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Over 100 Years of Being an Important Resource

Originally named the American Brotherhood for the Blind, the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults was established in 1919. Since that time, we have provided programs and services to the blind and deafblind mostly without cost and always with an emphasis on Braille. We inspire the fundamental importance of independence, Braille literacy, tactile fluency, and equality for the blind.

History of the Action Fund
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What's Happening?

Braille Readers Are Leaders

In our Braille Readers Are Leaders contest, children and adults across the United States compete to read the most Braille pages alongside other participants in similar contest categories. This year's contest will begin in December 2020. Join us!

Braille Readers Are Leaders
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Scholastic, Dragons, & Braille

Dragon Masters

Dragon Masters is a book series from Scholastic written by Tracey West. The series is about the adventures of a variety of eight-year-old boys and girls who are teamed up with dragons. In Book 16 of the series, Tessa is the Dragon Master to the Sound Dragon, Sono. Tessa is clever, brave, and blind. Access the BRF files for the whole series.

Access Dragon Masters Now
Cover of Sassy, Little Sister is NOT My Name! by Sharon Draper

Our Newest Book

Braille Books Program

Through our 2021 Braille Books Program, we will distribute Braille copies of Sharon Draper's Sassy series as well as Karen English's Carver Chronicles series. At the end of the year we will also have Liz Cooper's Bluebell Skinks Wheelchair Kid and Mitzi Mufflin Principal for a Day.

Braille Books Program

ABOUT

The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults is a national service agency that specializes in providing help to blind people that is not readily available to them from government programs or other existing service systems. It operates through countless volunteers who are overseen by a volunteer board and a full-time executive director. The purpose of the Action Fund is to assist blind and deafblind people in securing reading material, to educate the public about blindness, to provide specialized aids and appliances to the blind, to give consultation to governmental and private agencies serving the blind, to offer assistance to those losing vision in their later years, to offer services to blind children and their parents, and to work toward improving the quality of life for the blind and deafblind. 

About the Action Fund
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American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9315
actionfund@actionfund.org

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Programs

  • Braille Books Program
  • Share Braille
  • Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship
  • Tactile Art Program
  • Braille Book Fair
  • Braille Reading Pals Club
  • Braille Readers Are Leaders
  • Free Slate and Stylus Program
  • Free White Cane Program
  • STEM Initiatives

Resources

  • Braille Calendars
  • Future Reflections
  • Braille Handbook
  • Oskar and Klaus Books
  • Dragon Masters
  • Pedro and the Octopus
  • Braille Book Resources
  • International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind
  • What Is Braille?
  • Facts about Blindness

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