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The abhorrent practice of employing workers with disabilities at subminimum wages, which stems from the poor public policy codified in Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), has unfortunately been imbedded in disability service models and promoted as a viable alternative for people with disabilities who have significant challenges to employment.

DropBox on the Braille Sense The Braille Sense is the only notetaker that offers access to the Cloud.

Using the BrailleNote Apex to create Nemeth code 1.    Use Keyview or a VGA monitor to display your work.  Keyview is recommended because sim Braille can be seen on the screen.  To download Keyview, visit www.humanware.com/support.  Navigate to the BrailleNote link, and press Enter.  Navigate tothe  software a

We recently received a screener of the pilot episode of the upcoming NBC sitcom Growing Up Fisher, which tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy and his blind father. In the pilot, the blind character, Mel, and his wife get a divorce, and their son struggles with no longer being his father’s guide when Mel gets a guide dog.

Since 1969, “The Battle Song of the NFB,” or “Glory Glory Federation,” as its most popularly known among Federationists, has been our battle cry from the convention hall to the picket line. Now, on the cusp of our seventy-fifth anniversary, the National Federation of the Blind is launching a contest to discover a new NFB song!

Last week, the FCC announced that a class of “basic e-readers” would be exempt from accessibility requirements over the next year.  At first glance, this announcement seems like a battle lost, considering that the National Federation of the Blind has spent the last eight years fighting the War for Access to make digital books available to the blind.  But in reality,

In October 2003 I came to interview for a job with the NFB. I remember my interview with NFB President Marc Maurer was on a Sunday because that was the only day I could come to Baltimore. It was quiet at the NFB offices. When we finished our formal discussion, Dr.

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.

You may remember reading that the NFB of Massachusetts, along with two of its members, reached an accessibility agreement (

In a recent article, "Goodwill faces criticism over pay for disabled workers," PolitiFact Georgia attempts to evaluate the truthfulness of the National Federation of the Blind’s claims in our call for the repeal of Sect