Five-Year Grant Will Allow Blind Youth to Explore Engineering and Yield Innovative Research in Informal Education Baltimore, Maryland (February 13, 2018): The National Federation of the Blind [...]

In February of 2017 I decided to retire my seventh guide dog, Africa. Affie, as Karen and I call her, was not seeing quite as well as I would like. Also, she seemed to be more easily distracted [...]

Today has been a year in coming. In early 2017 I determined that it was time to begin the process of retiring Africa and seeking a new guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind. Last February I [...]

Baltimore, Maryland (January 22, 2018): Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, has received one of the inaugural Autos2050SM awards. The awards are being presented [...]

National Federation of the Blind and World Blind Union Call for Rescission of New Ban on Blind Mountaineers Baltimore, Maryland (January 2, 2018): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and [...]

Here’s my new look with the Aira.io glasses!   Aira and Memphis airport have come together as the only airport in the country (and the world), to create an agreement where Aira [...]

We celebrated National White Cane day on October 15th. Generally, the white cane has become the symbol we use to celebrate our independence and our acceptance that blindness is only a nuisance [...]

I thought you all would like to know about this new bill that will promote equal access to automated vehicles! -Mike Legislation Will Promote Access to Automated Vehicles for the Blind   [...]

AT&T has partnered with Aira.io in the #experiencemore campaign. Here’s a short video to check out.  

My visit to the World Trade Center Memorial. I am able to use my new glasses from Aira Technology and get a pretty amazing perspective.