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SOURCEBOOK
OF
AiD
FOR THE
MENTALLY
AND
PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED
Judith Norback, Ph. D.
Editor
Patricia Weitz
Assistant Editor
SOURCEBOOK OF
AID FOR THE MENTALLY
AND PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED
SOURCEBOOK OF
AID FOR THE MENTALLY
AND PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED
JUDITH NORBACK, Ph. D.
EDITOR
PATRICIA WEITZ
ASSISTANT EDITOR
VNR
VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY
NEW YORK CINCINNATI TORONTO LONDON MELBOURNE
Copyright © 1983 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 82-20178
ISBN: 0-442-21205-4
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be reproduced or used in any form or by any means-graphic, electronic, or
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Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Sourcebook of aid for the mentally and physically
handicapped.
Includes index.
1. Handicapped-Services for-United States-
Directories. 2. Handicapped-Information services
-United States. I. Norback, Judith. II. Weitz,
Patricia. [DNLM: 1. Handicapped-Directories.
3. Mental retardation-Rehabilitation-United
States-Directories. 4. Rehabilitation-United
States-Directories. WB 22 AA1 S65]
HV1553.S66 1983 362.4'048'02573 82-20178
ISBN 0-442-21205-4
PREFACE
Although millions of Americans suffer from a mental or physical handicap, there has never
been a source book to collect all the information that has accumulated in the field for
these afflicted people, their parents, their teachers, their therapists, and their administrators.
Many of them are not aware of the great number of services that are available through
various organizations, agencies, and government offices.
The Sourcebook of Aid for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped was designed to
fulfill this need and thereby help individuals with handicaps of all kinds to live a fuller,
less problematic, and more independent life.
The information included in this volume covers topics from careers and training to ear
banks, from sources of legal information to information on national parks accessible to
the handicapped, from telecommunications for the deaf to rehabilitation facilities, and so
on. A complete listing of its topics appears in the Table of Contents.
I would like to thank all the offices and organizations that have contributed informa-
tion for this directory. If you have any question about a service for handicapped persons
that is left unanswered by this book please write to me at the following address:
Sourcebook of Aid for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
135 West 50th Street
New York, New York 10020
a
DR. JUDITH NORBACK
V
CONTENTS
Preface / V
Accredited Agencies and Schools for the Blind and Visually Handicapped / 1
National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually
Handicapped / 1
Accredited Agencies and Schools for the Blind and Visually Handicapped / 2
Accredited Ambulatory Health Care Clinics and Medical Groups / 6
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. / 6
Organizations Accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health
Care, Inc. / 7
Affirmative Action for Disabled People / 11
Affirmative Action for Disabled People: An Overview / 11
Affirmative Action to Employ Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam
Era / 14
Affirmative Action to Employ Handicapped People / 16
Affirmative Action to Employ Mentally Retarded People / 17
American Instructors of the Deaf / 19
Architectural Barriers Act / 20
Associations / 22
Awards / 30
Book Clubs / 33
Camps / 34
Careers and Training / 35
Audiologist: The Career / 35
Speech-Language Pathologist: The Career / 36
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: Training / 37
Occupational Therapist: The Career / 37
Occupational Therapist Assistant and Aide: The Career / 39
Educational Programs in Occupational Therapy: Professional Programs / 40
Educational Programs in Occupational Therapy: Technical Programs / 44
Physiatrists / 47
Physical Therapist: The Career / 47
Physical Therapist Assistant and Aide: The Career / 49
Training for Physical Therapists: APTA Accredited Entry-Level Professional
Programs / 50
vii
viii CONTENTS
Training for Physical Therapist Assistants: APTA Accredited Physical Therapist
Assistant Education Programs / 55
Rehabilitation Counselor: The Career / 58
Rehabilitation Counseling: Training / 60
Rehabilitation Nursing: The Career / 64
Rehabilitation Nursing: Training / 64
Catholic Schools for the Deaf / 66
The International Catholic Deaf Association / 66
Catholic Schools for the Deaf / 66
Information Services or Clearinghouses / 67
Cerebral Palsy / 68
Certified Hearing Aid Specialists (Audiologists) / 69
National Hearing Aid Society / 69
Choosing a Hearing Aid Specialist / 69
Certified Hearing Aid Audiologists / 70
Clinical Services in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology / 106
Crippled Children's State Services / 107
Developmental Disabilities State Programs / 110
Ear Banks (Temporal Bone Banks) / 113
