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The Braille Edge 40— a display which has been a solution preferred by many consumers with whom I work, can connect to Windows, the Mac, iDevices, and Android phones or tablets capable of running the Braille Back app. It has some built in features which make it in to a light notetaker as well. For a more in depth review of the device, see:

I received a copy of a memorandum written by Curt Decker, executive director of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN).

When I first joined the National Federation of the Blind more than twenty-five years ago, ending discrimination in air travel was one of our major areas of focus. Articles from the Braille Monitor in the 80s tell the stories of these problems and our largely successful efforts to solve them.

Connecting via the USB client port1- From the Apex main menu, follow the steps described in the section “Set your BrailleNote Apex to Terminal mode”.

Talking digital magnifiers have been around for some time now. As the novelty wears off, the question is whether they are worth the price tag, and where they sit in the low vision landscape. At this stage, there doesn’t seem to be enough sales data to see which way the experiment is going.

This paper sets forth the position of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) with respect to the proposed addition to Title V of the Rehabilitation Act, known hereinafter as Section 511, contained in the draft reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act recently reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Editor's note: this post is adapted from Amy's notes for a presentation to a group of game developers, and geared toward that group, but includes sources for accessible games as well.

Yesterday was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is a monumental piece of legislation for most American workers.  The FLSA provides for the payment of a federal minimum wage, which is now $7.25 per hour, to every American citizen.

By Marc Maurer, President National Federation of the Blind   I was moved recently by a story of a bright young Chinese-American woman named Michelle Yang.

With the pending broadcast of a national news story on NBC Rock Center tonight making the public aware of the legal ability for employers to pay workers with disabilities wages less than the federal minimum wage, Goodwill Internati