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Good morning Everyone,

Here is the latest Jernigan Institute newsletter. Please read and enjoy.

Susie

From: Mark Riccobono [mailto:JerniganInstitute at nfb.org]
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 9:25 AM
To: Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Subject: JI Newsletter - Baseball, fooling, taxes...it must be April

[Image removed by sender. Graphic: NFBJI logo]Imagineering Our Future

Issue 52

April 2013

In this issue:

  *   Message from the Executive Director

·         What’s News at the NFB

·         Education

·         Braille Initiative

·         Advocacy

·         Product and Access Technology Talk

·         From the tenBroek Library

·         Independence Market

·         NFB Calendar

·         Citation

Message from the Executive Director

Dear Friends,
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This is not a joke, although I imagine that some will believe it is. I recently returned from a trip to San Francisco where I participated in various meetings on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). I typically travel by myself, although on this trip I had a blind colleague of mine flying to the same destination. Whenever I step into an airport I know there is one question that someone is likely to ask me at some point, “Are you by yourself?”

Why does it surprise people that a blind person might be out in the world alone? Why do some people immediately assume that they have suddenly come upon a responsibility to care for and manage me? Why is it that the experience of encountering a blind person trying to live well with blindness is still unusual?

Of course, we have made progress. Consider the fundamental writing, "The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts," by Jacobus tenBroek<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1628&qid=120079> (California Law Review, May 1966). I certainly do not think that the average person I encounter thinks that I do not have the right to travel in the world independently, but they do not yet expect it to happen. How do we get enough images of blind people traveling independently, in a variety of situations, into the mind of the average member of the general public in order to change this expectation?

We have initiated the Free White Cane program<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1629&qid=120079>, and hundreds of informal independent travel lessons happen every month at our local chapter meetings when newly blind individuals meet experienced travelers. Yet we still need more images of blind people demonstrating their right, and their ability, to be out in the world.

In art, on television, on stage, in sports, and in hundreds of other places we need to show more blind people out in the world and demonstrating that they are living well with blindness. Share what you are doing to make this a reality in social media postings, by writing stories for blogs, and by telling your story to other blind people. To our sighted friends, we need you to assist in this effort by helping others to understand your positive experience with blind people being active in the world.

As spring emerges and summer draws near, let’s make it our goal to help more people understand that it is not unusual for a blind person to be traveling alone, leading a group, or herding children (at least I sometimes feel like it is herding). As for me, it is April so this can only mean one thing—grab my cane and my radio and down to the ballpark I go.

Sincerely,

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Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director
NFB Jernigan Institute

P.S. Thank you to all of you who responded to my request for support for our 2013 summer science program. We could still use your help but we have made a great deal of progress over the past month. Please continue to encourage others to Make A Gift<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1586&qid=120079>.

What's News at the NFB

Vehicle Donations Now Accepted

The NFB has partnered with Vehicles for Charity in a vehicle donation program. The program accepts almost any vehicle, including automobiles, boats, motorcycles, etc. The donation may be eligible for an exemption on the donor's federal income tax return.

For more information or to donate your vehicle today, visit www.nfb.org/vehicle-donations<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1632&qid=120079>, or call (toll-free) 1-855-659-9314.

IRS Assistance for People with Disabilities

It is tax time again! The IRS has accessible forms, publications, and other tax-related products available at the IRS Accessibility page<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1633&qid=120079>. Check the website often as they are continually growing the number of products available for persons with disabilities.

Convention Preregistration is Open

Preregistration for the 2013 NFB National Convention is open through May 31, 2013. The fee to preregister online is $25, compared to $30 on-site. Banquet tickets can be purchased online for $50, and will be $60 on-site.

To preregister online, please visit www.nfb.org/registration<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1630&qid=120079>. To mail in your preregistration, please download the PDF version of the form<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1631&qid=120079> and mail it to the address below no later than May 31.

National Federation of the Blind
Attn: Convention Registration
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230

Requests for Accommodations Based on Disability

The convention of the National Federation of the Blind is designed and implemented to be accessible especially to blind people in that materials are offered in accessible formats and other nonvisual aids are provided (therefore special requests for these items are not required). If you require specific accommodations based on your disability other than the blindness-related accommodations mentioned above in order to participate fully and equally in the convention, we urge you to let us know as soon as possible. Specific accommodations for which requests are required include requests for deaf or deaf blind interpreters. Due to the size and complexity of this convention, as well as the need to appropriately plan for additional human and other resources, requests for specific accommodations must be submitted no later than May 31, 2013. In order to make a request please: 1) Preregister for the convention by visiting www.nfb.org/registration<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1630&qid=120079>; and 2) Send your specific request for accommodations in writing to the NFB Jernigan Institute via e-mail at jerniganinstitute at nfb.org<mailto:jerniganinstitute at nfb.org>.

