American Foundation for the Blind
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The American Foundation for the Blind is an American nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that the ten million Americans who are blind or visually impaired enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens. According to AFB's web site, "The American Foundation for the Blind promotes wide-ranging, systemic change by addressing the most critical issues facing the growing blind and visually impaired population—employment, independent living, literacy, and technology."
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Noteworthy items in AFB's history
AFB was founded in 1921. It is recognized as the leading organization to which Helen Keller devoted her life. AFB is notable as a pioneer in the development of talking books for the blind in 1932.
AFB locations
AFB's main headquarters is in New York, New York. They also have an office in Dallas, Texas, a National Employment Center in San Francisco, California, a National Literacy Center in Atlanta, Georgia, a Technology and Employment Center in Huntington, West Virginia, and a Governmental Affairs office in Washington, D.C.
External links
AFB Publications
AFB produces a number of publications, both periodicals and books. Periodicals include, among others:
- AccessWorld: Technology and People with Visual Impairments (http://www.afb.org/accessworld)
- Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) (http://www.afb.org/jvib.asp)
AFB's "bookstore" is located at http://www.afb.org/bookstore/.
External references
- American Foundation for the Blind web site (http://www.afb.org/)
- American Foundation for the Blind profile at DAISY.org web site (http://www.daisy.org/about_us/mem_detail.asp?Id=89)
- Article on AFB 75th anniversary from TerraQuest.com (http://www.terra-quest.com/highsights/hstxt/afbintx.html)