Easter Seal Societies for Crippled Children and Adults / 114
Facts about Easter Seals / 114
State and Local Easter Seal Societies / 115
Educational Administrators Serving the Deaf / 132
Employment Information / 133
CETA: An Employment and Training Resource for Disabled Young Adults / 133
Careers for the Homebound: Home Study Educational Opportunities / 134
Employment of Mentally Restored Persons in the Federal Service / 135
Employment of Persons with Mental Retardation in the Federal Service / 136
Employment of Persons with Physical Impairments in the Federal Service / 137
Federal Job Information Centers / 138
Human Resource Development Coordinators / 140
Procedures for Processing Complaints of Discrimination / 141
State Employment Security Agencies / 141
Eye Banks / 144
Eye-Bank Association of America, Inc. Members / 144
Facilities, Schools, and Clinics for the Handicapped / 148
Federal Assistance for Programs Serving the Handicapped / 150
Fellowships, Grants, Scholarships, and Loans / 151
Foundations / 153
CONTENTS ix
Gardening for the Handicapped / 155
Goodwill Industries of America, Inc. / 156
Guide Dog Schools / 161
Hearing Impairment and Hearing Aids / 162
Facts about Hearing and Hearing Aids / 162
State Chapters of the National Hearing Aid Society / 169
Sources of Information about Hearing Aids and Hearing Health Care / 171
Huntington's Disease / 172
What is Huntington's Disease? / 172
Independent Living Programs / 174
Information Sources / 179
Data Base Vendors / 179
Information/Data Banks / 179
Information Services / 182
National Information Centers / 183
Learning Disabilities / 186
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities / 186
Learning Disabled Adult Committee / 192
Legal Information / 193
National Information Resources for Legislation, Laws, and Litigation / 193
Your Rights as a Disabled Person / 194
Enforcing Your Rights as a Handicapped Person /
State Laws: Affirmative Action and Anti-Discrimination in Employment / 197
State Laws: Architectural Accessibility and Barrier Removal (General) / 210
State Laws: Architectural Accessibility and Barrier Removal in Housing / 223
State Laws: Right to Access to Public Accommodations, Facilities, and Common
Carriers / 236
State Laws: Right to Equal Access for Handicapped to Private and Publicly Funded
Housing and to Commercial Property / 249
State Laws: Vehicular and Mass Transportation: Driver's License Regulations, Rules
of the Road Privilages, Vehicular Registration, and Mass Transportation / 262
Libraries and Library Services / 275
Books for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals / 275
International Interlibrary Loan / 276
Recording for the Blind / 277
Regional and Subregional Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped / 278
Mental Retardation / 289
Mental Retardation: What is It? / 289
Private Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded / 291
State Associations for Retarded Citizens / 322
State Mental Retardation Program Directors / 324
x CONTENTS
Multiple Sclerosis / 327
What is Multiple Sclerosis? / 327
When Multiple Sclerosis Strikes / 327
What Patient Services are Available? / 328
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society / 329
Muscular Dystrophy / 330
What is Muscular Dystrophy? / 330
The Muscular Dystrophy Association: Its Purpose and Program / 333
National Parks Accessible to the Handicapped / 334
Regional Offices of the National Park Service / 334
National Parks Accessible to the Handicapped / 334
National Theatre of the Deaf / 344
The Little Theatre of the Deaf / 344
The Professional School for Deaf Theatre Personnel / 344
The Annual Deaf Playwrights' Conference / 345
Deaf Actors' Referral and Advocacy Services / 345
Organizations for Parents of Deaf Children / 346
International Parents' Organization for Families of Hearing-Impaired Children / 346
Organizations for Parents of Deaf Children / 347
Parkinson's Disease / 350
Facts about Parkinson's Disease / 350
Physiatrists / 351
Association of Academic Psychiatrists / 351
Physical Therapists / 358
Placement Services / 359
Private Social Agencies / 360
Publications / 361
Directories / 361
Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters / 361
Rehabilitation Engineering / 365
Rehabilitation Engineering Centers / 365
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Program: Research and Training Centers / 366
Rehabilitation Facilities / 367
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities / 367
Rehabilitation Facilities / 369
Religious Organizations Serving the Handicapped / 402
CONTENTS xi
Research Centers / 403
Services for Handicapped College Students / 408
Disabled Students Organizations and Offices / 408
Governor's Committees on Employment of the Handicapped / 413
Summary of Services Available on 500 Campuses for Students with Handicapped
Conditions / 415
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income / 465
Social Security / 465
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) / 474
Sources of Signaling Devices for the Deaf / 477
Spina Bifida / 478
Spina Bifida: What is It? / 478
Sports and Games for the Handicapped / 479
