Illinois - IL
Illinois (i /??l?'n??/ IL-i-noy) is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country.[6] It is the most populous state in the Midwest region; however with 65% of its residents concentrated in the Chicago metropolitan area, most of the state has either a rural or a small town character. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River, and for decades, O'Hare International Airport has ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. As the "most average state",[6] Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms[6] and politics
Heritage for the Blind is a non-profit organization serving the blind and visually impaired in Illinois. Our mission is to provide the tools necessary to help the blind and visually impaired in Illinois independently explore and participate fully in society.
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Southern Illinois Talking Book Center, Shawnee
Library System
607 S. Greenbriar RoadCarterville, IL 62918-1600
Phone: (618) 985-8375
Southern Illinois University: Disability
Support Services
Carbondale, IL 62901-4705
Phone: (618) 453-5738
WUIS/WIPA Radio Information Service
University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL 62794-9243
Phone: (217) 206-6405
Illinois State Board of Education: Special
Education and Support Services
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
Phone: (217) 782-5589
Illinois Department on Aging
421 East Capitol Avenue, #100
Springfield, IL 62701-1789
Phone: (217) 785-2870
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-
Blind Youths and Adults: North Central
Region Office
485 Avenue of the Cities
Suite 5
East Moline, IL 61244-4040
Phone: (309) 755-0018
Chicago Lighthouse Development Center for
Blind, Multi-Disabled Children
1850 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608-1298
Phone: (312) 666-1331
Illinois
400 South State Street
Fifth Floor, Room 5N7
Chicago, IL 60605-1203
Phone: (312) 747-4001
Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness
407 South Dearborn Street
Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60605-1117
Phone: (312) 922-8710
Blind Service Association
17 N. State Street
Suite 1050
Chicago, IL 60602-3510
Phone: (312) 236-0808
Guild for the Blind
180 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601-7463
Phone: (312) 236-8569
International Association of Lions Clubs
(Lions Clubs International)
300 West 22nd Street
Oak Brook, IL 60523-8842
Phone: (630) 571-5466
Sammons Preston Rolyan
1000 Remington Boulevard
Suite 210
Bolingbrook, IL 60440-5117
Phone: (630) 378-6000
Knights Templar Eye Foundation
1000 East State Parkway
Suite I
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4592
Phone: (847) 490-3838
NSSEO Vision Support Services
799 W. Kensington Road
Mount Prospect, IL 60056-1111
Phone: (847) 463-8100
Southern Illinois Radio Information
Service
1003 S. Oakland
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 453-2808
Radio Information Service
2200 College Drive
Mt. Carmel, IL 62863
Phone: (618) 262-8641 3574
Illinois Department of Rehabilitation
Services: Bureau of Blind Services
400 W. Lawrence StreetS
pringfield, IL 62794
Phone: (217) 785-3887
Illinois State Board of Education: Early
Childhood Division
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777
Phone: (217) 524-4835
Illinois Bureau of Early Intervention
222 South College, 2nd floor
Springfield, IL 62704
Phone: (217) 782-1981
Mary Bryant Home for the Blind
2960 Stanton Street
Springfield, IL 62703
Phone: (217) 529-1611
Illinois State Library Talking Book and
Braille Service
401 East Washington Street
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217) 782-9435
Illinois Optometric Association
304 West Washington Street
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217) 525-8012
Illinois Assistive Technology Project
One W. Old State Capital Plaza
Suite 100
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217) 522-7985
Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
658 East State Street
Jacksonville, IL 62650
Phone: (217) 479-4400
Minds Eye Information Service
9541 Church Circle Drive
Belleville, IL 62223
Phone: (618) 394-6444
Illinois Radio Reader
59 East Armory
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-6503
University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign: Disability Resources and
Educational Services
1207 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-4605
Illinois
59 East Armory
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-6503
WCBU Radio Information Service
1501 West Bradley Avenue
Jobst Hall 218
Peoria, IL 61625
Phone: (309) 677-3585
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, Alliance
Library System
600 High Point LaneSuite 2
East Peoria, IL 61611
Phone: (309) 694-9200
TCRC Sight Center
111 West Washington Street
Suite 410
East Peoria, IL 61611
Phone: (309) 698-4001
Peoria Area Blind People's Center
2905 West Garden Street
Peoria, IL 61605
Phone: (309) 637-3693
Tri-States Audio Information Services
P O Box 6186
Macomb, IL 61455
Phone: (309) 298-2403
Augustana College
639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
Phone: (309) 794-7500
Augustana Public Radio Information
Service
c/o WVIK
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL 61201
Phone: (309) 794-7500
Center for Sight & Hearing
8038 MacIntosh Lane
Rockford, IL 61107
Phone: (815) 332-6800
Northern Illinois Radio Information
Service/Northern Public Radio
Riverfront Museum Park
711 North Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103
Phone: (815) 972-2955
Illinois
Friedman Place: A Residence for Blind and
Visually Impaired Adults
5527 North Maplewood
Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: (773) 989-9800
Friedman Place: A Residence for Blind
and Visually Impaired Adults
5527 North Maplewood
Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: (773) 989-9800
Illinois Eye Institute: Low Vision Rehabilitation
3241 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: (312) 949-7255
Eye Clinic, Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: (773) 880-4346
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, VICTORS
Program
820 South Damen
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 569-7531
Northwestern Medical Faculty
Foundation: Ophthalmology Department
675 North St. Clair, #15-150
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 695-8150
American Society of Contemporary Medicine,
Surgery and Ophthalmology
820 North Orleans Street, Suite 208
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 440-0699
Chicago Lighthouse Birth to Three Family
Intervention Program
1850 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (312) 666-1331
Illinois Instructional Materials Center
1850 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (312) 997-3699
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are
Blind or Visually Impaired
1850 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: (312) 666-1331
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, #1700
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 363-6001
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic:
Midwest Region18 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 236-8715
Johanna Bureau for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped8 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 332-6076
Chicagoland Radio Information Service
77 East Randolph/Pedestrian Walkway
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 541-8400
Hitec Group International
1743 Quincy Avenue
Suite 155
Naperville, IL 60540
Phone: (630) 654-9200
Southern Will County Cooperative for Special
Education
1207 North Larkin Avenue
Joliet, IL 60435
Phone: (815) 741-7777
Spectrios Institute for Low Visionat
Deicke House
219 East Cole Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: (630) 690-7115
Loyola University Medical Center:
Ophthalmology Clinic
2160 South First Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153
Phone: (708) 216-3833
SASED/DuPage/West Cook Regional
Special Education
1500 South Grace
Lombard, IL 60148
Phone: (630) 629-7272
Edward Hines
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Central
Blind Rehabilitation Center
Hines, IL 60141
Phone: (708) 202-2272
Project Reach: Illinois Deaf-Blind
Services
818 DuPage Boulevard
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Phone: (630) 790-2472
Philip J. Rock Center and School
818 DuPage Boulevard
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Phone: (630) 790-2474
Voices of Vision Talking Book Center
127 South First Street
Geneva, IL 60134
Phone: (630) 208-0398
Idaho Radio Reading Service
120 S. Cole Road
Boise, ID 83709
Phone: (208) 334-3220
Idaho Commission on Aging
3380 Americana Terrace, #120
Boise, ID 83706
Phone: (208) 334-3833
American Blind Skiing Foundation
416 East Thornhill Lane
Palatine, IL 60074
Phone: (312) 409-1605
Horizons for the Blind
Two North Williams Street
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 444-8800
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