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Braille Monitor - March 2021
March 03, 2021 13:25 - 3 hours - 106 MBVol. 64, No. 3, March 2021 Contents: Illustration: The Presidential Release The Washington Seminar Roundup by Gary Wunder Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act Access Technology Affordability Act Americans with Disabilities Voting Rights Act Twenty-First Century Mobile Apps and Website Accessibility Act Congratulations to our 2020-2021 Scholarship Program Winners Announcing the 2021 Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest Winners We are Women and Sisters F...
Braille Monitor - February 2021
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 3 hours - 109 MBVol. 64, No. 2, February 2021 Contents: Illustration: Imagining the Lenses of Image Descriptions NFB Philosophy: What I Wish I’d Known by Sanho Steele-Louchart Evaluating and Removing Barriers to Blind People Flying with our Guide Dogs by Raul A. Gallegos Why Publish the Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research? by Gary Wunder Joyce Scanlan Remembered by Jennifer Kennedy and Steve Jacobson Lessons from the Charcoal Pit by Joyce Scanlan When Survivors Lead: Introducing the Survivor...
Braille Monitor - January 2021
January 01, 2021 08:00 - 4 hours - 135 MBVol. 64, No. 1, January 2021 Contents: Illustration: The Five Hundredth Presidential Release: Communication is the Key A Walk Taken Today and a Walk Taken Eighty Years Ago, by Mark Riccobono 2021 Washington Seminar Update from Government Affairs: The Issues National Federation of the Blind Code of Conduct The National Federation of the Blind Stands in Solidarity with Victims and Survivors Open Letter of Apology from President Riccobono From My Head to My Heart, by Michael Colbrunn ...
Braille Monitor - December 2020
December 01, 2020 08:00 - 6 hours - 184 MBVol. 63, No. 11 , December 2020 Contents: Illustration: Celebrating the Life and Work of a Very Special Couple A Correction for the November Issue, by Gary Wunder Love, Leadership, and the Truth about Decisions, by Mark Riccobono A Family Commitment, by Marc Maurer A Day in the Life of the Director of Community Relations of the National Federation of the Blind, by Patricia Maurer Maurer: Raising the Family and the Bar for the Blind, by Dianna Marie and David Patrick Maurer How I Came to Kn...
Braille Monitor - November 2020
November 06, 2020 11:09 - 4 hours - 132 MBVol. 63, No. 10, November 2020 Illustration: Voting Privately and Independently Is for Blind Americans Too The Complexity of Being Human: A Conversation with Jackie Anderson by Deborah Kent Stein Mastering the Skills of Deafblindness by Danielle Burton Protecting and Expanding the Right of the Blind to Live in the World: The Report from the Advocacy and Policy Department by John Paré, Jeff Kaloc, and Stephanie Flynt Washington Seminar 2021: Our First Virtual Week on the Hill by Kyle Wal...
Braille Monitor - October 2020
October 06, 2020 15:29 - 6 hours - 175 MBVol. 63, No. 9, October 2020 Illustration: Sometimes We Can Solve Problems Where We Live Meet the Blind Month 2020 by Liz Wisecarver Leveraging the Power of the Americans with Disabilities Act to Secure Our Right to Live in the World for Thirty Years by Scott LaBarre, Marc Maurer, Dan Goldstein, Eve Hill, and Timothy Elder Within the Grace of God, an Address Delivered by Professor Jacobus tenBroek by Jacobus tenBroek Movie Enjoyment Made Easy: Innovations to Include All Subscribers at N...
Braille Monitor - August/September 2020
September 22, 2020 16:35 - 19 hours - 534 MBVol. 63, No. 8, August/September 2020 Illustration: The BELL Academy Comes to Your Home The 2020 Convention Roundup by Gary Wunder The National Federation of the Blind 2020 Convention Principles of Engagement Presidential Report 2020 by Mark A. Riccobono Scholarship Thank You to Sponsors Scholarship Remarks from Our 2020 Finalists The 2020 Scholarship Presentation by Cayte Mendez Language, Action, and Destiny: The Lived Experience of the Organized Blind Movement by Mark A. Riccobon...
