Alaska Resource List

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NFB of Alaska

Bill Packee, President
709 Baffin Court
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
Phone: 907-590-8674
E-mail: alaskanfb@yahoo.com

NFB Parents of Blind Children

For local information, please contact the state president.

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
Carol Castellano, President
23 Alexander Avenue
Madison, New Jersey 07940-2101
Home: 973-377-0976
E-mail: blindchildren@verizon.net
Web site: www.nfb.org/nopbc

NFB Training Centers

BLIND, Incorporated (Blindness: Learning in New Dimensions, Incorporated)
Shawn Mayo, Director
100 East 22nd Street South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: 612-872-0100
Toll-Free: 800-597-9558
Fax: 612-872-9358
E-mail: info@blindinc.org
Web site: 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
E-mail: jdeden@cocenter.org
Web site: 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
E-mail: pallen@lcb-ruston.com
Web site: http://www.lcb-ruston.com/

Other State Resources

Library Services:

Alaska State Library
Talking Book Center
344 West Third Avenue, Suite 125
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: 907-269-6575

Rehabilitation Services:

Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
1251 Muldoon Road, Suite 101
Anchorage, Alaska 99504-2096
Phone: 907-334-2283
Toll Free: 800-478-4378

Children's Services:

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Office of Special Education
Art Arnold, Director
801 West Tenth Street, Suite 200
Juneau, Alaska 99801-1894
Phone: 907-465-2972
Fax: 907-465-2806
Web site: www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/SPED/

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 e-mail to jtblibrary@nfb.org.