The local arm of the nonprofit giant pays many of its disabled employees less than minimum wage – and vigorously defends the practice. BY ABBY CALLARD 1/7/2014 Leading a tour on an early morning [...]
Message from the Executive Director Dear Friends, The year of 2014 has arrived with a celebration of Braille at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute. Our members did not [...]
Here is a great article that you all should read, taken from the New York Times Sunday review. Written by Rosemary Mahoney BRISTOL, R.I. — A FEW years ago, when I mentioned to a woman I met at a [...]
To Prospective NASA Student Interns with Disabilities, NASA is looking to increase the number of students with disabilities pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers [...]
Submitted by alewis on Thu, 01/02/2014 – 11:32 Blog Date:Thursday, January 2, 2014 By Anil Lewis https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/ridiculous-question So you go to work tomorrow, and it is pay [...]
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 [...]
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