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NAGDU Advocacy
NAGDU is dedicated to protecting the rights of guide dog users, addressing critical issues such as rideshare denials, flying with guide dogs, and ensuring access to public places like hotels, restaurants, and shopping centers.
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Membership Information
Interested in becoming a NAGDU member? Becoming a NAGDU member also means becoming a member of the National Federation of the Blind. We welcome everyone. This includes, but is not limited to blind people, sighted people, parents of blind children, blind students, those who have guide dogs, are considering obtaining a guide dog, are involved professionally in the guide dog field, represent a guide dog training program, or are owner trainers.
Read More About Becoming A NAGDU MemberFrom National Federation of the Blind
Braille Monitor
The Magazine of the Blind People's Movement Full issues are published eleven times a year. Early Access articles are made available for relevant and urgent information and updates and will be featured in future full issues as needed and determined by the President and editor. Read this year's full issues:
read moreFree White Cane Program
The white cane allows you to travel independently and safely—no blind person should be without one. We offer you a free one. You can order a new one every six months.
Request a free white cane!Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The National Federation of the Blind celebrates and embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values in its mission to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind.
Read about our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program
Yappy Hour
NAGDU holds an informal social get-together on the third Saturday of each month at 3 PM Eastern. This is a way for members and interested guests to gather and meet other members in a non-official capacity.
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