National Federation of the Blind press releases
Baltimore, Maryland (December 2, 2015): NFB-NEWSLINE® continues to expand the functionality of its free news and information service with the release of NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile iOS app version 2.1, a free app for the blind and print-disabled.
Baltimore, Maryland (November 20, 2015): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), in conjunction with Sensotec NV, is pleased to announce that the KNFB Reader is now available for Android devices.
Baltimore, Maryland (November 20, 2015): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) announced today that applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program.
Baltimore, Maryland (November 19, 2015): The National Federation of the Blind and Scribd, Inc. have agreed to work together to provide access and make content available in Scribd’s subscription reading service and website accessible to the blind by the end of 2017.
COLUMBUS, OHIO – After working for an average of $2.50 an hour for more than three years, three Disability Rights Ohio (DRO) clients are asking for fair pay from Seneca Re-Ads, a sheltered workshop run by the County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Seneca County.
Baltimore, Maryland (November 16, 2015): Once again, Santa has enlisted the help of the elves at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute to get
Baltimore, MD (October 15, 2015): Due to lack of funding, NFB-NEWSLINE®, a free service from the National Federation of the Blind that provides independent access for blind and print-disabled people to hundreds of local and national publications, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and TV listings, may be terminated in Maine, effective November
Seattle, Washington (September 24, 2015): Noel Nightingale, the blind mother of a Seattle Public Schools (SPS) student, and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s leading advocate for equal access and equal education for the blind, today applauded a vote yesterday evening by the Board of Directors of SPS to execute a landmark agree
Baltimore, Maryland (July 18, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people, awarded scholarships to thirty blind scholars at its seventy-fourth annual convention in Orlando, Florida.