Games Information 479
Sports Organizations / 480
National and International Competitive Sports / 482
Sports and Games - Information Centers and Clearinghouses / 482
State Planning Councils on Developmental Disabilities / 485
State and Regional Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies / 489
Regional Offices: Rehabilitation Services Administration / 489
State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies for the Blind / 490
Other State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies / 491
State Directors of Special Education / 494
State Offices for the Handicapped / 496
Telecommunications for the Deaf / 498
What is a TTY? What is a TDD? / 498
Manufacturers of Telecommunication Devices / 498
Travel / 499
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Elderly and Handicapped
Housing Coordinators / 500
Index / 505
SOURCEBOOK OF
AID FOR THE MENTALLY
AND PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED
ACCREDITED AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE
BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED
Under this heading is information on the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handi-
capped. Also included here is a list of accredited agencies and schools for the blind and visually handicapped.
NATIONAL ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR AGENCIES
SERVING THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED*
What is NAC?
The National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving
NAC provides information and guidance to agencies and
the Blind and Visually Handicapped is the standard-setting
schools that seek help in applying the standards - and NAC
and accrediting body in work with the blind. It is a vol-
helps them make improvements.
untary, not-for-profit corporation that was created in 1966
NAC has service standards for workshops, schools,
by those it serves - with the help of the American Founda-
braille production, rehabilitation centers, and many other
tion for the Blind and the U.S. Department of Health,
specialized programs for visually handicapped children
Education, and Welfare. NAC is endorsed and sponsored by
and adults.
the leading organizations of and for the blind in America.
NAC has management standards for organizational
NAC's job is to enable every blind American to get the
structure and governance, personnel, fund raising, physical
best possible services - services that will prepare each one
facilities, finance, and other basic administrative functions
to get a suitable education, to obtain gainful employment,
common to all organizations.
to run a household, and to remain independent.
Through its accreditation process, NAC strengthens
and improves the organizations that serve blind people,
NAC Accredits Agencies
and gives the public a way to identify those agencies and
NAC gives public recognition to agencies and schools that
schools that are achieving maximum effectiveness.
measure up to standards. Any organization is eligible to
apply for accredited membership if its main purpose is to
NAC Sets Standards
serve blind or visually handicapped persons, and at least
one of its major services is covered by NAC standards.
Standards are yardsticks for measuring an organization's
These are the key aspects of the process:
performance.
NAC's standards are based on the best practice in work
The organization conducts self-study using NAC
with the blind; they are reviewed and revised periodically -
standards.
by professionals and consumers - to reflect new knowledge.
An NAC team visits for on-site review.
Agencies and schools use the standards to seek accredita-
A team report notes strengths and weaknesses, and
tion. The standards, contained in self-study and evaluation
recommends specific improvements to be made.
guides, are used to plan, evaluate, and improve programs.
NAC awards or denies accreditation.
NAC publishes a list of those organizations that have
*Permission to reproduce granted by the National Accreditation
achieved accreditation.
Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped.
NAC monitors continuing compliance with standards.
1
2 SOURCEBOOK OF AID FOR THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
The process is an ongoing one. Each organization re-
National Accreditation Council for Agencies
ports to NAC yearly on the services it provides, on its
Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped
financial status, and on the improvements it has made.
79 Madison Ave.
Every five years, the organization demonstrates, through
New York, NY 10016
another self-study and on-site visit, that it deserves to be
(212) 683-8581
reaccredited.
Contact: Director
For more information, contact:
ACCREDITED AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE
BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED*
ALABAMA
Office for the Blind and Visually Impaired
P.O. Box 3237
Department of Adult Blind & Deaf
P.O. Box 17
Little Rock, AR 72203
Contact: Richard Seifert
Talladega, AL 35160
Contact: Hank Baud
CALIFORNIA
Alabama School for the Blind
Sacramento Society for the Blind
P.O. Box 455
2750 24th St.
