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By vote of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA), the United States will shift to the Unified English Braille (UEB) code in 2016. UEB has many benefits, including easier translation between Braille and print and the elimination of the need to learn a separate “computer Braille” code.

At our recent national convention in Orlando, we announced that an ebook honoring our seventy-fifth anniversary, Building the Lives We Want, would soon be available. At convention, we released the book's table of contents, as well as its foreword by Mary Ellen Jernigan.

April 20, 2015 US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 131 M Street, NE Washington, DC 20507 Re: National Federation of the Blind’s comments on timeline for retrospective review To Whom It May Concern:

Message from the President Dear Friends:

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

Last month, the Labour and the Conservative Parties in the United Kingdom (UK) were united in their views regarding the worth of people with disabilities.

A new film, 23 Blast, about a high school football star who goes blind but continues to play, will open in select cities today.

The recently passed Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) made changes to the appointment process for the National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency that advises the president, Congress, and federal agencies on matters of disability policy.

On September 4, Judge Richard D.

The National Federation of the Blind has updated its logo in preparation for the coming seventy-fifth anniversary of the organization. The new logo is an updated, stronger reflection of our organizational characteristics and values. The logo of the National Federation of the Blind consists of three elements: a symbol and two text elements—our name and tagline.