Texas Resource List
NFB of Texas
Norma Crosby, President
1600 E. Highway 6, Suite 215
Alvin, Texas 77511
NFB of TX: 281-968-7733
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbtx.org
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Kim Cunningham, President
Texas Parents of Blind Children
Phone: 713-501-9659
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tpobc.org
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Talking Book Program
P.O. Box 12927
1201 Brazos Street
Austin, TX 78711-2927
Librarian: Ava M. Smith
Library Code: TX1A
Telephone: 512-463-5458 or 512-463-5428
Toll free (In state): 800-252-9605
Fax: 512-936-0685
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/tbp/index.html
Rehabilitation Services:
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services:
Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center
4800 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78756
Phone: 512-377-0300
Toll Free: 800-628-5115
Website: http://www.dars.state.tx.us/
Children's Services:
Texas Education Agency
Division of IDEA Coordination
Gene Lenz, Director
W.B. Travis Building, Room 6-127
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Phone: 512-463-9414
Parent Information Line: 800-252-9668
Fax: 512-463-9560
Website: http://tea.texas.gov/Curriculum_and_Instructional_Programs/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].