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Our Mission:

The mission of the National Federation of the Blind is to achieve widespread emotional acceptance and intellectual understanding that the real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight but the misconceptions and lack of information which exist. We do this by bringing blind people together to share successes, to support each other in times of failure, and to create imaginative solutions.

Straight Talk About Vision Loss, Episode 27

Mark Riccobono talks with NFB Jernigan Institute staff members Mary Jo Hartle and Natalie Shaheen about the Bell Program, a two-week pilot program held in the summer of 2009, which sought to expose children aged 4-12 to Braille.

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