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Association on Higher Education and Disability
P.O. Box 540666
Waltham , MA 02454
Local Telephone: (781) 788-0003
Website: http://www.ahead.org/

Professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education.

Audio Journal, Inc.
799 West Boylston Street
Worcester , MA 01606
Local Telephone: (508) 797-1117
Website: http://www.audiojournal.net/

Radio reading journal for Central Massachusetts .

Boston College, Lynch School of Education:
Teacher Education, Special Education, and
Curriculum and Instruction Department
Campion Hall 211
Chestnut Hill , MA 02467
Local Telephone: (617) 552-4180
Website: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/about/admin/depts/te.html

Boston University Eye Associates
715 Albany Street
DOB-10th Floor
Boston , MA 02118
Local Telephone: (508) 823-7473
Website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept
/Home.aspx?DepartmentID=367

Braille Authority of North America
c/o Kim Charlson
Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown , MA 02472
Local Telephone: (617) 972-7249
TDD/TTY Telephone: (617) 972-7690
Website: http://www.brailleauthority.org/

The mission of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is to assure literacy for tactile readers through the standardization of Braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA's purpose is to promote and to facilitate the uses, teaching and production of Braille.

Carroll Center for the Blind
770 Centre Street
Newton , MA 02458 -2597
Local Telephone: (617) 969-6200
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 852-3131
Website: http://www.carroll.org/

Private, non-profit agency serving persons of all ages who are blind or visually impaired.

Choroideremia Research Foundation
23 East Brundreth Street
Springfield , MA 01109
Local Telephone: (413) 781-2274
Website: http://www.choroideremia.org/

International, no-for-profit organization for persons with choroideremia, their families and friends.

Descriptive Video Service: Media Access Group at WGBH
125 Western Avenue
Boston , MA 02134
Local Telephone: (617) 300-3600
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 333-1203
Website: http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/

Media access for persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind or visually impaired.

Executive Office of Elder Affairs
1 Ashburton Place
Fifth Floor
Boston , MA 02108
Local Telephone: (617) 727-7750
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 243-4636
TDD/TTY Telephone: (800) 872-0166
Website: http://www.state.ma.us/elder

State agency providing services to the elderly.

Ferguson Industries for the Blind
11 Highland Avenue
Malden , MA 02148
Local Telephone: (617) 727-9840
Website:http://www.mass.gov/mcb/ferguson.html

Part of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, they sell their products primarily to state and federal agencies. They also provide employment for the blind and visually impaired.

Greater Boston Aid to the Blind
PO BOX 218
, MA 02132-0002
Local Telephone: (617) 323-5111
Website: http://www.gbab.org/

Only agency in Massachusetts devoted exclusively to the personal support and rehabilitation of adults aged 50 and over who are visually impaired. Serve clients from eastern and central Mass. Through center-based, community and in-home programs.

Helen Keller National Center for
Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults:
New England Region Office
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
48 Boylston St.
Boston , MA 02116
Local Telephone: (617) 727-5550
Website: http://www.hknc.org/

Hilton/Perkins Program
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown , MA 02472
Local Telephone: (617) 972-7228
Website: http://www.perkins.org/

Howe Press, Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown , MA 02172 -2790
Local Telephone: (617) 924-3490
Website: http://www.perkins.pvt.k12.ma.us/area.php?id=9

Lowell Association for the Blind
174 Central Street
Lowell , MA 01852
Local Telephone: (978) 454-5704
TDD/TTY Telephone: (978) 458-5563
Website: http://www.lowellassociationfortheblind.org/

Non-profit community based organization serving the Greater Lowell/Merrimack Valley community. The Lowell office provides space for meetings, adaptive equipment training, Braille lessons and a radio-recording studio.

MAB Community Services
200 Ivy Street
Brookline , MA 02446
Local Telephone: (617) 738-5110
Website: http://www.mabcommunity.org/

Formerly Massachusetts Association for the Blind, provides programs for the blind and visually impaired, including programs for adolescents with acquired brain injuries and adults with mental retardation. Programs focus on rehabilitation, education, capacity building and access.

Massachusetts Department of Education
Special Education Planning and Policy Development
350 Main Street
Malden , MA 02148
Local Telephone: (781) 338-3375
TTY: (800)439-0183
Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/

Massachusetts Department of Education: Vision Resources Library
3 Randolph Street
Baylies Lower Building
Canton , MA 02021
Local Telephone: (781) 575-1843
Website: http://www.mavisionlib.org/

Types of materials available for loan include: Braille writers, tape recorders, slate and stylus', pre-brailled and literacy kits, tactile tools, raised lined maps, Braille and large type textbooks, standardized tests, assessment tools and materials.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health:
Division for Special Health Needs,
Early Intervention Services
250 Washington Street
Boston , MA 02108 -4619
Local Telephone: (617) 624-5070
Website: http://mass.gov/dph/fch/ei.htm

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: Vision Rehabilitation Center
243 Charles Street
Boston , MA 02114
Local Telephone: (617) 573-4177
Website: http://www.meei.harvard.edu/shared/ophtho/low.php#overview

Offers a range of services to help the person with low vision remain as independent as possible.

Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
260 Peakham Road
Sudbury , MA 01776
Local Telephone: (617) 426-2020
Website: http://www.mseps.com/postnuke/index.php

Massachusetts Society of Optometrists
1071 Worcester Road
Suite 12
Framingham , MA 01701 -5298
Local Telephone: (508) 875-7900
Website: http://www.massoptom.org/

Massachusetts State Commission for the Blind
48 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116-
Local Telephone: (617) 727-5550
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 392-6450
Website: http://www.mass.gov/mcb/

The single Mass. state agency for the blind. Provides a broad array of social and rehabilitative services to all residents who have been determined to be legally blind.

Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries
1010 Harrison Avenue
Boston , MA 02119
Local Telephone: (617) 445-1010
Website: http://goodwillmass.org/framesg.htm

Offers rehabilitation programs.

National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
PO BOX 317
Watertown , MA 02471
Local Telephone: (617) 972-7441
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 562-6265
Website: http://www.spedex.com/napvi/

Non-profit support organization for parents whose aims are to provide emotional support, outreach programs, networking and advocating for the educational needs and welfare of children who are blink or visually impaired.

National Birth Defects Center
40 Second Avenue
Suite 520
Waltham , MA 02451
Local Telephone: (781) 466-9555
Website: http://www.thegenesisfund.org/nbdc.htm

National Coalition on Deaf-Blindness
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Local Telephone: (617) 972-7347

New England Eye Institute of the New England College of Optometry: Low Vision Clinic
1255 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
Local Telephone: (617) 262-2020
Website: http://www.ne-eyeinstitute.org/

Low vision programs tailored for specific communities for children and the elderly.

New England Home for the Deaf (Aged, Blind or Infirm)
154 Water Street
Danvers , MA 01923
Local Telephone: (978) 774-0445

Residential setting for deaf and deaf/blind older adults.

Northeast Vision Consultants
PO BOX 267
Sharon , MA 02185
Local Telephone: (617) 784-0642

Northeastern University: Department of Counseling Psychology, Rehabilitation, and Special Education
203 Lake Hall
Boston , MA 02115
Local Telephone: (617) 373-2485
TDD/TTY Telephone: (617) 373-2487
Website: http://www.casdn.neu.edu/~educate/

Occupational Rehabilitation Group
Harvard Square
P.O. Box 382037
Cambridge , MA 02238
Local Telephone: (617) 661-5667

Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown , MA 02472
Local Telephone: (617) 924-3434
Website: http://www.perkins.org/

Perkins School for the Blind:
Braille and Talking Book Library
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown , MA 02472
Local Telephone: (617) 972-7240
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 852-3133
TDD/TTY Telephone: (617) 972-7690
Website: http://www.perkinslibrary.org/

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

Prevent Blindness Massachusetts
280 Hillside Ave.
Needham , MA 02494
Local Telephone: (781) 433-9900
Website: http://www.preventblindness.org/MA/

Offers a range of services including vision screening, Project "Bright Eyes", education, eye safety campaigns and research.

Radio Reading Service GW
285 Dorset Street
Springfield , MA 01108
Local Telephone: (413) 747-7337

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic: Boston Unit
58 Charles Street
Cambridge , MA 02141
Local Telephone: (617) 577-1111
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 221-4792
Website: http://www.rfbd.org/Boston_Unit.htm

The Boston branch of this non-profit organization focuses on recording science and technology textbooks.

Schepens Eye Research Institute
20 Staniford Street
Boston , MA 02114
Local Telephone: (617) 912-0100
Website: http://www.theschepens.org/

Harvard affiliated eye research institute, whose primary mission is to find the causes of blinding eye diseases, and the discover cures and preventions.

Schepens Retina Associates:
Low Vision Rehabilitation Center
100 Charles River Plaza
Suite 201
Boston , MA 02114
Local Telephone: (617) 523-7800
Website: http://www.schepens.com/

Specialize in all forms of retinal diseases.

Sight Line Productions (Sight Line for the Blind)
505 Paradise Road
Suite 200
Swampscott , MA 01907
Local Telephone: (781) 595-9800

Talking Book Library at Worcester Public Library
3 Salem Square
Worcester , MA 01608 -2074
Local Telephone: (508) 799-1730
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 762-0085
TDD/TTY Telephone: (508) 799-1724
Website: http://www.worcpublib.org/talkingbook/

Talking Information Center
130 Enterprise Drive
Marshfield , MA 02050
Local Telephone: (781) 834-4400
Toll Free Telephone: (800) 696-9505
Website: http://www.ticnetwork.com/

The Talking Information Center broadcasts the reading of printed materials over and extensive network of commercial and noncommercial radio and cable TV outlets.