Introducing NBA’s New Educational Award

The National Braille Association is proud to serve braille transcribers and teachers of the visually impaired with two different educational awards. For years now we’ve been honoring the legacy of Past President Mary Archer with an award that covers the cost of registration for first-time attendees to our conferences. We’re now pleased to announce the…

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Nominate Our 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

The National Braille Association is thankful for the countless men and women who have dedicated their lives to ensuring that individuals who are blind receive high quality braille. In 2011, we began to honor these individuals by presenting them with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Each year, one individual is selected to receive the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. For 2024,…

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New Accessibility Committee

The National Braille Association (NBA) is thrilled to announce that in April of this year its Board of Directors approved the creation of a new Accessibility Committee. The mission of the new committee is to advocate for, develop, and implement accessibility standards and practices that ensure the NBA’s programs, services, and operations are inclusive of…

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Start Planning for our 2024 Professional Development Conference

The National Braille Association recognizes that individuals who work for certain institutions/organizations need advance approval to attend our conferences. Sometimes this approval needs to be obtained long before the actual event is scheduled to occur. To get this approval, individuals need to have information on the event’s location and the associated costs for attending. This…

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Life Memberships Return!

The NBA is pleased to share that it is once again accepting new Life Members. A Life Membership is exactly what it sounds like. It provides an individual with the benefits of an NBA membership throughout the duration of their life. These benefits are the same as what any level of membership would provide. The…

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We Are Seeking Your Input!

The National Braille Association and the NBA Braille Formats/Textbook Committee are looking to gauge interest in the creation of an online formats course. We’d love your input while we develop an educational experience that is unlike anything we’ve attempted before. Our hope is to create an intensive and supportive online learning environment aimed at providing…

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Board and Officer Nominations for 2023

The NBA Nominating Committee will be preparing a slate of officers and directors to stand for election at the Fall 2023 NBA Professional Development Conference. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in the opportunity to serve NBA, please complete the form below. Available Positions The following positions are available to be filled:…

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Director and Officer Nominations for 2022

The NBA Nominating Committee will be preparing a slate of officers and directors to stand for election at the Fall 2022 NBA Professional Development Conference. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in the opportunity to serve NBA, please complete the form below. Available Positions The following positions are available to be filled.…

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CANCELED: 2021 Professional Development Conference

We are deeply disappointed to deliver the news that we are canceling our upcoming Professional Development Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This decision did not come easily and is a result of ever-increasing complications surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Please know that we miss all of you, we want to see you, and that it saddens…

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Nominate Our 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

The National Braille Association is thankful for the countless men and women who have dedicated their lives to ensuring that individuals who are blind receive high quality braille. In 2011, we began to honor these individuals by presenting them with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Each year, one individual is selected to receive the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. For 2021,…

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