Disability

The Arc of Tippecanoe County

• Phone: 765-476-3277

• Address: P.O. Box 1222 Lafayette, IN 47902

• Website

• Notes: Adult recreation, advocacy, best buddies, adult nightclub

• Contact: Toni Skaggs - Director of Special Education

Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

• Phone: 317-253-1481

• Address: 2701 N Devon Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219

• Hours: M-F 7:30 AM-3:30 PM

• Website

• Mission: An Indiana public school providing both residential and at-home education to blind and visually impaired people in Indiana aga 3-22 along with transition services to help them transition to adulthood and jobs as well as summer camps for blind and visually impaired children. Enrollment is coordinated through your child's school.

Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library

• Phone: Toll-Free: 800-622-4970 or Local: 317-232-3684

• Address: 140 North Senate Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204

• Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30

• Website 

• Notes: Provides braille books, large print books, audio books and magazines mailed direct to the patron's home.

• Mission: The Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) provides free library service to residents of Indiana who cannot use standard printed materials due to a visual, physical, or reading disability.

Wabash Center

• Phone: 765-423-5531

• Address: 2000 Greenbush St, Lafayette, IN 47904

• Hours: M-F 9:00-5:00

• Website

• Notes: Employment Assistance, Supportive Living, Day Services, Youth Programs, Guardianship. After school program, summer camps, job and life skills training for young adults

Special Olympics Indiana Tippecanoe County 

• Phone: 765-714-0455

• Address: PO Box 4801, Lafayette, IN, 47903-4801

• Website

• Notes: Year-round sports training and athletic competition in olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual challenges

• Contact: sointippe@gmail.com

Greater Lafayette Civitan Club

• Phone: 205-591-8910

• Hours: Meetings on 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each Month 

• Website

• Notes: Dedicated to helping people with developmental Disability

• Mission: Civitan International is an organization of volunteer service clubs around the world. Members are dedicated to helping people wherever the need arises.

• Contact: wilkim1@yahoo.com

The Arc of Tippecanoe County

• Phone: 765-476-3277

• Address: PO Box 1222, Lafayette, IN 47902

• Website

• Contact: director@arcoftippecanoe.org

GLASS - Greater Lafayette Area Special Services

• Phone: 765-771-6006

• Address: 2300 Cason St, Lafayette, IN 47904

• Hours: M-F 8AM-4PM

• Website

• Mission:  The G.L.A.S.S.  provides a continuum of public education services for approximately 3600 students with Disability from ages 3 through 21 years old who are enrolled in Lafayette School Corporation, Tippecanoe School Corporation and West Lafayette Community School Corporation.

Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services

• Phone: 765-449-4278

• Address: 105 Executive Dr., Suite B, Lafayette, IN, 47905

• Hours: M-F 8AM-4:30PM

• Website

• Mission: Vocational Rehabilitation helps individuals with disabilities achieve employment. Vocational Rehabilitation services are offered locally in 25 Area Offices throughout Indiana and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors provide services in each county. Eligibility for Vocational Rehabilitation is not based on income or financial resources.

• Contact: inoutofstate.inquiries@fssa.in.gov