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Website: <www.nfb.org/scholarships > Email: scholarships@nfb.org Deadline: March 31, 2014 Are you a legally blind college student living in the United States or Puerto Rico? This annual [...]

Rep. Tom Petri Introduces “Technology, Education and Accessibility In College and Higher Education Act” Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC (November 15, 2013): The National Federation of the [...]

Decision Will Allow Access to Millions of Books by the Blind Baltimore, Maryland (November 14, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s leading advocate for access to education [...]

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined US Airways $1.2 million for not providing adequate wheelchair assistance to passengers in Philadelphia and Charlotte. The fine is one of the [...]

Baltimore, Maryland (November 6, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind people, today expressed severe disappointment in the [...]

Burlington, Iowa (November 4, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind, which has led the fight for the equality of blind Americans for over seventy years, today commented on the landmark case [...]

NFB Members to Educate Donors about Goodwill’s Discrimination Against Workers with Disabilities Baltimore, Maryland (October 31, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and [...]

My new book is coming out.This is a collaborative project with Jeanette Hanscome, as shared on her website ” I have some exciting news! After several years of hard work, delays, and [...]

Here is an interesting article that I found really interesting and wanted to pass it along to you… Mike I was about to walk down the stairs when the man grasped my arm at the elbow, and [...]

Hello Friends, I knew Dr. Nemeth during his lifetime.  I first heard of him in 1959 when I received my first copy of his code for producing mathematical Braille.  I still have that one volume [...]