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This is a month long awareness and not an event.  It is National Blind Awareness Month throughout October.  

People are uncomfortable and unsure what to do around/for blind and visually impaired people.  Publicizing NBAM allows the opportunity to inform Connecticut drivers about CT state law requiring drivers to reduce stop in yielding right-of-way to blind pedestrians with guide dog or white cane (specifics, of course in CGS Sec 14-300 and Sec. 14-300i. This applies to anywhere along a public way and isn't regulated to crosswalk or intersection.