Talladega, AL 35160
Sacramento, CA 95818
Contact: Ronald L. Garrett
Contact: Thomas C. Ryan
ARIZONA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Arizona Service for the Blind
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
1333 W. Camelback
1421 P St., NW
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Washington, DC 20005
Contact: K. Edward House
Contact: Charles A. Fegan
Foundation for Blind Children
FLORIDA
1201 N. 85th Pl.
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Conklin Center for Multi-Handicapped Blind
Contact: John H. Maxson
405 White St.
Daytona Beach, FL 32014
Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind
Contact: Edward F. Mcloy
P.O. Box 5545
Tucson, AZ 85703
Florida Association of Workers for the Blind
Contact: Dr. Ralph L. Hoag
601 SW Eighth Ave.
Miami, FL 33130
Tucson Association for the Blind
Contact: Vernon Metcalf
3767 E. Grant Rd.
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
Tucson, AZ 85716
Contact: Kenneth W. Gavitt
P.O. Box 1209
St. Augustine, FL 32084
Contact: Dr. William J. McCure
Yuma Center for the Visually Impaired
2770 Ave. B
Division of Blind Services
Yuma, AZ 85364
2571 Executive Center Circle, E.
Contact: Marguerite B. Turk
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Contact: Donald H. Wedewer
ARKANSAS
Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind
Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind
1106 W. Platt St.
2811 Fair Park Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33606
Little Rock, AR 72204
Contact: Clifford E. Olstro
Contact: James Cordell
Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches
Arkansas School for the Blind
7810 S. Dixie
2600 W. Markham
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Little Rock, AR 72203
Contact: William S. Thompson
Contact: Dr. J. M. Woolly
*Permission to reproduce granted by the National Accreditation Council of Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped,
ACCREDITED AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED 3
GEORGIA
LOUISIANA
Atlanta Area Services for the Blind
Louisiana Association for the Blind
763 Peachtree St., NE
P.O. Box 3821
Atlanta, GA 30308
Shreveport, LA 71103
Contact: Carolyn Kokenge
Contact: DeWayne Robertson
Georgia Factory for the Blind
MAINE
P.O. Box 218
Bainbridge, GA 31717
Division of Eye Care
Contact: Clayton Penhallegon
32 Winthrop St.
Augusta, ME 04330
Georgia Academy for the Blind
Contact: Paul E. Rourke
2895 Vineville Ave.
Macon, GA 31204
Maine Center for the Blind
Contact: Dr. Richard Hyer, Jr.
189 Park Ave.
Portland, ME 04102
HAWAII
Contact: Dr. Robert J. Crouse
Services for the Blind Branch
1901 Bachelot St.
MARYLAND
Honolulu, HI 96817
Maryland School for the Blind
Contact: Beatrice Higuchi
3501 Taylor Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21236
ILLINOIS
Contact: Dr. Richard L. Welsh
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind
1850 Roosevelt Rd.
MASSACHUSETTS
Chicago, IL 60608
Perkins School for the Blind
Contact: Milton Samuelson
175 N. Beacon St.
Watertown, MA 02172
Community Services for the Visually Handicapped
Contact: Charles C. Woodcock
1151 S. Wood St.
Chicago, IL 60612
Contact: Peter R. Paul
MICHIGAN
Illinois Visually Handicapped Institute
Greater Detroit Society for the Blind
1151 S. Wood St.
16625 Grand River
Chicago, IL 60612
Detroit, MI 48227
Contact: Thomas J. Murphy
Contact: Dr. McAllister Upshaw
Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
Association for the Blind and for Sight Conservation
658 E. State St.
215 Sheldon SE
Jacksonville, IL 62650
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Contact: Dr. Richard G. Umsted
Contact: William J. Leeder, Jr.
