Category: News & Updates
To be read at all chapter meeting: Legislative update: As many of you know, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review committee’s subcommittee on education held a hearing on March 22 to discuss a proposed 1.8 million dollar cut to the budget of the state special schools. Should this cut go into effect, the California School […]
March 8, 2012 To Be Read At Chapter Meetings: What Makes the NFB Different? Recently, I attended a presentation of California agencies that serve the blind. I was struck not by what I heard, rather, by what I did not hear. It caused me to think about what makes the NFB different from agencies serving […]
Announcing the 2012 California Chemistry Camp for Blind High School Students! Would you like to learn how blind people tackle the very visual subject of organic chemistry successfully? Do you have a general love for science? Do you want to learn how you can do chemistry as a blind person just as successfully as your […]
To be read at chapter meetings: Washington Seminar: February is always an exciting time of year in the National Federation of the Blind. This year we have three important issues to introduce to our California representatives. We are asking Congress to pass H.R. 3086, the Fair Wages for Persons with Disabilities Act. This bill would […]