Service Providers for Deafblind People in The USA

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services

• Address: Marilyn J. Smith, Director, 2366 Eastlake Avenue E., #201, Seattle, WA 98102 USA
• TDD: Crisis 236-3134
• TDD: Office 726-0093
• Fax: 726-0017
• Description: Provides 24-hour crisis intervention to deaf and deaf-blind victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Services include: medical and legal advocacy, short- and long-term counseling (individual and group), referrals to other community resources. Provides workshops for the deaf and deaf-blind communities on issues relating to sexual assault and domestic violence. Provides workshops to hearing-based agencies on accessibility issues.

The American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)

• Address: Room 302, 814 Thayer Avenu, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
• Fax: +1 301 588 6545
• Email: aadb@erols.com

The Arizona Advisory Committee on Deaf-Blindness

• Address: 1200 W SPEEDWAY/PO BOX 5545 85703 TUCSON AZ 85745 USA
• Phone : 602 770 3677/770 3700
• Note: I am not sure which is voice or TTY.

The Arizona Deafblind Project

• Address: P.O. Box 87010, Tucson, AZ 85754 USA
• Phone: +1 520 770 3680
• Fax: +1 520 770 3759
• Description: Provides servies to deafblind people up to age 21, and their families.

The Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind

• Office Address: 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85745 USA
• Mailing Address: P.O. Box 85000, Tucson, AZ 85754 USA

Arkansas Deaf-Blind Community

• Address: 4601 W. Markham St.,Little Rock, AR 72204 USA
• Voice: 501-686-9680 answering machine
• TTY: 501-686-9680 answering machine
• Fax: 501-686-9685 [please say "for ADBC" at the top of the note]
• E-mail: <bapin@concentric.net> [for President Bapin]
• Officers:
• President: Mr. Anindya "Bapin" Bhattacharyya
• Vice President: Mr. Monty Ray Ball
• Secretary: Aletha Ann Garner (goes by Ann)
• Treasurer: Gerald "Jerry" E. Scott
• Parliamentarian: Arthur "Art" Babin
• Board member: Aimee Barlett
• Board member: Jami Hollingsworth
All officers are deaf-blind. Jami is the only one who's hearing-sighted.

Aurora

• Address:616 South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202 USA
• Voice: +1 315 422 7263
• TTY: +1 315 422 9746
• FAX: +1 315 422 4792

California Deafblind Services

• USA Toll Free Voice/TTY: 1-800-822-7884

California Deafblind Services Northern Office

• Address: 604 Font Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94132 USA
• Voice: +1 415 239 8090
• TTY: +1 415 239 8090
• Fax: +1 415 239 8096
• Email: Sam Morgan <cdbsslm@sfsu.edu>

California Deafblind Services Southern Office

• Address: 23882 Landisview Ave, Ste. P4, Lake Forest, CA 92630 USA
• Voice: +1 714 837 8551
• TTY: +1 714 837 8551
• Fax: +1 714 837 5066

California School for the Blind

• Address: 500 Walnut Ave, Fremont CA 94536
• Phone: +1 510 794 3800
• Note: This school has a programme for deafblind children.

Center for Deaf-Blind Persons, Inc.

• Address: 3195 South Suprerior Street, Milwaukee,Wisconsin, 53207 USA
• Voice: +1 414 481 7477
• TTY: +1 414 481 7477
• Telebraile: +1 414 481 7477
• Fax: +1 414 481 7481
• Email: Ruth Silver <rsilver@execpc.com>

The CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, Inc.

• Address: c/o Marion A. Norbury, 2004 Parkade, Columbia MO 65202-3121 USA
• Voice: In USA # 1-800-422-7604
• Voice: +1-573-499-4694
• Fax: +1-573-499-4694
• Internet: mnorbury@mail.coin.missouri.edu

Center on Self-Determination at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon, USA.

