About NFB Utah

The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information that exist. If a blind person has proper training and opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a physical nuisance.

Welcome to our site.

IT IS RESPECTABLE TO BE BLIND
Part of being a respectable blind person is being able to do the same things that sighted people do and to participate in normal activities in the work place, in the home, in society or in school.

INFORMATION ABOUT BLINDNESS

More than five hundred thousand people in the United States are legally blind, and each year at least fifty thousand more will become blind. Studies show that, after AIDS and cancer, blindness is the medical condition people fear the most. When blindness strikes, many people turn to the National Federation of the Blind.

The National Federation of the Blind of Utah are blind people, who provide peer support for one another. Blindness need not be a tragedy. We work together integrating blind people into society as equals and productive members. We do so by helping people outgrow their many misconceptions about blindness and by changing the laws affecting us.

The NFB of Utah is one of the 52 state affiliates (including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia) of the National Federation of the Blind–over 50,000 blind and interested sighted people. It is the voice of the blind, organized to speak for ourselves. Our National Office is located in Baltimore, Maryland.

The National Federation of the Blind of Utah headquarters is located at

132 Penman Lane,

Bountiful, Utah 84010.

Telephone 801-292-3000

Toll free 1-888-292-3007

email nfbofutah@gmail.com 

Last updated May 20, 2011