Wisconsin Resource List
NFB of Wisconsin
John Fritz, President
27824 Nuthatch Road
Kendall, Wisconsin 54638
NFB of WI: 608-622-7632
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nfbwis.org/
NFB Parents of Blind Children
Debi Meng, President
Wisconsin Parents of Blind Children
Phone: 608-922-3349
Email: [email protected]
Other State Resources
Library Services:
Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1436
Librarian: Linda Vincent
Library Code: WI1A
Telephone: 414-286-3045
Toll free (In state): 800-242-8822
Fax: 414-286-3102
Email [email protected]
Website: http://dpi.wi.gov/talkingbooks
Rehabilitation Services:
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Office for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1 West Wilson Street, Room 451
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Phone: 608-266-5641
Toll Free: 888-879-0017
Website: www.dhs.wi.gov/blind
Children's Services:
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Special Education Team
Barbara Van Haren, Director
125 South Webster Street, Post Office Box 7841
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7841
Toll Free: 800-441-4563
Phone: 608-266-1781
Fax: 608-267-3746
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/index.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].