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South Carolina Resource List

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NFB of South Carolina

Parnell Diggs, President
2584 S. Highway 17 Business 
Garden City, South Carolina 29576
NFB of SC: 803-254-3777
E-mail: parnell@sccoast.net
Web site: http://www.nfbsc.net/

NFB Parents of Blind Children

Isaiah Nelson, President
South Carolina Parents Organization of Blind Children
Columbia, South Carolina
NFB of SC: 803-254-3777
E-mail: nfbsc@sc.rr.com

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:

South Carolina State Library/Talking Book Services
P.O. Box 821
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
Phone: 803-734-4611 
Toll-Free: 800-922-7818
E-mail: tbsbooks@statelibrary.sc.gov

Rehabilitation Services:

South Carolina Commission for the Blind 
Post Office Box 79
Columbia, South Carolina 29202-0079
Phone: 803-898-8700
Toll-Free: 800-922-2222

Children's Services:

State Department of Education
Office of Exceptional Children
Susan DuRant, Director
Rutledge Building, Room 808
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: 803-734-8806
Fax: 803-734-4824
Web site: http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/EC/

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.