About the Metropolitan Washington Unit
The Metropolitan Washington Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic was founded in 1976 to serve local students whose disabilities prevent them from effectively reading print. Today, nearly 5,000 students in the District of Columbia and its suburbs use RFB&D's recorded texts to pursue their education and advance their careers.
Our mission is to ensure that each of these 5,000 individuals has access to audio texts, and to reach out to the thousands of others in our community who could benefit from our services.
Recording studios are located in Friendship Heights and on the campus of the National Institutes of Health. Annually, over 400 local volunteers give more than 20,000 hours of their time to record textbooks.
Master recordings are housed at RFB&D's C.V. Starr Learning Through Listening® Library. Copies are circulated to students locally and throughout the nation.
Additionally, Washington area students (and their parents and teachers) receive training, book-ordering assistance and other services through our Outreach Program.
Want to record at the Friendship Heights or
National Institutes of Health Studios? Visit Become
a Volunteer.
The Outreach Director and all other members of our staff can be reached at
Contact the DC Unit or Receive Services.
Select Board of Directors to see a list of its members.
For information on getting to the Friendship Heights Studio, select Directions.
Thank you for your interest in RFB&D. We look forward to serving you.
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