Braille Monitor - July 2020
June 30, 2020 16:13 - 3 hours - 94 MBVol. 63, No. 7, July 2020 Illustration: Seventeen Active People Who Lead the National Federation of the Blind National Federation of the Blind Stands in Solidarity with All Those Impacted by Racial Injustice by Mark Riccobono The Room is Zoom: An Overview for Many of the National Convention Sessions by John Berggren and Stephanie Cascone Thoughts on Black Lives Matter and Bringing our Other Characteristics to the Table by Gary Wunder Being Black Helped Me Be Blind and Being Blind Help...
Braille Monitor - June 2020
June 02, 2020 09:40 - 4 hours - 116 MBVol. 63, No. 6, June 2020 Illustration: Moving Forward and Staying in Place: How Innovation Gets it Done Navigating Uncharted Territory: Moving Toward our First Virtual Convention with a Little Less Stress and a Little More Yesssssss by Jessica Beecham Learning in the Time of COVID-19: The Impact on Blind Students of Current Guidance Issued by the US Department of Education Regarding Students with Disabilities by Carlton Anne Cook Walker A US Diplomat with an Extraordinary Global View ...
Braille Monitor - May 2020
May 12, 2020 15:25 - 4 hours - 126 MBVol. 63, No. 5, May 2020 Join the Virtual 2020 NFB Convention by Gary Wunder Federationism in the Time of the Coronavirus by Chris Danielsen A Timely Gift from a Talented and Generous Author by Jonathan Mosen Counseling and Coronavirus: A Perspective on Well-Being by Candice Chapman and Jeannie Massay Our Social Committee for Staff is Still Hard at Work by The Social Committee The NFB of Colorado Takes the Distancing Out of Social Distancing by Jessica Beecham Math that Feels Good:...
Braille Monitor - April 2020
April 02, 2020 10:54 - 6 hours - 179 MBBraille Monitor - April 2020 Vol. 63, No. 4, April 2020 The 2020 Washington Seminar by Gary Wunder Legislative Agenda of Blind Americans: Priorities for the 116th Congress, Second Session Access Technology Affordability Act Greater Access and Independence through Nonvisual Access Technology (GAIN) Act Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HIGH) Act Remarks of Congressman Bobby Scott by Gary Wunder Hearing on Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolv...
Braille Monitor - March 2020
March 04, 2020 10:29 - 5 hours - 154 MBVol. 63, No. 3, March 2020 Houston Site of 2020 NFB Convention Participate in Braille Monitor Survey Blind and Respectable in Ancient Rome: Unearthing the Forgotten Genius of Appius Claudius Caecus by Kane Brolin The Journey Worth Sharing: Marching Together Toward the Lives We Want by Mark A. Riccobono My Thoughts on Living the Life You Want by Scott LaBarre Live the Life You Want: A Choice or a Prescription for Being an Elite Blind Person by Gary Wunder What Living the Life You Want Means to...
Braille Monitor - February 2020
February 07, 2020 13:20 - 7 hours - 197 MBBraille Monitor - February 2020 Vol. 63, No. 2, February 2020 Illustration: Leading with the Heart Having a Voice and More by Cassie McKinney From Struggle to Success: How Honesty, Skills, Philosophy, and Engagement Helped Me by Rebecca Stevens Houston Proud: The 2020 National Convention is Closer than You Think by Norma Crosby Leave a Legacy The Secret to Winning a National Federation of the Blind Scholarship by Cayte Mendez Sighted Privilege: Recognition of the Problem is the First Step Tow...
Braille Monitor - January 2020
January 01, 2020 12:00 - 3 hours - 95.9 MBVol. 63, No. 1, January 2020 Illustration: New Federation Presidential Portrait Unveiled Time for Action for Blind Students by Kathryn Webster Screening Out Blind Applicants because Software is Deemed Inaccessible by Valerie Yingling Creating a Beautiful Space Where Work is Done A Mountain, a Waterfall, a Cracked Pool, and a Christmas Tree Color Wheel by Ray McGeorge Leave a Legacy Vote by Mail Ballot Now Accessible to Blind Coloradans by Curtis Chong Voting Letter to Secretaries of Stat...
