-9412
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/education/student_support/special_education.shtml
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].