MCB/DDS Partnership Project
Southeast Region
 Orientation & Mobility /   
Low Vision Services

Who can benefit from O&M/Low Vision Services?
Adults with intellectual disability residing in the Southeast Region or transitioning into adult services with:
A question of vision loss 
		Vision Impairment 
		Legal Blindness or 
		Deafblindness 
can receive services.

Individuals who have legal blindness or deafblindness can receive service by O&M Specialists from MCB.

Individuals who have legal blindness,  deafblindness, vision impairment or question of a vision loss can receive service by O&M Specialists from DDS.

What services are available?
  1.  Assessment & Recommendations:	
		 Orientation & Mobility
		 Functional Vision
	 Environmental Needs
	 Program Planning
	 Transportation Access

2.  Training for Support Staff:		
	 Assessment Recommendations
	 O&M Techniques
	 Blindfold Experiences – dining, 
	    tasks, O&M Techniques, etc.
	 Vision Simulator Experiences
	 Sensitivity to Vision Loss Training 

3.  Direct Services:
	 Provided as needed

Additional Resources
	 www.mass.gov/dds/visionloss
	Lecture Series
	 “Focus” Conference
	APH Federal Quota Program
	And more!
					
How to initiate services?
Request(s) for Service should be sent by an Individual’s DDS Service Coordinator, or MCB Case Manager to:

Peter Lafferty	
WDC				
	P.O. Box 144
Wrentham, MA 02093

Peter’s Phone:  508 384 1638
	Peter.Lafferty@state.ma.us

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact:
		        
	Lisa DiBonaventura, M.A., COMS
Statewide Director for Vision and
Vision Loss Services, DDS
     
	Office:	(508) 384-5539
	Cell:		(508) 341-5675
	Fax:		(508) 384-6771	
	Lisa.DiBonaventura@state.ma.us

We look forward to hearing from              you!

	1/2015                                             

TOWNS SERVED BY

MCB/DDS PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
SOUTHEAST REGION

		So. Coastal		Taunton/Attleboro	       Plymouth	

		Braintree			Attleboro				Carver
		Cohassett			Berkley				Duxbury
		Hingham			Dighton				Halifax
		Hull				Lakeville				Hanover
		Milton			Mansfield				Hanson
		Norwell			Middleboro				Kingston
		Quincy			North Attleboro			Marshfield
		Randolph			Norton				Pembroke
		Scituate			Raynham				Plymouth
		Weymouth			Rehoboth				Plympton
						Seekonk
						Taunton

		Fall River			New Bedford			Brockton 
									
		Assonet			Acushnet				Avon
		Fall River			Dartmouth				Bridgewater	
		Freetown			Fairhaven				Brockton
		Somerset			Gosnold				East Bridgewater
		Swansea			Marion				Easton
		Westport			Mattapoisett			Holbrook
						New Bedford			Rockland
						Rochester				Stoughton
						Wareham				W. Bridgewater
											Whitman
		Cape Cod					                        Abington
		& Islands
		All Towns!!!																						                         1/2015