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Baltimore, Maryland (November 29, 2017): The National Federation of the Blind officially opposes the United States Senate’s current Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

The organization cites a probable dramatic increase in unemployment among blind Americans, which already approaches sixty percent, as the reason for its opposition.

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.

Baltimore, Maryland (January 4, 2017) ─ Today, on the birthday of Louis Braille, the inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind that bears his name, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and Wells Fargo launched the 2017 Braille Enrichment for Literacy

Orlando, Florida (July 8, 2024): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has presented forty thousand dollars in cash awards to individuals and organizations that are a positive force in the lives of blind people and whose work advances the goal of helping transform their dreams into reality.

Springfield, Massachusetts (February 10, 2016): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and individual plaintiffs Juan Figueroa, Derek Manners, and Martti Mallinen announced the filing of a major federal lawsuit today in US District Court, District of Massachusetts, Western Division.

Baltimore, Maryland (April 24, 2015): The National Federation of the Blind today congratulated Anne Taylor, who has served as its director of Access Technology for over ten years, on her new position as senior program manager in the Trusted Experience Team with Microsoft, which she will assume on May 26. 

Baltimore, Maryland (July 11, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s largest organization of blind Americans, has elected Mark Anthony Riccobono as its new President, the Chief Executive Officer of the organization. The election took place on July 5 at the national convention of the NFB, held in Orlando, Florida. Mr.

Baltimore, Maryland (November 2, 2012): The National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the United States, today announced that it will be hosting an Election Day hotline that blind voters, poll workers, and voting rights advocates can call if problems arise with accessible v

Baltimore, Maryland (May 2, 2012): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s leading advocate for Braille literacy, today commended Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) who led a bipartisan group of twenty-six senators in sending a letter to Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, regarding improving access to Braille instruction for blind students.