A sample listing of vision organizations supporting individuals with vision issues in the states of South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Vermont.


South Dakota:

1. South Dakota Deaf-Blind Project Center for Disabilities Sanford School of Medicine- Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Telephone: 605-357-1438 – Website: http://www.usd.edu/medical-school/center-for-disabilities/deaf-blind-program.cfm

2. South Dakota Division of Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired – Pierre, South Dakota – Telephone: 605-773-4644 – Toll free: 800-265-9684 – Website: http://www.dhs.sd.gov/sbvi/

3. South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired – Aberdeen, South Dakota – telephone: 605-626-2580 – Toll free: 888-275-3814 – Website: http://www.sdsbvi.sdbor.edu/

4. South Dakota Industries for the Blind – Sioux Falls, South Dakota – telephone: 605-977-1577 – Toll free: 800-223-5145 – Website: http://www.sdib.org


Tennessee:

1. Alliance for the blind and Visually Impaired – Memphis, Tennessee – Telephone: 901-766-0600 – Website: http://www.memphisseniors.com/ABVI.htm

2. Memphis City Schools: Colonial Visually Limited Center – Memphis, Tennessee – Telephone: 901-761-8960

3. Memphis Clovernook center for the Blind and visually Impaired – Memphis, Tennessee – Telephone: 901-523-9590 – Toll free: 888-234-7156 – Website: http://www.clovernook.org

4. Prevent Blindness Tennessee – Nashville, Tennessee – telephone: 615-352-0450 – Toll free: 800-335-0450 – Website: http://www.preventblindnesstn.org

5. Tennessee Rehabilitation center – Smyrna, Tennessee – telephone: 615-459-6811 – Website: http://www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/rehab

6. Tennessee Resource Center for the Visually Impaired: Tennessee School for the Blind – Nashville, Tennessee – telephone: 615-231-7340 – Website: http://www.tsb.k12tn.net/TSB_Website_folders/Resource%20Center/resource_center.htm

7. Tennessee School for the blind – Nashville, Tennessee – telephone: 615-231-7300 – Website: http://www.tsb.k12tn.net/schoolhome.htm

8. Tennessee services for the blind and visually Impaired – Nashville, Tennessee – Telephone: 615-313-4914 – Toll free: 800-628-7818 – Website: http://www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/rehab/bvis.htm

9. VITAL (Visually Impaired Training and Learning) Center – Chattanooga, Tennessee – Telephone: 423-624-0025


Texas:

1. All blind Children of Texas – Austin, Texas – Telephone: 512-206-9234 – Website: http://www.abcrtx.org

2. American foundation for the blind Center on vision Loss – Dallas, Texas – telephone: 214-352-7222 – Website: http://www.afb.org

3. Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind – Dallas, Texas – Telephone: 214-821-2375 – toll free: 800-735-2989 – Website: http://www.dallaslighthouse.org

4. Deaf-blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas – Big spring, Texas – Telephone: 432-264-6780 – Website: http://www.dbmat-tx.org/index.html

5. Guide dogs of Texas – San Antonio, Texas – Telephone: 210-366-4081 – Toll free: 800-831-9231 – Website: http://www.guidedogsoftexas.org

6. Prevent blindness Texas – Houston, Texas – telephone: 713-526-2559 – Toll free: 888-987-4448 – Website: http://www.preventblindness.org/tx/

7. Texas School for the blind and visually Impaired – Austin, Texas – Telephone: 512-454-8631 – Toll free: 800-872-5273 – Website: http://www.tsbvi.edu

8. West Texas Lighthouse for the blind – San Angelo, Texas – Telephone: 325-653-4231 – Website: http://www.lighthousefortheblind.org/


Utah:

1. Utah deaf-Blind Project – Ogden, Utah – Telephone: 801-629-4732 – Website: http://www.usdb.org/deafblind/default.aspx

2. Utah Educational Resource Center: Utah Schools for the deaf and the blind – Ogden, Utah – telephone: 801-629-4700 – Website: http://www.usdb.org/departments/ERC/home.htm

3. Utah foundation for the blind and Visually Impaired – Riverton, Utah – Telephone: 801-209-8492 – Website: http://www.ufbvi.org/index.html

4. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind: Utah School for the blind – Ogden, Utah – telephone: 801-629-4700 – Toll free: 800-990-9328 – Website: http://www.usdb.org

5. Utah State division of services for the Blind and Visually Impaired(DSBVI) – Salt Lake City, Utah – telephone: 801-323-4343 – Toll free: 800-284-1823 – Website: http://www.usor.utah.gov/dsbvi.htm


Vermont:

1. Vermont Association for the blind and Visually Impaired – South Burlington, Vermont – telephone: 802-863-1358 – Toll free: 800-639-5861 – Website: http://www.vabvi.org

2. Vermont Deaf-blind Project: Center on Disability and Community Inclusion – Burlington, Vermont – Telephone: 802-656-1357 – Website: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdcI/db/

3. Vermont division for the blind and Visually Impaired Agency of Human services Weeks IC – Waterbury, Vermont – Telephone: 802-241-2210 – Website: http://www.dbvi.vermont.gov/contact


A complete listing of vision organizations can be found on the American foundation for the blind website.