Hadley School for the Blind
Michigan School for the Blind
700 Elm St.
715 W. Willow St.
Winnetka, IL 60093
Lansing, MI 48906
Contact: Roger Rouse
Contact: Murray Batten
IOWA
MINNESOTA
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Minneapolis Society for the Blind
1002 G. Ave.
1936 Lyndale Ave., S.
Vinton, IA 52349
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Contact: Richard M. DeMott
Contact: Melvin Saterbak
KANSAS
MISSISSIPPI
Kansas Services for the Blind
Royal Maid Association for the Blind
Biddle Bldg., First Floor
P.O. Box Drawer 30
2700 W. 6th St.
Hazlehurst, MS 39083
Topeka, KS 66606
Contact: John L. Granger
Contact: Dr. Richard Schutz
4 SOURCEBOOK OF AID FOR THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
MISSISSIPPI (continued)
Center for Independent Living
318 E. 15th St.
Mississippi School for the Blind
New York, NY 10003
1252 Eastover Dr.
Contact: Douglas E. Inkster
Jackson, MS 39211
Contact: R.C. Benton
Jewish Guild for the Blind
Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind
15 W. 65th St.
P.O. Box 4872, Fondren Sta.
New York, NY 10023
Jackson, MS 39216
Contact: John F. Heimerdinger
Contact: Jim L. Carballo
New York Association for the Blind
111 E. 59th St.
MISSOURI
New York, NY 10022
Kansas City Association for the Blind
Contact: Wesley D. Sprague
1844 Broadway
Recording for the Blind
Kansas City, MO 64108
215 E. 58th St.
Contact: Thomas Healy
New York, NY 10022
Contact: Stuart Carothers
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Association for the Blind of Rochester and Monroe County
New Hampshire Association for the Blind
422 S. Clinton Ave.
60 School St.
Rochester, NY 14620
Concord, NH 03301
Contact: Stanley J. Grenn
Contact: Gale N. Stickler
Syracuse Association of Workers for the Blind
NEW JERSEY
616 S. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
St. Joseph's School for the Blind
Contact: Milton Rosenblum
253 Baldwin Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Central Association for the Blind
Contact: Sister Mary Kuiken, CSJ
301 Court St.
Utica, NY 13502
NEW MEXICO
Contact: Donald D. LoGuidice
New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped
1900 N. White Sands Blvd.
NORTH CAROLINA
Alamogordo, NM 83310
Governor Morehead School
Contact: Jerry Watkins
301 Ashe Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27606
NEW YORK
Contact: Samuel J. Cole
Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany
301 Washington Ave.
NORTH DAKOTA
Albany, NY 12206
North Dakota School for the Blind
Contact: Joseph F. Kirstein
500 Stanford Rd.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Blind Work Association, Inc.
Contact: Charles R. Borchert
55 Washington St.
Binghamton, NY 13901
Contact: Conrad Range
OHIO
Cincinnati Association for the Blind
New York Institute for the Education of the Blind
2045 Gilbert Ave.
999 Pelham Pkwy.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Bronx, NY 10469
Contact: Milton A. Jahoda
Contact: Dr. Nancy W. Bryant
Clovernook Home and School for the Blind
Industrial Home for the Blind
7000 Hamilton Ave.
57 Willoughby St.
Cincinnati, OH 45231
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Contact: Dr. Gerald W. Mundy
Contact: Joseph J. Larkin
Cleveland Society for the Blind
Blind Association of Western New York
1909 E. 101st St.
1170 Main St.
Cleveland, OH 44106
Buffalo, NY 14209
Contact: Cleo B. Dolan
Contact: Michael L. Comini
Ohio State School for the Blind
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
5220 N. High St.
250 E. Hartsdale Ave.
Columbus, OH 43214
Hartsdale, NY 10530
Contact: Dennis L. Holmes
Contact: Donald Z. Kauth
ACCREDITED AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED 5
OHIO (continued)
Division of Services to the Visually Impaired
Vision Center of Central Ohio
State Office Bldg.
1393 N. High St.
Illinois St.
