Read more National Federation for the Blind stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21848/national-federation-for-the-blind.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:26:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54464/braille-read-by-less-than-10-of-blind-americans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLess than 10% of blind Americans know how to read Braille, and just 10% of blind children are being taught the printed language, the AP reports. A study by the National Federation of the Blind also pegs Braille illiteracy to unemployment. While the blind population faces 70% unemployment overall, that...http://www.newser.com/story/54464/braille-read-by-less-than-10-of-blind-americans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38878/blind-to-protest-blindness-flick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlind people quarantined in a mental asylum, attacking each other, soiling themselves, and trading sex for food. Such a scenario, as shown in the movie Blindness , is not a clever allegory for a breakdown in society, says the president of the National Federation of the Blind. It plans to protest...http://www.newser.com/story/38878/blind-to-protest-blindness-flick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Oct 2008 11:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31533/first-braille-coin-unveiled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Mint unveiled the first coin bearing readable Braille letters yesterday. The silver dollar features the letters "Brl," code for Braille, and honors the 200th birthday of the eponymous creator of the alphabet for the blind, the AP reports. "This is going to put Braille in front of people...http://www.newser.com/story/31533/first-braille-coin-unveiled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17667/cell-phone-can-read-to-the-blind.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new cell phone can read aloud to people with impaired vision—and at 4 ounces, it's the smallest such device ever made, NPR reports. The $2,000 phone can help with the myriad daily tasks that seeing people take for granted, like identifying a $20 bill. "All you have...http://www.newser.com/story/17667/cell-phone-can-read-to-the-blind.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jan 2008 19:19:11 CST