Please include your name, the dates you plan to be at the convention, information on the best way to follow up with you, and your specific request.

Education

NFB STEM-X

The NFB Jernigan Institute is pleased to announce the newest National Center for Blind Youth in Science program—NFB STEM-X. This inquiry-based science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program will provide students with learning opportunities in STEM disciplines ranging from engineering and robotics to the science of food and cooking. The program, to be held in the Baltimore-metro area on the campus of Towson University from July 29 to August 3, will serve fifty blind high school students from around the country.

Students will specialize in one of five focus disciplines (chemistry, computer science, engineering, robotics, and space science) . Students will spend half of each of the four instructional days engaged in their focus discipline, learning alongside fellow high school students with blind and sighted STEM professionals as their guides. All five focus disciplines will work collaboratively throughout the program, capitalizing on each other’s expertise to innovate creative solutions to complex problems.

Outside of their work in their focus discipline, students will have the opportunity to participate in enrichment activities that will provide them with authentic learning experiences in a wider variety of STEM disciplines. Evenings will be filled with activities that will help students develop their leadership skills and build their confidence while having fun and socializing with blind teens from across the country.

To learn more, and to apply for NFB STEM-X, visit the website. If you have questions about the program, please contact Natalie Shaheen at nshaheen at nfb.org<mailto:nshaheen at nfb.org>.

NFB BELL Program
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This summer, twenty-nine NFB Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning (BELL) programs will be held in twenty-one states: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. This two-week summer program provides blind students with much-needed Braille enrichment over the summer through games, authentic activities, and real-world experiences. The use of blind adult role models and creative teaching methods encourage students to understand the importance and relevance of Braille in their lives while having a fun time. If you have a blind child ages four through twelve, you won’t want him or her to miss out on this exciting learning opportunity! Visit www.nfb.org/BELL<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1635&qid=120079> to apply.
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Read Across America 2013

With the help of Braille readers across the country and the members of the NFB, the general public had a plethora of opportunities to learn about Braille on Read Across America Day. Fourteen videos were submitted from Braille readers young and old. To view all of the videos visit www.nfb.org/Read-Across-America<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1636&qid=120079>, or check out the NFB’s YouTube<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1543&qid=120079> channel. The video submitted by Christopher and Geneva<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1637&qid=120079> was particularly creative in that they read their story on top of a mountain. Several other Braille readers submitted pictures showcasing the diversity of Braille. One young man from Washington shared a picture of himself reading with the Space Needle in the background. Our sincerest thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Read Across America event on March 1, and helped to ensure that Braille was a part of the literacy conversation. The form for submitting pictures and videos for Read Across America will be available throughout the year. Feel free to share photos and videos of you or your child reading, as you acquire them, so that we have a stock-pile to share in 2014 for Read Across America.

Braille Initiative
Contest for Braille Readers

The Onkyo Braille Essay Contest is administered by the NFB for the North America/Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union. Essays must be written in Braille and in English, or their author's native language, and must be completely original. Entries should be no fewer than eight hundred words and no more than one thousand words.

The contest is divided into two groups of competitors--one junior group, aged twenty-five and under, and one senior group, aged twenty-six and above. Prizes range from $500 to $2,000. All essays must be received by April 30, 2013. Visit www.nfb.org/onkyo-braille-essay-contest<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1638&qid=120079> for more information and an application.

Braille Certification Training Program

Under a contract with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS), the NFB administers the courses leading to NLS certification of Braille transcribers and proofreaders. Successful completion of these rigorous courses requires a great deal of time and effort on the part of the students. We congratulate the following individuals who earned certification during the month of January, 2013:

Literary Braille Transcribing

Arkansas
   Len Barnette Yates, Wrightsville

California
   Sharon Ellen Crockett, Walnut Creek
   Deborah C. Law Ting, Stanford
   David T. Vong, Folsom

Florida
   Jana D. Ream, Stuart

Idaho
   Allen Ray Cain, Boise

Indiana
   John Maggert, Bunker Hill

Kentucky
   Crystal Lynn Barlow, Louisville
   Roi Lynn Collett, Louisville
   Rosalee Karr, Louisville

Michigan
   Julia LaFonde Alexander, Detroit
   Jeffery Joseph Alfano, Lincoln Park
   Emily Ruth Carter, DeWitt

Missouri
   Ernest Phillip Crider, Jefferson City
   Bruce Dwayne Thompson, Jefferson City

Nebraska
   Mark G. Wagner, Lincoln

Nevada
   Richard William Graves, Las Vegas

New Mexico
   Carmel Fatima Portugal, Albuquerque

North Carolina
   Daniel E. Beverly, Laurinburg
   Thomas S. Long, Laurinburg
   Dennis J. Morgan, Laurinburg

