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In September 2011, the NFB and the Montreal French-language daily Le Devoir announced that they would jointly host three interactive essays on their websites, ONF.ca and ledevoir.com. [148] The NFB is a partner with China's ifeng.com on NFB Zone, the first Canadian-branded web channel in China, with 130 NFB animated shorts and documentary films ...
A long cane, the primary mobility tool for the visually impaired. A white cane is a device used by many people who are blind or visually impaired.A white cane primarily allows its user to scan their surroundings for obstacles or orientation marks, but is also helpful for onlookers in identifying the user as blind or visually impaired and taking appropriate care.
White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on October 15 of each year since 1964. The date is set aside to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and the important symbol of blindness and tool of independence, the white cane .
The National Federation of the Blind headquarters and Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1940 sixteen people met in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to develop a constitution that would unite organizations of blind people in seven states (California, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) in a national federation that would serve as a vehicle for collective ...
The program was the subject of a 1968 NFB documentary. [10] It was also explored in an episode of the NFB Pioneers series on the Documentary Channel . [ 11 ] It is the focus of a collection of essays and archival documents edited by Thomas Waugh , Michael Brendan Baker, and Ezra Winton, Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National ...
The Folding Cane with Seat isn’t an exceptional cane or seat, but the two-in-one form factor makes it worth considering for outings like parades, theme parks, sporting events, and anywhere you ...
NFB may refer to: Biology. NF-κB, in molecular biology, often written as NF-B; Neurofeedback, therapy technique that presents the user with realtime feedback on ...
Keypad of The Reading Edge, [1] a precursor of the K-NFB Reader. The K-NFB Reader (an acronym for Kurzweil — National Federation of the Blind Reader) is a handheld electronic reading device for the blind. It was developed in a partnership between Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind.