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    • AFB Welcomes New Trustee to National Board
    • AFB Announces Centennial Gala Celebration
    • AFB Kicks Off Centennial Initiatives with ‘Dinner and Music for a Historic Celebration’
    • AFB Consulting Partners with The Viscardi Center to Ramp Up Digital Accessibility and Inclusion
    • AFB Urges Congress to Consider Needs of People with Disabilities in Coronavirus Policies
    • AFB Withdraws from AbilityOne Program
    • AFB Announces Access and Engagement Report, Illustrating Impact of COVID-19 on Students with Visual Impairments and Their Educators
    • Guide Dogs for the Blind and AFB Launch Extensive Research Study
    • AFB Consulting Joins Forces with Asset Based Consulting to Enhance Organizational Accessibility and Inclusion Services
    • AFB Announces Flatten Inaccessibility Report, Illustrating Impact of COVID-19 on Blind or Visually Impaired Adults
    • AFB Applauds the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report on Subminimum Wages
    • AFB Mourns the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    • AFB’s Helen Keller Archive Launches Free Online Lesson Plans to Celebrate Centennial of Nineteenth Amendment
    • AFB Launches Inform & Connect Podcast
    • AFB Letter to Congress on Federal Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
    • AFB Announces Shay Assad as New Trustee
    • AFB Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the ADA
    • AFB Mourns Rep. John Lewis
    • AFB and The Chicago Lighthouse Partner to Provide Digital Accessibility Consulting
    • AFB Applauds Presidential Candidate Joe Biden’s Disability Plan
    • Our Commitment to Civil Rights
    • UsableNet Announces Partnership with AFB to Enhance Web Accessibility
    • AFB Calls for Expanding Support for Nation’s Students with Disabilities During COVID-19 Pandemic
    • AFB Applauds House Introduction of Disability Access to Transportation Act
    • AFB Welcomes New Trustees to National Board
    • American Foundation for the Blind to Present Its Highest Honors at Annual Conference
    • The American Foundation for the Blind’s Questions for Presidential Candidates
    • AFB Welcomes New Chair to Its National Board
    • American Foundation for the Blind Announces 2020 Helen Keller Achievement Award Winners
    • American Council of the Blind and American Foundation for the Blind Partner to Offer Educational Scholarships
    • AFB Condemns Administration’s Proposal to Restrict Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance for People with Disabilities
    • AFB Announces Inaugural Class of Blind Leaders Development Program Fellows
    • AFB Welcomes New Trustees to National Board
    • AFB Names New Director of Research
    • American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and American Printing House for the Blind (APH) Partner to Expand Reach of Helen Keller Archival Collection
    • AFB Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Accessibility Ruling
    • AFB Still Opposes “Reforming” the Americans with Disabilities Act by Imposing Waiting Periods
    • AFB Receives Funding from American Express to Launch Blind Leaders Development Program
    • AFB Condemns DHS’s “Public Charge” Regulation
    • AFB Receives Grant to Create Best Practices Guide for Hospitals Treating Patients Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
    • AFB Applauds Senate Introduction of the Access Technology Affordability Act
    • Announcing the Julia Sweeney Fund Recipients
    • In Memoriam: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Susan Jay Spungin
    • AFB Applauds Introduction of the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act
    • Keep Helen Keller in the Classroom
    • AFB to Present Its Highest Honors at Annual Conference
    • AFB Announces 2019 Helen Keller Achievement Award Winners
    • AFB Applauds Historic Passage of Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act
    • U.S. AbilityOne Commission Designates AFB as an AbilityOne Authorized Central Nonprofit Agency: An Important Step Toward Encouraging Greater Inclusion in the Workforce of the Future
    • Announcing the 2018 Scholarship Recipients
    • AFB Launches the First Fully Accessible Digital Archive of the Helen Keller Collection
    • AFB Receives $295,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Continue Digitization of Helen Keller Archive
    • American Foundation for the Blind Welcomes Sarah Herrlinger to Its Board
    • Survey from Comcast and AFB Gauges TV-Watching Behaviors and Awareness of Accessible Technologies
    • Envision Research Institute Named 2018 Corinne Kirchner Research Award Recipient
    • The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) Partner for a Future of No Limits for People Who Are Blind
    • AFB Names 2018 Migel Medal Recipients
    • AFB Announces 2018 Stephen Garff Marriott Award Recipient
    • AFB Announces 2018 Helen Keller Achievement Award Winners
    • AFB Welcomes Alan May to Its Board
    • AFB Applauds Senate Introduction of Cogswell-Macy Act, Calls for Further Action
    • AFB Welcomes New Chair to Its National Board
    • AFB Names Megan Dodd as New Director of Center on Vision Loss
    • AFB Announces Call for Nominations for the 2018 Corinne Kirchner Research Award
    • AFB Announces 2017 Scholarship Recipients
    • AFB Announces the 2017 Helen Keller Achievement Award Winners
    • "Breakthroughs" PSA from American Foundation for the Blind Honors the Past and Heralds the Future
    • AFB Applauds Bipartisan Action to Transform Special Education for Students with Sensory Disabilities
    • AFB Announces Recipients of the 2017 Delta Gamma Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship Award
    • AFB-AIRA Partnership Delivers Independence and Mobility for People with Vision Loss
    • AFB Welcomes New Trustees to National Board
    • AFB Announces 2017 Access and Schloss Award Winners
    • AFB Announces 2017 Stephen Garff Marriott Award Recipient
    • AFB Names 2017 Migel Medal Recipients
    • AFB to Honor Visionaries During Fall Gala in Huntington, WV
    • AFB Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Helen Keller Achievement Awards and Announces 2016 Honorees
    • AFB Names Susan Mazrui the Recipient of the 2016 Stephen Garff Marriott Award
    • AFB Announces 2016 Access Awards Call for Nominations
    • AFB Announces 2016 Access Award Winners
    • AFB Board Names Kirk Adams As Next President and CEO
    • AFB Names 2016 Migel Medal Recipients
    • AFB Welcomes New Trustees to National Board
    • AFB Welcomes Cindy Watson as New Director of the Center on Vision Loss in Dallas
    • AFB President and CEO Carl Augusto to Retire in Spring 2016
    • Judy Scott, Long-Time Vision Loss Champion, to Retire from AFB
    • AFB Announces 2015 Helen Keller Achievement Award Honorees
    • AFB Creates Accessible Video Player and Makes It Available As Free Download
    • AFB Names Russell Shaffer the Recipient of the 2015 Stephen Garff Marriott Award
    • AFB Awarded $275,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Digitize the Helen Keller Archives
    • AFB Announces 2014 Helen Keller Achievement Awardees
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