Texas
   Roberta Susan Shapiro, Plano
   Cynthia Annette Tate Villegas, Gatesville

U.S. Virgin Islands
   Cheryl Ann Esquilin, St. Thomas

Virginia
   Melissa Dawn Walker, Troy

Washington
   Kim E. Lagerwey, Gig Harbor

Wisconsin
   Cheryl Bridget Wipperfurth, West Bend

Mathematics (Nemeth) Braille Transcribing

Nebraska
   Francisco Munoz Gonzalez, Lincoln

Advocacy

Petition to Support Fair Wages

A petition to support fair wages for workers with disabilities has been posted on the NFB website<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1639&qid=120079> for those who would like to sign it.  The petition includes, in part, "We all speak in support of the repeal of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which authorizes Special Wage Certificates that permit employers to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages, some as low as 3 cents per hour."

For more information about the issue, please visit the Fair Wages page<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1640&qid=120079>.

Amazon Whispercast Advocacy Update

In recent months, Amazon.com has undertaken a massive effort to deploy its inaccessible Kindle e-readers and Kindle e-books into K-12 classrooms across the United States. In the fall of 2012, Amazon launched a program called Whispercast, which enables teachers and school administrators to distribute inaccessible Kindle content to devices other than Kindles en masse. As part of this new program, Amazon has engaged in a mass-marketing effort. As schools adopt Amazon’s e-book products and services, they create educational disadvantages for students who are blind or print disabled, hindering students’ ability to engage in the assigned curriculum. This practice is discriminatory, illegal, and poses significant harm to the education of blind children.

For years, the NFB has been a strong advocate for e-books that are fully and equally accessible. Since Amazon’s launch of Whispercast, the NFB has amplified its efforts to keep inaccessible Kindle e-books out of our nation’s schools. On December 12, 2012, nearly one hundred blind people and other disability advocates marched outside Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington, for an informational protest organized by the NFB against the distribution of inaccessible Kindle e-books in schools. More recently, NFB President Dr. Marc Maurer wrote to the departments of education in all fifty states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and to the National PTA, to remind each entity that the implementation of inaccessible technology–such as Whispercast–in schools, constitutes discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

As supporters of the NFB, your assistance and advocacy is critical to ensuring that blind students have equal access to information and curriculum content. For more information about the inaccessibility of Kindle e-books and Whispercast, including copies of the letters referred to above, and to learn how you can help keep inaccessible Kindle e-books out of your state and local schools, please visit https://nfb.org/kindle-books<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1657&qid=120079> or contact Valerie Yingling, paralegal at the NFB, at vyingling at nfb.org<mailto:vyingling at nfb.org>.

Web Shopping Advocacy

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal describes the work done by advocates for disability rights, including those from the NFB. When commenting on e-commerce sites that are not accessible to blind people, Anne Taylor, NFB director of access technology, was quoted, "But this isn't the experience we want blind people to have. This is not an experience a company would want a sighted person to have." Daniel F. Goldstein, the Baltimore lawyer who represents the NFB, explains that accessible websites are mutually beneficial by saying, "It's what I call 'eat your spinach' litigation. The market share you gain is more than the costs of making your site accessible." Access the entire article here<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1641&qid=120079>.

Product and Access Technology Talk

The NFB; Royal National Institute of Blind People, UK (RNIB); CNIB (Canada); Vision Australia; and other blindness organizations teamed up at the 28th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN to the regulars or anyone with a character limit) to advocate for accessibility in Windows Mobile 8. This coalition also addressed an open letter to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on this topic, as Windows Mobile is now the only major mobile phone operating system that contains no accessibility features whatsoever.

After presenting at CSUN, the access technology team jumped straight into the preparations for the NFB Tactile Graphics Conference<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1642&qid=120079>, which not only looks to be the most exciting thing happening in tactile graphics this year, but the most fun as well. In addition, we’ll be publishing some of the resultant papers in the Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1643&qid=120079> (JBIR) so that these resources are available to the public in a more permanent location.

In the International Braille and Technology Center, we’re continuing to roll out improvements, with the most recent being the upgrade of the Braillo 200 to Braillo 300 to improve production and to better serve our membership.

From the tenBroek Library
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We are pleased to announce that the complete collection of speeches given at the annual conventions of the NFB by Dr. Kenneth Jernigan (1926-1998), blind civil rights advocate and significant past president of the NFB (1968-1986), are now available in audio format on the NFB website<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1644&qid=120079>. Thanks to an observant Federationist, and some work on the part of NFB staff, the last missing recording was recently identified, located, and digitized. Jernigan’s speech to the assembled membership at the 1994 convention in Detroit, Michigan, “Of Braille and Honeybees,” can now be streamed directly from the website. Given recent estimates that only 10 percent of blind children are receiving Braille instruction as part of their education, his call to action to ensure the right of every blind person in the United States to learn Braille continues to be as pertinent today as it was nineteen years ago.

