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STATE DIVISION OF BLIND SERVICES
Kentucky Office for the Blind
209 St. Clair Street
P.O. Box 757
Frankfort, KY 40602
800.321.6668
www.blind.ky.gov
Elizabethtown Office
800.760.6891
Louisville Office
800.346.2115
Our Mission is to provide opportunities of employment and independence to individuals with visual disabilities. We offer services to assist their efforts to become more independent and productive in the workplace, community, school and home
RADIO READING SERVICES
Central Kentucky Radio Eye
University Station Box 1030
Lexington, KY 40506
859.257.2702
www.uky.edu/Libraries/CKRE
Radio Eye is a Radio Reading Service for those people who are unable to access the printed word.
Kentucky Talking Book Library
P.O. Box 537
300 Coffee Tree Road
Frankfort, KY 40602
800.372.2968
www.kdla.ky.gov
The Kentucky Talking Book Library (KTBL) provides free library service to people who cannot read traditional print because they have a visual, physical, or reading disability. Audio and Braille materials are sent to and from users by postage-free mail. Special equipment is provided by the library.
LOW VISION REHABILITATION & MOBILITY
American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
800.223.1839
www.aph.org
Founded in 1858, the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the world's largest nonprofit organization creating educational, workplace, and independent living products and services for people who are blind and visually impaired
Kentucky School for the Blind
1867 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206502.897.1583
www.ksb.K12.ky.us
K-12 public school serving Kentucky students who are blind and visually impaired
Visually Impaired Preschool Service
1906 Goldsmith Lane
Louisville, KY 40292
502.852.6421
www.vips.org
Offers appropriate services to infants—preschool age children who are visually impaired or blind and to their families.
LOW VISION TECHNOLOGY
Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network
Charles McDowell Center
8412 Westport Road
Frankfort, KY 40621
800.327.5287
www.katsnet.org
The KATS Network, the Kentucky Assistive Technology Act Program, serves Kentucky residents of all ages with disabilities of all types, their families, employers and employment service providers, educators, health care and social service providers, and others seeking information about assistive technology (AT) and accessible information technology.
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