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Regulations on Access to Kiosks Violate Federal Law, Organization Says Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest nationwide [...]

“Dusty’s Law,” which establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring, or interfering with a service animal or guide dog in New Jersey, was signed into law today (January [...]

Oxford, Ohio (January 13, 2014): With the assistance of the National Federation of the Blind, Aleeha Dudley, a blind student pursuing a degree in zoology with hopes of attending veterinary [...]

Submitted by alewis on Thu, 01/09/2014 – 10:28 Blog Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014 By Anil Lewis https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/section-14c-fair-labor-standards-act-100-percent-wrong In a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]