Future Reflections Summer/Fall 1999, Vol. 18 No. 2
Moving to a new office is an amazing incentive to do all those organizational and cleaning tasks that one has put off since, well, since the last move to a new office. One such task, which I took on in my recent office move, was the sorting of mountains of accumulated, outdated catalogs.
As editor of a national publication, I get lots of unsolicited material—including these catalogs (that’s not a complaint, by the way, merely an observation). Anyway, it occurred to me as I was throwing away outdated catalogs that I should share the results of my labor with Future Reflections readers.
The list below is, literally, a list of the catalogs remaining on my bookshelf today. The catalogs are current, and they offer products that I believe readers would find useful, or would at least like to know about. I make no claim, however, about the reliability of the companies offering the products, quality of products, price, etc. It is not a comprehensive list of catalogs, a list of the best, or worst, or anything else. It is exactly what I have said: a list of current catalogs that have shown up in my mail basket.
Most of the catalogs listed offer specific blindness related products, but I also included catalogs that offer products for disabled children. Parents and teachers of multiply disabled students may find this combined list useful. There were a couple of catalogs that didn’t seem to fit anywhere, so they ended up in the proverbial "Other" category.
I invite anyone who thinks this list is incomplete (and I’m sure it is), to send me a copy of the catalog or catalogs they think I should have. I’ll be glad to consider these items for the list when I next revise it. In the meantime, here is the list:
Catalogs of Blindness Products
� Catalogue. P. O. Box 55742, Indianapolis, Indiana 46205 phone: (317) 579-0439Ann Morris Enterprises, Inc., A Catalog of Innovative Products Dedicated to People with Vision Loss, Volume 13, 1999. 890 Fams Court, East Meadow, New York 11554-5101
phone: (516) 292-9232 or (800) 454-3175 fax: (516) 292-2522
e-mail: <[email protected]>
Web site: <http://www.annmorris.com>AFB Press, 1999 Catalog of Publications. American Foundation for the Blind, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, New York 10001
phone: (800) 232-3044
fax: (412) 741-0609
Web site: <http://www.afb.org>APH Products Catalog 1999-2000 and APH Catalog of Accessible Books for People Who Are Visually Impaired or Blind, 1998-1999 and Supplement, Spring, 1999. American Printing House, Inc., 1839 Frankfort Avenue, P. O. Box 6085, Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085 phone: (800) 223-1839
Web site: <http://www.aph.org>Blazie Engineering, 1999 Catalog of Products for Blind and Visually Impaired People. 105 East Jarrettsville Road, Forest Hill, Maryland 21050 phone: (410) 893-9333
fax: (410) 836-5040
Web site: <http://www.blazie.com>DVS Home Video
Exceptional Teaching Aids, Inc. 1998-1999 Catalog. 20102 Woodbine Avenue, Castro
Valley, California 94546
phone: (510) 582-4859 or (800) 549-6999 fax: (510) 582-5911
Howe Press of Perkins School for the Blind, Catalog of Products. 175 North
Beacon Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02172
phone: (617) 924-3490
fax: (617) 926-2027
Independent Living Aids, Inc. Educational and Recreational Highlights 1999-2000. 27
East Mall, Plainview, New York 11803
phone: (800) 537-2118
fax: (516) 752-3135
e-mail:<[email protected] > Web site:
< http://www.independentliving.com>
LS&S Group 1999-2000 Catalog
P. O. Box 673, Northbrook, Illinois 60065
phone: (847) 498-9777 or (800) 468-4789 TTY: (800) 317-8533
fax: (847) 498-1482
email: <[email protected]>
Web site: <http://www.lssgroup.com>
Lighthouse International, The Lighthouse Catalog Fall, 1999. 111 East 59
th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New YorkNational Braille Press, Back to School Braille Backpack and Catalog of
Publications. 88 St. Stephen Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
phone: (617) 266-6160 or (800) 548-7323 fax: (617) 437-0456
Web site: <http://www.nbp.org>
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Tools for Success: Catalog of Products
1999-2000. 20 Roszel Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
phone: (800) 221-4792
fax: (609) 987-8116
Web site: <http://www.rfbd.org>
Science Products, Vision Resources, Vision Aids Resource Guide. P.O. Box 888,
Southeastern, Pennsylvania 19399 phone: (800) 888-7400
fax: (610) 296-0488
Seedlings Braille Books for Children, 2000 Catalog. P. O. Box 51924, Livonia,
Michigan 48151-5924
phone: (734) 427-8552 or (800) 777-8552 fax: (734) 427-8552
e-mail: <[email protected]>
Web site: <http://www.seedlings.org>
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Publications, January 1999. 1100 West 45
th Street, Austin, Texas 78756-3494
Catalogs of Special Education and Disability Products
� Spring 1999 Catalog, Technology for Inclusion. 55 Leveroni Court, Suite 9, Novato, California 94949 phone: (415) 382-5959 or (800) 899-6687 fax: (415) 382-5950Access First Product Catalog. P. O. Box 3990, Glen Allen, Virginia 23058-3990 phone: (888) 606-6769
fax: (804) 935-6739
e-mail: <[email protected]>
Web site: <http://www.accessfirst.net>Crestwood Company, Communication Aids for Children & Adults. 6625 North Sidney Place, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209-3259
phone: (414) 352-5678
fax: (414) 352-5679
email: <[email protected]>
Web site:
<http://www.communicationaids.com>Enabling Devices, Toys for Special Children. 385 Warburton Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706
phone: (914) 478-0960 or (800) 832-8697 fax: (914) 478-7030
Web site:
<http://www.enablingdevices.com>Flaghouse, Special Populations, Fall 1999. 601 Flaghouse Drive, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey 07604
phone: (800) 793-7900
fax: (800) 793-7922
Web site: <http://www.flaghouse.com>IntelliTools
TFH Ltd., Fun & Achievement, 1999. 4537 Gibsonia Road, Gibsonia,
Pennsylvania 15044
phone: (800) 467-6222
fax: (724) 444-6411
e-mail: <[email protected]>
Web site: <http://www.tfhusa.com>
Other Catalogs
rd Street, Suite 154, Renton, Washington 98055Franklin Learning Resources, Tools for School and Educational Products Catalog, Winter 1999. One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, New Jersey 08016-4907 phone: (800) 266-5626
fax: (609) 239-5943
Web site: <http://www.franklin.com>Speak To Me! 330 S.W. 43