(703) 684-3391 (Voice/TTY)
(703) 684-6048 (FAX)
Website: www.betterhearing.org
Disabling
Conditions Served: Hearing loss
Users
Served: Children and adults with
hearing impairments and the medical professionals who serve them
Services Provided:
• National public information programs on hearing
loss and available medical, surgical, hearing aid, and rehabilitation
assistance
• BHI toll-free “Hearing Helpline”
that provides information on hearing loss and hearing help
Resources Available:
• Brochures and pamphlets
• Educational materials medical professionals
• Online list of hearing health resources
Indianapolis, IN 46268
(888) 567-3422
(800) 362-5463
E-mail:info@bosma.org
Website: www.bosma.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Blind and visually impaired
Users Served:Adults of all ages throughout Indiana
Services Provided:
• Comprehensive vision rehabilitation training
• Itinerant rehabilitation training
• Community job placement
• Employment opportunities
• Information and referral for individuals who are blind or visually impaired
1325
(972) 580-2401
(972) 580-2413 (FAX)
Website: www.scouting.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Emotional, physical, auditory, visual, learning, and
intellectual disabilities
Users Served:
Boys with disabilities
Services Provided:
• Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturer
units
• Cooperation with national and community
agencies
• Regular and special units
Resources Available:
• Special
manuals on scouting for youth with various disabilities
•
Learning for Life school-based K-12 program
• Champions for Mentally Disabled Youth lesson plans designed to teach life skills needed by
students with disabilities
• Braille, talking cassette books, and
large-print editions of scouting literature
Local council:
Crossroads of
(317) 925-1900
(877) 925-1900 (Toll-free)
(317) 921-3474 (FAX)
Website: www.crossroadsbsa.org
Brain Injury Association of
(703) 761-0750
(800) 444-6443
(703) 761-0755 (FAX)
Email: braininjuryinfo@biausa.org
Website: www.biausa.org
Disabling Conditions Served: Brain injury
Users Served:
Persons with a brain injury and their families
Services Provided:
• Information and resources network
• Linkage to local groups
• Public awareness
• Education materials, symposia
• Advocacy and public policy
• Prevention campaigns
Resources Available:
• State associations
• Training workshops
•
• National directory of rehabilitation services
• Brain injury fact sheets and brochures
• Help line providing timely information
• TBI Challenge! quarterly newspaper
• Where to Turn, Your Guide to Federal
Disability Policies and Programs
Brain Injury Association of
Stacy Payne, Executive Director
(317) 356-7722
(866) 854-4246 (Help-line)
(317) 808-7770 (FAX)
Email: info@biai.org
Website: www.biausa.org/Indiana
Disabling Conditions Served: Acquired and Traumatic brain injury
Users Served:
Persons with a brain injury, their families, physicians, psychologists, social
workers, rehabilitation counselors, nurses, therapists, and administrators
Services Provided:
• Assistance in the formation of support groups
throughout the state
• Clearinghouse for traumatic brain injury
(TBI)-related information
• Sponsor of statewide seminar for families of
TBI survivors and professionals
Local
Support Group Locations: 14
locations–see Website under Community Network of Support
Breaking New
(765) 494-5088
(800) 825-4264
(765) 496-1356 (FAX)
Email: bng@ecn.purdue.edu
Website: www.breakingnewground.info
Disabling
Conditions Served: Physical
disabilities
Users
Served: Farmers and agricultural
workers with physical disabilities and their families, caregivers,
professionals, libraries, rural businesses, and educators
Services Provided:
• On-site visits
• Public
awareness activities
• Support group
meetings
• Training and
workshops
• Toll-free help-line consultations
Resources Available:
More than 50 print and audiovisual
resources related to disability in agriculture and rural life, including:
• The Toolbox assistive technology manual/CD
• News Note newsletter
• Bridging
Horizons resources
for FFA members with disabilities
• Perfect Fit materials for 4-H members with
disabilities
• Plowshares technical
articles on various aspects of farming with a disability
• Barn Builders
Peer Support Directory
• Making Career
Decisions Following a Disability
• To Everything There is a Season caregiver materials and video
• Conducting Agricultural Worksite
Assessments manual
and electronic database
• Arthritis
and Agriculture brochure
and video
• www.breakingnewground.info Website
Breaking New Ground
Purdue University
ABE Bldg., 225 S. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2093
(800) 825-4264 or (765) 494-5013
www.breakingnewground.info
bng@ecn.purdue.edu