More than 500,000 (five hundred thousand) people in the United States are legally blind, and each year at least 50,000 (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 is an organization which acts as a self-help group of blind people who provide peer support for one another. The NFB can help you understand that blindness need not be a tragedy. We work together to promote the goal of integrating blind people into society as equal and productive members. We work towards this goal by helping people outgrow their many misconceptions about blindness and by changing the laws which Negatively affect the blind.

The National Federation of the Blind is not an organization speaking for the blind - it is the blind speaking for themselves.

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has over 700 chapters nationwide. The NFB has 52 state affiliates including Puerto Rico and the district of Columbia. It is an organization comprised of over fifty thousand blind and interested sighted members. It is the voice of the blind, organized to speak for ourselves.

This is the Website of the National Federation of the Blind of Greater Summit County. We are a local chapter of the NFB of Ohio, which is the Ohio state affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind.

Below are links for more information on subjects concerning blindness, Vision Loss, & all aspects of the NFB.