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10 May 2013, 6:04 am
"The main sticking point has been whether to try to use the treaty as a vehicle for enhancing copyright protections or whether the treaty should remain clearly focused on carving out an exception to allow works to be produced in accessible formats for the blind," said Frederic Schroeder, a blind academic who has represented the National Federation of the Blind at recent negotiations. [read post]
8 Aug 2019, 2:04 pm
Work Opportunities – Step five considers whether there is any type of work that can be performed in the U.S. national economy based upon your limitations. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 5:38 am
Zambri, founding member and senior attorney The AP (9/9, Tuohy) reports, "A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 9:04 pm
Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, "The blind need jobs and real opportunities to earn money, not feel-good gimmicks that misinform the public about our capabilities. [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 7:35 pm
(AFP)An advocacy group for the blind is suing the app-based ride-sharing service Uber, alleging the company discriminates against passengers with service dogs.The federal civil rights suit filed Tuesday by the California chapter of the National Federation of the Blind cites instances in California and elsewhere when blind Uber customers summoned a car only to be refused a ride once the driver saw them with a service dog. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 8:21 am
Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance have joined forces with the National Organizations for Youth Safety for "Teens and Trucks," a program aimed to educate teens about avoiding blind spots and how to drive safely near large trucks. [read post]
9 Oct 2014, 3:26 pm
The Baltimore-based National Federation of the Blind has reached an agreement with the U.S. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 11:02 am
All this took on added urgency for me this week as another group that represents visually impaired people, the National Federation for the Blind, held a protest outside the headquarters of the Author’s Guild. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 5:12 pm
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) recently announced a first-of-its kind agreement with Pursuant Health, Inc. that will make health care kiosks accessible to Massachusetts individuals who are blind or have low vision. [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm
Fifth, state agencies reflect the polarized politics of the nation. [read post]
15 Mar 2018, 10:45 am
The National Federation for the Blind, libraries, publishers, the Copyright Office and the U.S. [read post]
6 Oct 2007, 4:10 pm
The National Federation of the Blind's Committee on Automotive and Pedestrian Safety is concerned that hybrid vehicles are too quiet when running at slower speeds, because some blind people rely... [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 1:43 pm
Both charges are misdemeanors.Robert Stigile was in town for a National Federation of the Blind Convention and ordered an Uber to make sure that all of his friends and their dogs would fit. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 9:13 am
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) will host the fourth Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, Bridging the Gap Between the Disability Rights Movement and Other Civil Rights Movements, on April 14-15, 2011, at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 9:12 am
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) will host the fourth Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, Bridging the Gap Between the Disability Rights Movement and Other Civil Rights Movements, on April 14-15, 2011, at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 7:57 pm
This situation, obviously, is terrible for the children, while, also being terrible for the nation. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 3:20 am
Regulators have been aware of the hazards of window cord blinds since at least the early 1980s, when a federal study to determine the causes of child strangulation tied 41 deaths to drapery and blind cords. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 11:48 am
The law requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ensure that hybrid and electric car manufacturers add noises that alert the blind and other pedestrians … Continue reading ? [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 6:03 am
“The National Federation for the Blind has initiated a class action lawsuit against United Airlines because United’s check-in kiosks cannot be used by blind passengers. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 6:54 am
The Court affirmed the Federal Circuit in finding willful infringement but stated that the proper standard for inducing patent infringement is "willful blindness" as opposed to the prior Federal Circuit standard "deliberate indifference to a known risk. [read post]
