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Fellow Federationists: I had been searching for months to learn exactly how Vermont managed to close all of its sheltered workshops, and I finally found an article today that explains it [...]

We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of [...]

Competition Encourages Braille Usage Among the Blind Baltimore, Maryland (December 18, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest organization of blind people in [...]

Written by Michael Barber THE AUTHOR: MICHAEL D. BARBER of Des Moines is president of the Iowa affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind. Contact: michael.nfbi@gmail.com. As a blind [...]

Student allegedly denied housing in a residence hall. Source: http://thegazette.com/2013/12/23/university-of-iowa-to-pay-10k-after-discrim ination-claim-by-student-with-service-dog/ The [...]

Safeway Announces Website Accessibility and Usability Enhancements to its On-line Grocery Delivery Website Benefitting Shoppers with Visual Impairments Customers Applaud Safeway’s [...]

A blind woman was left terrified when her guide dog was attacked and injured just yards from her home. Black labrador Gwen was working and in harness when a loose dog attacked her by the throat, [...]

Michael Hingson, 9-11 survivor and author of the New York Times best-selling book, THUNDER DOG: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero will visit [...]

Dear parents, NFB is currently investigating the accessibility features available for the spring 2014 PARCC Field Tests.  School districts were notified in September 2013 whether or not they [...]

Our friends at Vanda Pharmaceuticals are running a campaign to raise awareness of Non-24 Hour Disorder and raise funds for the National Federation of the Blind at the same time. Non-24-Hour [...]