Braille Monitor - December 2019
December 04, 2019 08:43 - 4 hours - 116 MBBraille Monitor - December 2019 Vol. 62, No. 11, December 2019 Illustration: Making Our Presence Known during Meet the Blind Month Convention Bulletin 2020 by John Berggren A Giant in Federation History is Now at Rest by Daniel Frye, Parnell Diggs, and Mark Riccobono A Christmas Story for All Seasons by Donald Capps Celebrate the National Federation of the Blind by Patty Chang Cochlear Implant: A Brief Introduction and My Experience by Chris Westbrook Always Early: Find Your People b...
Braille Monitor - November 2019
November 01, 2019 09:26 - 3 hours - 88.1 MBBraille Monitor - November 2019 Vol. 62, No. 10, November 2019 Illustration: Show-Me Meet the Blind Month United States Supreme Court Denies Petition from Domino's Pizza by Chris Danielsen Expanding Opportunities, Protecting Rights, and Ensuring Accessibility: A Report from the Advocacy and Policy Department by John Pare and Gabe Cazares Eleven Years of BELL Academies: Gaining Skills, Enhancing Opportunities, and Building Relationships by Karen Anderson Mujeres of the Federation by Mar...
Braille Monitor - October 2019
October 08, 2019 15:19 - 3 hours - 101 MBBraille Monitor - October 2019 Vol. 62, No. 9, October 2019 Illustration: Bells Ringing throughout the Nation Accessibility and Accountability: Drive-by Lawsuits Leave Pothole-size Problems by Chris Danielsen Bringing the Synergy of the Blindness Movement into Concentrated Programs: Blindness Initiatives at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute by Anil Lewis Global Leadership, Responsibility, and Technology: Accessibility as a Core Value at Microsoft by Brad Smith Camb...
Braille Monitor - August/September 2019
September 24, 2019 08:27 - 9 hours - 252 MBBraille Monitor - August/September 2019 Vol. 62, No. 8, August/September 2019 Illustration: All Work and No Play—Not Happening The 2019 Convention Roundup by Gary Wunder Presidential Report 2019 by Mark A. Riccobono Meet the 2019 National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Class Choice, Exploration, and Resistance: The Road to Freedom for the Blind by Mark A. Riccobono Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Presented by James Gashel Awards Presented at the 2019 National Convention Digital Inequa...
Braille Monitor - July 2019
July 03, 2019 09:14 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBBraille Monitor - July 2019 Vol. 62, No. 7, July 2019 Illustration: Art Coming Out from Behind Glass Displays Creating a More Perfect Union: The Role that a More Perfect JTB Law Symposium Can Play by Gary Wunder When Two or More are Gathered: The Power of One with a Multiplier by Adelmo Vigil Leave a Legacy The Injustice of Disability-Based Subminimum Wages by Justin Salisbury The Gem of Rocky Bottom by Shelley Coppel Dr. James Nyman: An Unconventional Man Embracing Unconventional Sol...
Braille Monitor - June 2019
June 07, 2019 11:29 - 2 hours - 65.5 MBBraille Monitor - June 2019 Vol. 62, No. 6, June 2019 Illustration: Paws for Celebration Correction Let Us Play Us: Starting Down the Road to Equality on Stage and Screen by Julie McGinnity How Do You Get Around? There’s No One Strategy to Get There by Sheri Wells-Jensen How People Who Get It Done Get It Done by Gary Wunder The Changing Landscape of Accessible Voting at the Polls by Lou Ann Blake Regarding the Colorado Center for the Blind and My Experience by Luc Gandarias Leave a L...
