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A single-page step-by-step action plan for children after they are diagnosed with a visual impairment.

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Board of Education and Services for the Blind
184 Windsor Avenue
Windsor , CT 06095-4536
Local Telephone: (860) 602-4000
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 842-4510
TDD/TTY Telephone: (860) 602-4221
Website: http://www.besb.state.ct.us/

Mission to provide quality educational and rehabilitation services to all people who are legally blind or deaf-blind and children who are visually impaired.

Connecticut Association of Optometrists
342 North Main Street
West Hartford , CT 06117-2500
Local Telephone: (860) 586-7508
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 677-7714
Website: http://www.cao.org/

Connecticut Braille Association
664 Oakwood Avenue
West Hartford , CT 06110
Local Telephone: (860) 953-9692

Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation: Birth to Three System
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford , CT 06106-1308
Local Telephone: (860) 418-6146
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 505-7000
Website: http://www.birth23.org/

State sponsored program which aims to aid families in meeting the developmental and health-related needs of infants and toddlers who have delays or disabilities.

Connecticut Department of Social Services: Elderly Services Division
25 Sigourney Street
10th floor
Hartford , CT 06106-5033
Local Telephone: (860) 424-5274
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 443-9946
Website: http://www.ctelderlyservices.state.ct.us/

Connecticut Institute for the Blind/ Oak Hill
120 Holcomb Street
Hartford , CT 06112
Local Telephone: (860) 242-2274
Website: http://www.ciboakhill.org/index.htm

Provides community-based residential, day and education programs for people with severe multiple disabilities. Maximizes the levels of independence of blind adults through housing, computer training and an arts program.

Connecticut Radio Information Systems
184 Windsor Avenue
Suite C
Windsor , CT 06095
Local Telephone: (860) 527-8000
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 708-0004
Website: http://www.cslib.org/cris/

Connecticut 's talking newsstand for the blind and print-handicapped.

Connecticut State Department of Education: Bureau of Early Childhood, Career and Adult Education, Preschool Special Education Program
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Local Telephone: (860) 807-2054
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 505-7000
Website: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/deps/early/

Connecticut State Library: Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
198 West Street
Rocky Hill , CT 06067
Local Telephone: (860) 566-2151
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 842-4516
Website: http://www.cslib.org/lbph.htm

Affiliated with the Library of Congress National Library network, provides books, magazines, music publications and foreign-language materials to Connecticut residents who are unable to read traditional print materials.

Darien Community Association Program for the Blind
274 Middlesex Road
Darien , CT 06820
Local Telephone: (203) 655-8554

Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
103 Old Iron Ore Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Local Telephone: (860) 243-5200
Website: http://www.fidelco.org/index2.html

Music and Arts Center for Humanity
510 Barnum Avenue
3rd Floor
Bridgeport , CT 06608
Local Telephone: (203) 366-3300
Website: http://www.musicandartscenter.org/index1.htm

Offers visual and performing arts programs for children and adults with special needs.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic: Connecticut Unit
209 Orange Street
New Haven , CT 06510
Local Telephone: (203) 624-4334
Website: http://www.rfbd.org/Connecticut_Unit.htm

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs:
Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven , CT 06516
Local Telephone: (203) 932-5711 X2175
OR
VA Medical Center
555 Willard Ave.
Newington , CT 06111
Local Telephone: (860) 666-6951 X6629

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