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Disability Rights Advocates (“DRA”) and Timothy Elder of TRE Legal Practice are investigating complaints from persons with disabilities who have been denied transportation services by taxi drivers for Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) in the San Francisco Bay Area or other major urban centers. Uber is a company based in San Francisco, California that offers taxi […]
Greetings Fellow Federationists, New Branding: Who We Are and What We Do I want to start this bulletin with some great news about the new branding of the National Federation of the Blind. After many months of research and soul searching we have a new one minute message which can be thought of as the […]
Greetings Fellow Federationists, The National Federation of the Blind Applauds Senate Introduction of TEACH Act Senator Warren, Hatch and Elizabeth Warren,Introduced the Technology, Education, Accessibility in Colleges and Education. As we all know, the National Federation of the Blind is The oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind Americans. On Friday, February 28, 2014, Senators […]
Greetings Fellow Federationists, “If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy”. Thomas Jefferson Washington Seminar 2014 Even Thomas Jefferson would have opposed sub-minimum wages for disabled persons. This past week hundreds of members of the National Federation […]
Dear Friends: I am writing this with a very heavy heart. This morning, at 5:39 A.M., our beloved leader and friend, Michael Couey, quietly passed away in Sacramento, California. He died as a result of cardiac arrest. Mike was hospitalized on Sunday morning and never recovered. If you wish to express your condolences and support […]