Braille Monitor - May 2019
May 03, 2019 11:33 - 4 hours - 118 MBBraille Monitor - May 2019 Vol. 62, No. 5, May 2019 Illustration: Extending Accessibility in Financial Options for the Blind An Outside Expression of an Inner Conviction by Kathryn Webster Celebrating 100 Years of Success by Julie Deden Freedom Foundation Honors Twin Vision® Kindness is Greater than Fear: Changing Access Denials by Finding the Roots of Conflict by Sassy Outwater-Wright Big Opportunities in a Small Town: Thinking Outside the Box by Dennis Miller Leave a Legacy Facts A...
Braille Monitor - April 2019
April 11, 2019 11:06 - 4 hours - 134 MBBraille Monitor - April 2019 Vol. 62, No. 4, April 2019 Illustration: All Work and No Play Is Not What We’re About Membership in the National Federation of the Blind: Equality, Opportunity, and Security through Collective Action by Mark Riccobono My Journey to Becoming a Member by Jeannie Massay Trying to Make a Difference by Barbara Pierce From Member to Memorable: Rachel Olivero’s Legacy of Love by Mark Riccobono Membership is a Beach: The Water is Nice, but the Sand is Good Too by...
Braille Monitor - March 2019
March 19, 2019 09:36Braille Monitor - March 2019 Vol. 62, No. 3, March 2019 Illustration: World Braille Day: The World Acknowledges the Value of Literacy for the Blind The 2019 Washington Seminar by Gary Wunder Legislative Agenda of Blind Americans: Priorities for the 116th Congress, First Session Access Technology Affordability Act Greater Accessibility and Independence through Nonvisual Access Technology Disability Employment Act We Will Not be Shut Down by Mark Riccobono How the Marrakesh Treaty Cam...
Braille Monitor - February 2019
March 19, 2019 09:31Braille Monitor - February 2019 Vol. 62, No. 2, February 2019 Illustration: NFBEQ Making a Difference for Young People A Message from Our President by Mark Riccobono Fifty Years After tenBroek: The Right to Live in the World Today and Tomorrow by Stacy Dubnow Three Out-Castes of American Society by Professor Jacobus tenBroek On Expectations: Average vs. Amazing by Lisa Ferris Dear Teachers, Please Assume Competence When You Work with My Child by Crystal Kostick Speaking Over Me Won’t ...
Braille Monitor - January 2019
January 07, 2019 11:47 - 2 hours - 57.5 MBBraille Monitor - January 2019 Vol. 62, No. 1, January 2019 Illustration: A Choir Serenades the National Federation of the Blind American Nightmare: How Workers with Disabilities are Denied Economic Prosperity by Mark A. Riccobono Shaping Automotive Innovation for the Future: An Alliance with the Blind of America by Mitch Bainwol Inaccessible Medical Devices Have Life or Death Consequences by Anil Lewis Leave a Legacy Busting Myths about Disability and Personal Finance by Kane Brolin ...
Braille Monitor - November 2018
November 02, 2018 08:56 - 2 hours - 70.5 MBMerilee Talkington: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/2018_convention_highlights/july_8/am/06_authentcally_blind_on_stage_and_screen.mp3 You Help Make Dreams Come True: nfb.org/donate2018 Set up a Facebook fundraiser JP Williams: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/2018_convention_highlights/july_8/am/05_playing_your_hand.mp3 Cardtronics: www.nfb.org/legal Southwest Airlines Works Towards Inclusion: https://theblindhistorylady.com https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/b...
