<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><base></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><base class="">Hi all,<div class=""> Kevan’s announcement got me thinking and my thinking got me to reading a speech which was given by Dr. Jernigan some years ago.</div><div class=""> , As many here probably know, Dr Jernigan was president of the National Federation of the Blind for a little under 20 years. </div><div class=""> Kevan also referenced what might be his most popular speech in “The Nature Of Independence” which is a wonderful read.</div><div class=""> The one I was just reading was “A Definition Of Blindness”.</div><div class=""> The speech was reprinted in a 2005 issue of future reflections and the link to the issue which leads off with the Dr. Jernigan article can be found below.</div><div class=""> If you have the time, take a moment and read the speech. If you really want to, check out the rest of the issue. It was really enjoyable and speaks to a diverse array of experiences around, well, a definition of blindness.</div><div class=""> Have a great evening,</div><div class=""> Darian .</div><div class="">. </div><div class=""><div class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass"><br class=""></div><div class="Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style: none; color: inherit; padding: inherit; margin: inherit;" class=""><a href="https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr19/fr05si03.htm" class="">https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr19/fr05si03.htm</a><br class=""></blockquote></div></div></body></html>