NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND filed a Q1 report for NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND on April 14, 2025.
Lobbying for NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
Increase non-visual access to technology and instructional material used in K-12 and post-secondary education.
Eliminate authorization to pay sub-minimum wages to people with disabilities by repealing Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Protecting business opportunities for blind licensed vendors under the Randolph-Sheppard Act--Rest area commercialization would result in a loss of employment opportunities for blind vendors.
Expanding opportunities for blind people to purchase access technology through the establishment of a refundable tax credit. Access Technology Affordability Act, H.R. 1529.
Working to ensure that fully autonomous vehicles are non-visually accessible to blind Americans. Protect the right of blind people to travel with service animals on airlines.
To ensure that home-based medical devices are non-visually accessible to blind Americans.
To ensure that websites and software applications are non-visually accessible.
Remove the earnings cliff for Social Security Disability Insurance recipients and replace it with a two-for-one phaseout. Blind Americans Return to Work Act. H.R. 1175. Eliminate the five-month waiting period associated with Social Security Disability Insurance.