{"id":14395,"date":"2012-03-28T19:40:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T23:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/columbus\/2012\/03\/28\/812070223\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:23:15","slug":"national-federation-of-the-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/national-federation-of-the-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"National Federation of the Blind (NFB)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advances the lives of blind people in the United States, with chapters in each state. Their website has many resources for blind people, parents, and educators. Programs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nfb.org\/programs-services\/tools-for-independence\">Tools for Independence<\/a>: Provides free long white canes, slates, and styluses for blind or low-vision people in the United States. Visit the website and create an account to request items.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nfb.org\/programs-services\/nfb-newsline\">NFB-Newsline<\/a>: A free audio news service for anyone who is blind, low-vision, deafblind, dyslexic, or otherwise print-disabled offering access to books, magazines, newspapers, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and more. They also have a youth version with kid and teen-friendly content. You must apply and register online for access.<br \/>\nColumbus Newsline: (614) 448-1673<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nfbohio.org\/demo\/scholarships-programs\">NFB Ohio Scholarship Program<\/a>: Offers scholarships to outstanding blind students who currently live in or are attending college in the state of Ohio each academic year.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nfb.org\/programs-services\/early-childhood-initiatives\">Braille Reading Pals Club<\/a>: Sign up for free Braille books, activities, birthday cards, and more for blind children 0-8 years old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>National: (410) 659-9314<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFB.org<\/a><br \/>\nOhio Chapter: (937) 829-3368<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nfbohio.org\/\">NFBOhio.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advances the lives of blind people in the United States, with chapters in each state. Their website has many resources for blind people, parents, and educators. Programs include: Tools for Independence: Provides free long white canes, slates, and styluses for blind or low-vision people in the United States. Visit the website and create an account [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[482,486,472,597,520,480],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assistive-technology-and-equipment","category-blind","category-special-needs","category-dyslexia","category-medical-conditions","category-scholarships-and-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14395"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46282,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395\/revisions\/46282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}