Columbus, OH 43201
Pierre, SD 57501
Contact: Robert E. Mathews
Contact: David Vogel
Center for the Visually Impaired
TENNESSEE
220 Oberlin Rd.
Elyria, OH 44035
Tennessee School for the Blind
Contact: Terry R. Lugenbeal
115 Stewarts Ferry
Donelson, TN 37214
Toledo Society for the Blind
Contact: Dr. Jack Rumbaugh
1819 Canton St.
Toledo, OH 43624
Volunteer Blind Industries
Contact: Barry A. McEwen
758 W. First South St.
Morristown, TN 37814
OKLAHOMA
Contact: J. C. Austin
Parkview School
P.O. Box 309
TEXAS
Muskogee, OK 74401
Contact: Ronald M. Casey
Dallas Services for Visually Impaired Children
3802 Cole Ave.
Division of Visual Services
Dallas, TX 75204
P.O. Box 25352
Contact: Chris Tompkins
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Contact: Travis Harris
Dallas County Association for the Blind
P.O. Box 64420
Oklahoma League for the Blind
Dallas, TX 75206
501 N. Douglas Ave.
Contact: Austin G. Scott
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Contact: LeRoy F. Saunders
Lighthouse for the Blind of Houston
P.O. Box 13435
PENNSYLVANIA
Houston, TX 77019
Contact: Gibson M. DuTerroil
Lancaster County Branch
Pennsylvania Association for the Blind
244 N. Queen St.
VIRGINIA
Lancaster, PA 17603
Virginia Department for the Visually Handicapped
Contact: Marion R. Campbell
397 Azalea Ave.
Richmond, VA 23227
Pittsburgh Blind Association
Contact: William T. Coppage
300 S. Craig St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
WASHINGTON
Contact: Dennis J. Huber
Lighthouse for the Blind
PUERTO RICO
P.O. Box C-14119
Loaiza Cordero Institute for Blind Children
Seattle, WA 98114
Fernandez Juncos 1312
Contact: George Jacobson
Santurce, PR 85364
Contact: Celsa Atonso
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia School for the Blind
RHODE ISLAND
Romney, WV 26757
Rhode Island State Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
Contact: Jack W. Brady
46 Aborn St.
Providence, RI 02903
WISCONSIN
Contact: E. Lyman 'Andrea
Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped
Rhode Island Association for the Blind
1700 W. State St.
1058 Broad St.
Janesville, WI 53545
Providence, RI 02905
Contact: William H. English
Contact: Robert H. Carolan
Industries for the Blind
SOUTH DAKOTA
3220 W. Vliet St.
South Dakota School for the Visually Handicapped
Milwaukee, WI 53208
423 SE 17th Ave.
Contact: Claude W. Hirsch
Aberdeen, SD 57401
Contact: Charles B. Boyer
ACCREDITED AMBULATORY HEALTH CARE CLINICS
AND MEDICAL GROUPS
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. accredits or certifies the clinics, health services, and medical
groups that provide ambulatory health care. A description of the Association and a list of its members are given below.
ACCREDITATION ASSOCIATION FOR
AMBULATORY HEALTH CARE, INC.*
Purpose
Eligibility
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care,
The following types of organizations are currently eligible
Inc. (AAAHC) was incorporated in Illinois as a not-for-
for survey.
profit corporation on March 22, 1979, in order to continue
the development of a peer-based assessment, consultation,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
education, and accreditation program of the Accreditation
College and University Health Services
Council for Ambulatory Health Care (AC/AHC). The
Community Health Services
purposes of the corporation, as stated in its certificate of
Group Practices (single or multi-specialty; fee-for-service
incorporation, are to organize and operate a peer-based
or prepaid HMOs)
assessment, education, and accreditation program for
Indian Health Service Clinics
ambulatory health care organizations as a means of assisting
Public Health Service Clinics
them to provide the highest achievable level of care for
Uniformed Services Health Centers
recipients in the most efficient and economically sound
manner. Specifically, the corporation is organized to do
Other organizations that meet the eligibility critéria
the following.
may be considered for survey if the standards can appro-
priately be applied.
Conduct survey and accreditation programs that will
promote and identify high quality, cost-effective
Operations
ambulatory health care programs and services.
Establish standards for accreditation of ambulatory
AAAHC used only active, practicing physicians and admin-
health care organizations and services.
istrators as surveyors. One hundred physicians and ad-
Recognize compliance with standards by issuance of
ministrators from 35 states who had been trained as sur-
certificates of accreditation
veyors for the AC/AHC program have agreed to donate
Conduct programs of education and research that will
their time as surveyors for AAAHC in order to continue
further the other purposes of the corporation, to
the peer-based program they helped to build.
publish results thereof, and to accept grants, gifts,
For more information, contact:
requests, and devices in support of the purposes of
the corporation.
Accreditation Association for
Provide programs that will facilitate communication,
Ambulatory Health Care, Inc.
sharing of expertise, and consultation among ambula-
4849 Golf Rd.
tory health care organizations and services.
Skokie, IL 60077
Assume such other responsibilities and conduct such
(312) 676-9610
other activities as are compatible with such survey,
Contact: Ronald S. Moen
standard setting, accreditation, and communication
programs.
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