Barbara Cheadle, President Emerita

Barbara Cheadle, President Emerita, is one of the founders of the NOPBC and is the founding editor of Future Reflections magazine. Barbara, who served as NOPBC President for 23 years, also worked for many years at the NFB's National Center for the Blind in Baltimore, where she directed children's programs and served in many other capacities. Barbara and her husband John's fight to get Braille instruction for their son Chaz (who has partial vision) was widely publicized in the early 90's and was one of the factors that turned the tide in the campaign for a Braille literacy provision in the 1997 IDEA amendments. Chaz earned a B.A. degree and works as a computer support specialist. He and his wife Emily have just had their first child.