Braille Monitor - October 2018
October 02, 2018 08:58 - 2 hours - 76.1 MBBequest: www.nfb.org/planned-giving www.nfb.org/make-gift New accessibility resources: accessibilityswitchboard.org Washington Seminar: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/washington/wassm/hoteldetail?qAdlt=1&qBrs=6c.hi.ex.rs.ic.cp.in.sb.cw.cv.ul.vn.ki.va.sp.nd.ct&qChld=0&qFRA=1&qGRM=0&qGrpCd=NB8&qIta=99801505&qPSt=0&qRRSrt=rt&qRef=df&qRms=1&qRpn=1&qRpp=20&qSHp=1&qSmP=3&qSrt=sBR&qWch=0&srb_u=1&icdv=99801505&setPMCookies=true Ride to Vote: Vote.org
Braille Monitor - August September 2018
September 12, 2018 11:06 - 6 hours - 174 MBRoundup GreenDrop: www.gogreendrop.com host affiliate remarks: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/2018_convention_highlights/july_6/am/01_welcoming_ceremonies.mp3. remarks from Jose Rivera of the WBU: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/2018_convention_highlights/july_7/am/02_common_bonds_of_blindness_around_the_world.mp3 Remarks by Darren Soto: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/2018_convention_highlights/july_7/pm/02_raising_expextations_for_the_nation.mp3 remarks from Nicky Gacos: https://nf...
Braille Monitor - July 2018
August 13, 2018 08:03 - 2 hours - 64 MBBequest: http://www.nfb.org/planned-giving www.nfb.org/make-gift www.nfb.org/planned-giving Tech Tools and Learning Modalities Level the Learning Field for Students with Impairments: http://www.learningally.org/Educators/Educator-Blog/PostId/907/tech-tools-and-learning-modalities-level-the-learning-field-for-students-with-vision-impairments in brief section order new titles in UEB today: http://www.seedlings.org/browse.php?cat=12.%20 http://www.seedlings.org/order.php Actiview...
Braille Monitor - June 2018
June 04, 2018 12:19 - 2 hours - 77.7 MBBraille Monitor - May 2018
May 03, 2018 16:06 - 2 hours - 74.7 MBReport on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Tutoria: http://access2science.com/indexAccessibility.html Leave a Legacy: www.nfb.org/make-gift www.nfb.org/planned-giving www.nfb.org/make-gift Driving Blind on the Information Superhighway: www.google.com www.bing.com www.nfb.org www.wikipedia.org www.nfbnewslineonline.org www.youtube.com www.youdescribe.org www.target.com www.expedia.com www.twitter.com www.facebook.com www.wikipedia.org www.google.com www.nfb....
Braille Monitor - April 2018
April 09, 2018 11:52 - 3 hours - 100 MBNFB Philosophy: What it Is: https://nfb.org/literature-philosophy NFB EQ: www.blindscience.org Open Letter to Chapters: https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm85/bm8502/bm850203.htm NOPBC 2018 Conference: http://nopbc.org/2018nopbc https://nfb.org/convention Minimum Wage Exemption for People with Disabilities Eliminated: http://labor.alaska.gov/news/2018/news18-04.pdf Leave a Legacy: www.nfb.org/planned-giving www.nfb.org/make-gift NFB Mentorship Program:...
Braille Monitor - March 2018
February 28, 2018 12:23 - 2 hours - 74.5 MBHere are the show notes and links for the March 2018 edition of the Braille Monitor. Washington Seminar: www.nfb.org/washington-seminar Mentor application: www.nfb.org/mentorapplication Bolotin Award: www.nfb.org/bolotin/ Rideshare monitoring program: www.nfb.org/rideshare PAC plan: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/pac-form-fillout-accessible.pdf Aira: http://go.aira.io/nfb AIM HIGH: www.nfb.org/aim_high Access Technology Affordability Act: www.nfb.org Leave a legacy: www....
Braille Monitor - February 2018
February 09, 2018 08:21 - 2 hours - 63.3 MBBrowsers: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/ https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html leave a legacy: www.nfb.org/planned-giving www.nfb.org/make-gift The Library Leadership Forum: https://archive.org/details/NationalFederationoftheBlind www.nfb.org/theblindcat http://openlibraries.online/accessibility/ Disney Research Creates Tactile Fireworks Display: https://www.disneyresearch.com/publication/...
Braille Monitor - January 2018
January 04, 2018 15:43 - 3 hours - 84 MBGary Wunder, Editor These show notes contain links found in the January 2018 issue of the Braille Monitor. Ending Accreditation without Authenticity https://www.facebook.com/AERBVI/ Why Accreditation Failed Agencies https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm98/bm980603.htm