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Baltimore, Maryland (June 19, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind commended the Department of Education for guidelines on Braille instruction issued in a Dear Colleague Letter earlier [...]

(Source: HUD) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging City Rescue Mission of New Castle (CRM) and one of its employees with refusing [...]

For the first time, Virginia will fully fund the education of its blind K-12 students Delegate Bob Brink to be honored for exceptional leadership. ARLINGTON, Va. – Delegate Bob Brink [...]

Baltimore, Maryland (May 2, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind commented today on a $240 million verdict awarded by an Iowa jury to disabled former employees of Henry’s Turkey Service. [...]

Baltimore, Maryland (May 1, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s leading advocate for access to technology and education for the blind, commented today on Amazon’s [...]

Message from the Director Last week, one of our Braille instructors was out for three days.  She had some of our students substitute for her.  This gave several of our students an opportunity to [...]

https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/commensurate-wage-fallacy Submitted by alewis on Mon, 04/15/2013 – 09:36 Blog Date: Monday, April 15, 2013 By Anil Lewis Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor [...]

Accessible Televised Emergency Information. On April 8, 2013, the FCC adopted rules to make televised emergency information more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The [...]

Boston, Massachusetts (April 8, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the United States, and two blind taxpayers residing in [...]

From the 2012 Annual Report of the National Federation of the Blind The National Federation of the Blind is, at its core, a grassroots civil rights movement consisting of blind people, our family [...]