E-mail: millsc@ohsu.edu
Web site: http://www.ohsu.edu/selfdetermination/
The Center on Self-Determination does many different things on disability issues. They have two current projects and one that will start in the fall that are specifically concerned with deaf-blind children.
They are:

• Home:  Bringing It All Back Home:  Family-driven assessment and intervention for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind.  Parents of children who are deaf-blind will participate in this project to develop assessment, intervention and transition materials designed by and for family members to evaulate their children, establish intervention priorities and advocate for successful transitions for their children with dual sensory impairments.
• Independence:  Creating Classroom Environments that Nurture Independence for Children with Deaf-blindness.  A model demonstration project to design strategies that provide opportunities for children with deaf-blindness to act independently on their social and physical environment.
• Learning to learn:  This project focuses on developing fundamental social skills (social interaction and presymbolic and symbolic communication) and object related problem solving skills (manipulating objects and negotiating obstacles and barriers that arise at home, in class and in the community) while ensuring continuity through the transitions that occur moving through the school system.

DB-LINK

• Address: Teaching Research Division, Western Oregon State College, 345 North Monmouth Ave. Monmouth, OR 97361 USA
• Voice: +1 503 838 8776 or in USA 800 438 9376
• Fax: +1 503 838 8150
• TTY: in USA 800 854 7013
• Email: dblink@tr.wosc.osshe.edu

Deaf-Blind Contact Center, Inc

• Address: 95 Berkeley Street, Suite 206A, Boston, MA 02116 USA
• Voice: +1 617 482 2249
• TTY: +1 617 482 2249

The Deaf-Blind Development Center of the Palm Beaches, Inc.

• Postal Address: P. O. Box 16774, West Palm Beach, FL 33416-6774 USA
• Location: The Delores Green Residence, 12123 Areaca Drive, Wellington, FL 33414 USA
• Voice: +1 561 792 0510 or +1 561 626 8187
• Fax: +1 561 627 6598
• Email: "Doyle J. Green, Jr." <greendjjr@worldnet.att.net>
• Description (as supplied): The Deaf-Blind Development Center of the Palm Beaches, Inc., plans to operate (or be sponsored by another agency who will operate per the program designed by Dr. Jerome Schein and Dr. Enid Wolf-Schein) a residential learning facility for a maximum of six deaf-blind children in the "Delores Green Residence", which was converted from a five-bedroom private home. Instead of the half-day in a public school that was tried in the abortive first-year program described on our home page, we are very near an agreement with the local public school district which will allow us to use one-on-one intervenors on a 24-hour (every waking moment) basis at the Residence, with the school district providing part of the funding in lieu of the half-day schooling. Primary emphasis will be on communication, mobility, and everyday living skills for children who do not have enough usable vision or hearing to learn through any other method.

The Deaf-Blind, Multihandicapped Association of Texas

• Address: 815 High School Dr.; Seagoville, TX 75159
• Voice: (972) 287-1904
• tty: Don't have it yet
• Fax: (972) 287-1904 press * and send fax
• E-mail: Don't have it yet
• Membership: $5.00/year (If you join from outside the USA you need to provide postage money to send the tri-annual newsletter.) Newsletter: "IN TOUCH"---tri-annual.
• Description: The Deaf-Blind, Multihandicapped Association of Texas is a non-profit, state-wide organization formed by and for families and professionals in 1975. DBMAT advocates for individuals of all ages. It's activities include:
1. promoting the general welfare of deaf-blind people and their families through support for establishment (and maintenance) of educational and rehabilitation programs
2. family/professional support, education and awareness building efforts
3. information and referral services
4. public education
5. provision of an annual conference

Deaf-Blind Service Center, Inc

• Address: 2366 Eastlake Avenue East, Suite 206, Seattle, WA 98102 USA
• Voice: +1 206 323 9178
• TTY: +1 206 323 9178
• Fax: +1 206 328 8497
• Email: Dbscseawa@AOL.COM

DeafBlind Services, Minnesota

• Address:
• DeafBlind Services Minnesota
• 726 Second Street Northeast
• Minneapolis,
• MN  55413
• USA
• Voice: +1 612 871 4788
• TTY: +1 612 871 3354
• FAX: +1 612 871 5403
• E-mail: info@dbsm.org
• Web Site: http://www.dbsm.org

Deaf-REACH

• Address: 3521 12th Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20017 USA
• Voice: +1 202 832 6681
• TDD: +1 202 832 6681
• FAX: +1 202 832 8454
• Email:
• Office: office@deaf-reach.org
• Co-ordinator of Deafblind Services spierse@deaf-reach.org
• Description: This organisation for Deaf people does provide some services for deafblind people including legal, residential, health and employment services.