Each speech is recorded in Jernigan’s own voice, most being live recordings made during the actual convention. The collected speeches were given over the course of his career, both before and after his term in office, and span the years 1963 to 1997. Widely acknowledged as a gifted orator, each speech given by Jernigan is a stirring aural experience, presenting ideas and arguments that continue to inspire the NFB and the organized blind movement to this day. To listen to “Of Braille and Honeybees,” or any of the Jernigan convention speeches, please visit our website at www.nfb.org/banquet-speeches<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1645&qid=120079>. There you can also find audio recordings of all speeches given by current NFB President Marc Maurer, as well as many of the speeches given by NFB Founder Jacobus tenBroek.

Independence Market

Not only did Kenneth Jernigan play a formative role in shaping the NFB's empowering approach to blindness, he also had a significant impact on the blindness system itself. Kenneth Jernigan served as our president from 1968 to 1986, and played a notable role in the organization both before and after his presidency. Although he died almost fifteen years ago, we still read his many writings, which span more than thirty-five years, to learn about how to view blindness as simply a characteristic, among many, that does not have to limit our capacity to live productive and fulfilled lives. "Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic,"<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1646&qid=120079> from 1963, and "The Nature of Independence,"<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1647&qid=120079> from 1993, are two of the many speeches we still frequently distribute to those who want to learn more about how the NFB approaches blindness. Many of Jernigan's writings can be found online via our literature page<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1648&qid=120079>. It is also worth taking a look at our Kernel Book series<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1649&qid=120079>--Kenneth Jernigan edited the first fifteen volumes of this series of stories written by blind individuals about our everyday experiences. Each volume also contains a contribution from the editor. Many of Jernigan's formal presentations can be found under the national convention banquet speeches<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1645&qid=120079> and other important addresses page.

After his death, a sampling of Jernigan's work was collected in the book: Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, the Mission, the Movement<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1650&qid=120079>, edited by Marc Maurer.

James Omvig later wrote The Blindness Revolution: Jernigan in His Own Words, which recounts the story of the transformation of the Iowa Commission for the Blind to an effective service agency in a span of ten years.

Copies of these books, as well as many other Jernigan writings, can be obtained from the NFB Independence Market in various formats. For further information send an e-mail to IndependenceMarket at nfb.org<mailto:IndependenceMarket at nfb.org>, or call 410-659-9314, extension 2216.

On a less serious note, for those that need more jokes and foolishness in their lives, The Bell, The Clapper, and The Cord: Wit and Witticism<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1658&qid=120079> can be found in the Independence Market. No fooling!

NFB Calendar

Upcoming Events

NFB Tactile Graphics Conference<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1568&qid=120079>: April 12-13, 2013

Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium<nfb.org/law-symposium>: April 18-19, 2013

NFB BELL Program<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1659&qid=120079>: Summer 2013

DOT DASH 8K Race<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1535&qid=120079>: June 2, 2013

NFB National Convention<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1569&qid=120079>: July 1-6, 2013

State Conventions

New Hampshire<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1573&qid=120079> – April 5-7, 2013

Oklahoma<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1574&qid=120079> – April 5-7, 2013

Delaware<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1575&qid=120079> – April 12-14, 2013

Idaho<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1576&qid=120079> – April 12-14, 2013

Missouri<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1577&qid=120079> – April 12-14, 2013

New Mexico<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1578&qid=120079> – April 12-14, 2013

Wisconsin<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1579&qid=120079> – April 12-14, 2013

Louisiana<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1580&qid=120079> – April 19-21, 2013

South Dakota<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1581&qid=120079> – April 19-21, 2013

Utah<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1582&qid=120079> – May 3-5, 2013

Florida<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1583&qid=120079> – May 24-26, 2013

Citation

"On one thing, however, there can be no doubt. The National Federation of the Blind is absolutely and irrevocably committed to the achievement of Braille literacy for the blind of this country. On this issue we will not equivocate; we will not compromise; and we will not quit. It must—it will be done."

--Kenneth Jernigan, "Of Braille and Honeybees<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1656&qid=120079>", 1994 NFB National Convention banquet speech, Detroit, Michigan

Thank you for reading the NFB Jernigan Institute’s Imagineering Our Future.

Help make a significant difference in the lives of blind people across the country.
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or visit our

vehicle donation<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1651&qid=120079> page.

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Interesting links:

Archive of Straight Talk about Vision Loss videos<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1588&qid=120079>

National Center for Blind Youth in Science<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1589&qid=120079>

Access Technology Tips<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1590&qid=120079>

TeachBlindStudents.org<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1591&qid=120079>

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Blogs:

Access Technology<http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1592&qid=120079>

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