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Comments of the National Federation of the Blind before the Panel on Educational Policy, New York City Department of Education Wednesday, April 20, 2016

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams.

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future.

The National Federation of the Blind, along with seven national disability advocacy and technology organizations, sent a letter on January 23, 2015, to the governing board of Smarter Balanced, a consortium of twenty-one member states that will administer Common Core assessment tests to K-12 students starting this spring.

Last Friday, the American Council on Education (ACE) sent a letter to Senator Harkin outlining their problems with his proposed Higher Education Opportunity Act reauthorization.

One of the founding principles of International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), and one of the aspects that was most important in the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) in joining IAAP, is the great need for clarity and education in web accessibility.

Acid-Base Titration Adapted from Experiment 24,"Acid Base Titration" from the Chemistry with Vernier lab manual Objectives In this experiment you will:

Nemeth Code on the Braille Sense! As of version 8.1 of the BrailleSense firmware, full Nemeth Support is available on the Braille Sense Plus, OnHand, and U2 series. On Braille keyboard models, press BACKSPACE+N to enter and exit Nemeth Mode.

Math in Desire2Learn Having math in an accessible format can be tricky, making it hard to interpret the math when students can’t even be sure that they’re getting the right message. The old way of dealing with mathematical equations was to create an image of the equation.

Note: Get the 2022 summer internship details in the most recent blog post, Letter from Our Executive Director of Blindness Initiatives Regarding Summer Internship Opportunities.