General Information

Addie McBryde Rehabilitation Center for the Blind
1281 Highway 51
Madison, MS 39110
601-364-2700
karen.brown@mdrs.state.ms.us
https://www.mdrs.ms.gov/workforce/vrb/addie-mcbryde

Services Offered

• Counseling
• Offers comprehensive social and psychological evaluations and personal and group counseling.


• Employment/Job Training
• Provides vocational evaluations and information and training in job-seeking skills, business enterprise programs, clerical work, and data entry.


• Recreation Services
• Offers training and activities for independent participation in community programs, physical conditioning and has an after-hours recreation specialist on staff.


• Daily Living Skills/Independent Living Skills Training
• Provides training in home and personal management, braille, handwriting, typing, word processing, and leisure education. Offers services to those 55 and above including Independent Living Program for Older Blind.


• Assessment
• Provides low vision assessments, vocational evaluations, and assistive technology evaluations.


• Low Vision Services
• Provides low vision evaluation and follow-up. Prescribes and supplies low vision devices.


• Community Outreach Programs
• Offers extensive outreach program to support outside entities.


• Professional Training
• Provides orientation to blindness training on a frequent basis.


• Travel/Orientation and Mobility
• Provides orientation and mobility training.


• Health
• Offers general medical and ophthalmological evaluations and visual acuity, glaucoma, and basic health screenings on routine basis.