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You can live the life you want; blindness
is not what holds you back.

The National Federation of the Blind DeafBlind Division, a proud division of the National Federation of the Blind, knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams.

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Latest NFB Presidential Release Transcript

To read the latest National Federation of the Blind Presidential Release transcript in English or Spanish, please visit www.nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/presidential-releases.

Updated SSP White Paper Now Available

We're pleased to share DeafBlind People and Support Service Providers in the 21st Century, an update of the original 2006 SSP White Paper. Although the writing team included just six of us - three deafblind and three hearing/sighted SSPs - 28 additional people shared their experiences, thoughts and opinions. Their contributions gave the paper its heart, strength and power. The paper is published online by the National Center on Deaf-Blindness and can be found at https://www.nationaldb.org/info-center/Support-Service-Provider-White-Paper.

we encourage you to read and share the paper far and wide. Our hope is that it'll provide a solid, documented basis for any organization or state to pursue the provision of SSP services.

What are common experiences of DeafBlind survivors? - Understanding Deaf & DeafBlind Cultures and Communities

To help understand the common experiences of DeafBlind survivors of abuse, please visit https://fast.wistia.net/embed/channel/uk0x1p1xj0?wchannelid=uk0x1p1xj0&wmediaid=rimlua48jv. Close captioning is available while viewing this video.

Blind and Deafblind Students Set to Take Advanced Placement Tests File Civil Rights Complaint Against College Board

Baltimore, Maryland (May 11, 2020): Five blind high school students and the National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s leading advocate for equal education of the blind, have filed a complaint against the College Board with the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) on behalf of themselves and all other blind and deafblind students who are registered to take the May 2020 advanced placement (AP) tests from the College Board. Click here to read More.

AIRA NFB Plans

There are now two Aira plans available to members of the National Federation of the Blind only.

  1. Thirty minutes a month for $20.00
  2. One hundred and forty minutes per month for $99.00 (This plan includes the Austria glasses, allows for minute sharing, permits purchasing additional non-expiring minutes if one is running short, and lets members get credit for referrals.)

Call an Aira agent (800-835-1934) to subscribe or visit the Aira website at https://aira.io/nfb.

We Need Your Help! Monitor Uber and Lyft Compliance with Service Animal Agreement

If you use Uber or Lyft and have a service animal or travel with someone who does, please complete our Uber and Lyft survey. For questions, contact the Rideshare Testing coordinator in your state or Valerie Yingling, legal program coordinator at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, at 410-659-9314 extension 2440 or vyingling@nfb.org.

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