Press Room

Baltimore, Maryland (May 4, 2023): In light of recent events, including the laying off of Twitter’s entire accessibility team and changes to its API that have broken accessible Twitter clients used by our community, the National Federation of the Blind is realigning our social media presence.

Houston, Texas (April 19, 2023): The National Federation of the Blind of Texas, an affiliate of the transformative membership organization of blind Americans, is pleased to welcome the annual National Federation of the Blind National Convention. The event will take place July 1-6, 2023.

Baltimore, Maryland (March 23, 2023): The National Federation of the Blind made the following statement on the recent unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools.

Washington, DC (March 15, 2023): Recently, two pieces of legislation supported by the National Federation of the Blind, the transformative membership and advocacy organization of blind Americans,  were introduced in Congress, only a month after the organization held its annual Washington Seminar, where members from across the nation visit the nation’s capital to advocate for the organization’s legislative priorities.

Washington, DC (February 27, 2023): Joe Orozco, a blind man who sued the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Justice with the assistance of the National Federation of the Blind  because he is required to use inaccessible technology in his job as an FBI intelligence analyst, won a major victory in the United States Court of Appea