With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
The NFB has affiliates in all fifty states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and over seven hundred local chapters.
Specialties
Advocacy, research and training, innovative technology development, grassroots organization, empowerment of the blind, leading publications on the education/rehabilitation of the blind, protection of civil rights, and nationwide information and support.
New hires at National Federation of the Blind
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General Counsel
Came from...
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division - Educational Opportunities Section, Trial Attorney