DVR Deafblind Project, Wisconsin

• Address: Deaf-Blind Project, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2917 International Lane, P.O. Box 7852, Madison, Wisconsin 53707 USA
• Voice: +1 608 243 5633
• TTY: +1 608 243 5634
• FAX: +1 608 243 5680
• Note: There is a related page.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind

• Address: 611 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA
• Tel: +1 914 245 4024
• Toll Free (US only): 800 912 0149
• Fax: +1 914 245 1609
• Note: They provide a Special Needs program (US spelling) for people who are deaf or have other disabilities as well as their blindness. I don't know which of these numbers can be used with a TTY.

Helen Keller National Center

• Address: 111 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point NY 10050
• Voice: +1 516 944 8900
• TTY: +1 516 944 8900

Helen Keller National Center Northwest Region X

• Address: 2366 Eastlake Avenue East, Suite 209, Seattle, WA 98102 USA
• Voice: +1 206 324 9120
• TTY: +1 206 324 9120

Helen Keller National Center Southwest Region

• Address: 18345 Ventura Blvd. #505, Tarzana, CA, 91356 USA
• Voice: +1 818 757 8921
• TTY: +1 818 757 8922
• Fax: +1 818 757 8965
• Email: hkncswreg@aol.com

Illinois Deafblind Services

• Address: 623 E. Adams, Springfield, IL 62794-9429, USA
• Voice: +1 217 785-9304
• TTY: +1 217 785-7749
• FAX: +1 217 785-7798
• Email: lmays@dors.state.il.us (Leesa Mays)
• Contact Person: Kathyrn Raistrick, Coordinator of Deafblind Services
• Description: Provides training in:
• Interpreting for persons who are Deafblind
• Usher Syndrome Screening
• Conducting a Statewide Census of persons who are Deafblind
• Deafblind Awareness
For residents in Illinois, works with the Vocational Rehabilitation system to provide and aid in career guidance and job placement, information and referral services and public education.

The Indiana Deaf-Blind Services Project

• Address: Blumberg Center, School of Education, Room 502, Indiana State University,Terre Haute, IN 47909 USA
• Tel: +1 812 237 2830
• Tel: (Free in USA) 1 800 622 3035
• TTY: +1 812 237 3022

Iowa Project for Deafblind Services Iowa Department of Education

• Address: Steve Maurer, Project Director, Bureau of Special Education, Grimes State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa, 50319-0146 USA
• Tel: +1 515 281 3576
• E-mail: smaurer@ed.state.ia.us

Katlyn's Hope, Inc.

• Address: 303 South Elm Street, Wellington, KS 67152 USA
• Voice: +1 316 326 6118
• Description: Katlyn's Hope, Inc. is a non-profit organization established to assist in the education of deaf-blind children from around the world.

Leader Dogs for the Blind

• Address: 1039 South Rochester Road, Rochester, MI 48307 USA
• Voice: +1 248 650-7111
• TTY: +1 248 651-3713
• E-mail: LDFTB@ix.netcom.com
• Note: This organisation has a special program for deafblind people, with instructors who can sign.

The Louisiana Career Development Center for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind

• Address: 520 Convention St., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 USA
• Voice: +1 504 387 0889
• TDD: +1 504 387 0889
• Fax: +1 504 387 3203

The Minnesota DeafBlind Association

• Address: 1600 University Av W #16, St Paul Mn 55104 USA
• E-mail: mdba1979@aol.com

Mississippi Services for Children and Young Adults with Deaf-Blindness

• Address: University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Special Education, Box 5115, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5115 USA
• Voice: (800)264-5135 ???
• E-mail: deaf-blind@usm.edu

Missouri Deaf-Blind Association (MDBA)

• Address: PO BOX 145, SAINT ANN, MO 63074-0145
• Voice/Pager: +1 (314) 966 7299
• TTY: +1 (314) 432 6141
• Fax: +1 (314) 432 6114
• Email: Carolyn Alflen <103447.3431@compuserve.com>

The National Family Association for Deaf-Blind

• Address: 111 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point NY 10050 USA
• Voice: +1 516 944 8900 Ext 275
• TTY: +1 516 944 8900 Ext 275
• Voice (Free in USA): 1 800 255 0411 Ext 275
• Fax: +1 516 944 7302
• Email: Clara Berg &ltclaritab@JUNO.COM>
• Description:NFADB is a national network of families who focus on issues surround deaf-blindness. It advocates for all deaf-blind people, supprts national policy to benefit people who are deaf-blind, encourages the founding and strengthening of family organizations in each state, provides information and referrals and collaborates with professionals who work with deaf-blind people. It has regional representatives in its 10 regions. It publishes a quarterly newsletter.
• Unofficial WWW page: http://www.helenkeller.org/national/special.htm

The National Information Clearinghouse on Children who are Deaf-Blind

See DB-LINK, above.

