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Press release via PRNewswire-USNewswire — The National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people and the leading advocate for equal access by the blind to information technology, and Virgil Stinnett, a blind business owner from Honolulu, Hawaii, filed an administrative complaint today with the Small Business Administration (SBA)…. READ PRESS RELEASE

By Annie Getsinger © Herald & Review, Decatur, IL — Joshua Nichol might be one of just a few fifth-graders with a triathlon-themed bedroom. The Maroa-Forsyth Grade School student has triathlon posters, cutouts and a drawer filled with memorabilia for the sport…. READ STORY

© cbcnews.ca — Cellphones and text messaging must be more accessible to Canadians with disabilities within the next year under new rules released by Canada’s telecommunications regulator Tuesday….  READ STORY

By Eugene Scott © The Arizona Republic — Twelve years ago, Max Ashton was a beneficiary of the Foundation for Blind Children’s infant program. Today, the northeast Phoenix resident holds the record for youngest blind climber to hike Mount Kilimanjaro…. READ STORY

By Carol Martin © SooToday.com — Mark DeMontis is a blind athlete from Toronto with a vision he wants to share with blind children across Canada. “Hockey raised me,” DeMontis says…. READ STORY

Montreal — HumanWare’s handheld talking GPS units are empowering the blind to lead more active, independent lifestyles—and even to embark on some extraordinary adventures. Trekker Breeze units have recently accompanied blind users on hikes up Mount Kilimanjaro and across the US, as well as on horseback excursions….  READ PRESS RELEASE

By Sonia Smith © 2theadvocate.com — The relocation of the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired to the 116-acre campus of the Louisiana School for the Deaf is almost complete, school officials said last week…. READ STORY

By Ibby Caputo  © The Washington Post — With a device that sends signals to his tongue, Mike Jernigan can discern shapes even though he has lost both of his eyes….  READ STORY

© KCCI.com, DES MOINES, Iowa — “I’ve always have a competitive streak a competitive spirit, so it’s just another outlook for me,” said Clark Rachfal, blind bicyclist….  READ STORY

By Nathan Hager, WTOP.com — BLACKSBURG, Va. — Teaching the blind to drive is a real-life science project at Virginia Tech. Students at the campus’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory accepted a challenge from the National Federation of the Blind and turned two blind men into drivers with their retrofitted dune buggy…. READ STORY