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Area Resources for Disability Services
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
436 Dwight Street,
Rm. 109, Springfield,
MA 01103-1299
Telephone: 413-781-1290 or 800-332-2772
Provides certain types of assistance to students who are residents of Massachusetts. These services can include: counseling, transportation to rehabilitative facilities, reader and mobility-orientation services, talking books, and technological aids. Services for nonresidents of Massachusetts, by joint agreement with the student's home state, include mobility orientation services and talking books.
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1 Federal Street,
Building 102-1,
Springfield, MA 01103
Telephone: 413-788-6427 (V/TTY)
Provides a range of informational programs and services, including a sign language interpreter referral service, limited funding of interpreter services, personal counseling, and consultation in the areas of education, housing, and employment.
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
District Office:
16 Fort Street,
Springfield, MA 01103
Telephone: 413-736-7296
Provides vocational rehabilitation services to physically, mentally, and emotionally disabled persons to assist them in entering or maintaining employment. These services can include: medical and psychological evaluation, individual guidance and counseling, physical restoration services, skill training, job placement, and follow-up.
Stavros Center for Independent Living
262 Cottage Street,
Springfield, MA 01103
Telephone: 413-781-5555
A community-based, nonresidential independent living program that provides peer counseling, legal advocacy, and referral services to all persons with disabilities.
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