National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind (NTAC)

• Voice: +1 (503) 838-8391
• TTY: +1 (503) 838-8821
• FAX: +1 (503) 838-8150
• Email: ntac@wou.edu

The North Carolina Deaf-Blind Associates

• Address: Randall Pope I, Program Coordinator, 1525 North Rhyne Street, Gastonia, North Carolina USA 28054-2697
• Voice: 704 864 3757
• TTY: 704 864 3757
• E-mail: CalHippie@AOL.COM

Oregon Project for Children and Youth with Deafblindness

• Address: Oregon Department of Education, 255 Capitol St. N.E., Salem, OR 97310
• Voice: +1 503-378-3598
• TTY: +1 503-378-3598
• FAX: +1 503-373-7968

The Oklahoma Deaf-Blind Sooners

• Address: c/o David C Harrison (President), 2118 South 121 East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74129-5804 USA

Parents Confronting Dual Sensory Impairment (PCDSI) Inc

• Note: I believe this is only for those in Kentucky.
• Address: c/o Sharon Cole (President), PO Box 60,Fordsville, KY 42343 USA
• Voice: +1 502 276 3306 or +1 502 276 9516
• Voice: Free in USA only 1-800-365-1258

Pennsylvania Deafblind Project

• Address: 6340 Flank Drive, Suite 600, Harrisburg, PA 17112-2764 USA
• Voice: +1 717 541 4960
• Fax: +1 717 541 4968
• E-mail: mfrey@cisc.k12.pa.us

Perkins School for the Blind - Deafblind Program

• Address: 175, North Beacon Street, Watertown, MA 02172 USA
• Voice: +1 617 924 3434
• FAX: +1 617 926 2027

Rose Resnick Lighthose for the Blind

• Address: Deafblind Services, Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind, 214 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
• Voice: +1 415 431 1480
• TTY: +1 415 431 4572
• FAX: +1 415 863 7568
• E-Mail: FLester@lighthouse-sf.org
• Note: Has a deafbline services program.

The Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind

2501 South Plum Street
Seattle, WA 98144
Voice: 206-322-4200
TTY: 206-324-1388
Fax: 206-436-2234
They have had a Deafblind program for over 30 years and employ about 40 Deafblind people. We also hold a Deafblind Retreat in August for the past 21 years which reaches Deafblind people from around the world.

Seattle Public Library -- Office of Services to Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Users

• Address: 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 USA
• Voice: +1 206 386 4673
• TTY: +1 206 386 4673
• Provide: Community information, access to and assistance with library programs and services.

SKI*HI Institute

• Address: UMC 1900, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-1900 USA

Texas Association of Retinitis Pigmentosa (TARP)

• Address: P.O. Box 8388, Corpus Christi, Texas 78468-8388 USA
• Voice: +1 512 852 8515
• TDD: +1 512 852 8515
• Fax: +1 512 852 8515
• Email: Dorothy Stiefel <dstiefel@mail.interconnect.net>

TREDS: The Tennessee Outreach Project for Children and Youth with Dual Sensory Impairments (Vision and Hearing) - A Technical Assistance Program

• Address: Project TREDS, Bax 328, Peabody College of Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 37203 USA
• Voice: +1 615 322 8279
• Fax: +1 615 343 1570
• Email: treds@uansv5.vanderbilt.edu

The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind

• Address: East Beverley Street, Staunton, VA 24401 USA
• Voice: +1 703 332 9000

Equipment suppliers, etc

Delcambre's Ragin' Cajun Restaurant

• Note: run by a deafblind person
• Address: 1523 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 USA
• Voice: 206-624-2598
• TTY: 206-624-2598

Last Modified on 16-DECEMBER-1999 by James Gallagher <James@deafblind.co.uk>.