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NFB 2012 Dallas Convention Social Media Information & Instructions

Submitted by Mika Pyyhkala on Fri, 06/22/2012 - 17:51

Category:

  • NFB Initiatives

Last Updated: Mon June 25, 2012 09:15am EDT
The NFB of Massachusetts and Jernigan Institute are pleased to provide details below about how you can get engaged before, during and after the #NFB12 convention using social media.

Help Test Newly Developed Braille Interactive Guide to Undiscovered Worlds at Boston Museum Of Science

Submitted by Mika Pyyhkala on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 13:58

Category:

  • Blind Community News

Staff at the Museum of Science Boston's Hayden Planetarium have come up with an interesting idea to make Planetarium shows more accessible to people who are blind and can read Braille.

They have created a Braille document, indexed to correspond to the scenes of the Planetarium show, that describes the visuals of each scene in Braille.

Join the NFB Washington Seminar Heytell Public Relay

Submitted by Mika Pyyhkala on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 12:27

Category:

  • Blind Community News

http://bit.ly/nfbws12htH

A Heytell public relay has been activated, and users of Apple iOS and Android devices can now begin joining!

Receive a Free $15 Uber Ground Transportation Credit for NFB Washington Seminar 2012

Submitted by Mika Pyyhkala on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 11:28

Category:

  • Blind Community News

Uber is an on-demand private driving service that instantly connects you to a professional private driver via SMS. Uber is also available in cities like Washington, NYC, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and even Paris. As part of the NFB Washington Seminar 2012 event, we have arranged a $15 attendee discount for new users to Uber. This $15 credit, in most cases, should get you a free ride between the Holiday Inn Capitol and the House or Senate office buildings.

New NFB of Massachusetts Web Site and Domain Goes Live

Submitted by Mika Pyyhkala on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 19:16

Category:

  • NFB Initiatives

The National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts is pleased to announce our new web site and domain.

Our new web domain is:
http://nfbma.org
and this will take you to our home page.

We are in the process of adding content to this new site, and transferring email lists to the new system.

We look forward to your feedback and suggestions for the new web site.

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