Effective September 30, 2025, VA has published a final rule which extends the transition period of legacy participants, legacy applicants, and their family caregivers (the legacy cohort) through September 30, 2028. The extension of the transition period means that legacy participants, legacy applications, and their family caregivers will remain eligible for PCAFC and will not experience a decrease in the monthly stipend amount based on a reassessment for the duration of the transition period (certain

For serving as a fixture who stands out noticeably at BVA national conventions, adaptive sports events, airports, city streets, trains, hotels, and parking lots, BVA Ambassadog Donald will walk the red carpet at the American Humane Hero Dog Awards Gala in Palm Beach, Florida, coming up later this winter. The constant dedication and love of this beautiful, brilliant, and intuitive yellow Labrador retriever toward his work, coupled with frequent heroic service to his handler, Army

Tune in to “Signing in the Dark: How Blind and Visually Impaired People Can Digitally Sign Documents with Apple Previewer, TeamViewer, and Aira,” the subject of the November episode of Visions of BVA. Host Steve Baskis demonstrates briefly yet thoroughly how blind and visually impaired individuals can sign inaccessible digital documents using the three technologies. “This is not a full tutorial but an introduction to the concept of signing,” Steve said. “It offers a quick

The Fall Gardening Series is nearing completion, having culminated in the much anticipated and heralded scarecrow contest. Participants first learned about the history of scarecrows used in agriculture and viewed the video, “Where do scarecrows come from?” on YouTube. They learned that the process began with children running through fields with noisemakers to scare birds away from crops. It later turned into human-like dolls, which we call scarecrows, and then evolved into machinery doing the