Media Center
The Foundation for Blind Children’s Media Center, also known as the Thunderbirds Charities Braille Center, is a valuable resource for blind and visually-impaired students, their teachers and schools, as well as for employers. The Thunderbirds Charities Braille Center ...
- provides accessible text services to Arizona Schools for K-12 students who are blind or visually impaired and benefit from adapted texts and other instructional materials in their educational programs
- offers accessible text services to post-secondary students and adults who are blind or visually impaired
- is a major braille producer, selling its braille transcription and color large print book services nationwide
- is an information and production resource for students, their teachers and schools, as well as for businesses who need accessible texts and materials
- has volunteer opportunities for those who want to become braille transcribers or are already certified braille transcribers
- has volunteer opportunities at our onsite production center
- is the State of Arizona Department of Education registrar for students with visual impairments
- participate in the Federal Quota Program which provides an array of adapted educational materials to eligible K-12 Arizona students who meet the definition of blindness
- offers a Perkins Braille Writer Repair Service
- maintains an onsite braille and large print recreational reading library
- oversees a Tactile Museum
To place an order for instructional or braille materials, contact the media center at 602.678.5810.
To order large print, call 602.337.8220.
To order custom text conversion, call 602.678.5816.
To order Postsecondary Media Service, call 602.678.5816.
For all other inquiries, please contact our Media Center at 602.678.5816.
Media Center Forms (not listed below)
