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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Good morning Everyone,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Here is the latest Jernigan Institute newsletter. Please read and enjoy.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Susie</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Mark Riccobono [mailto:JerniganInstitute@nfb.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 01, 2013 9:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO<br>
<b>Subject:</b> JI Newsletter - Baseball, fooling, taxes...it must be April</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Issue 52</span></strong></p>
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<p class="c12"><a name="Top" id="Top"></a><span class="headline"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In this issue:</span></b></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Executive" title="Link to Message from Executive Director">Message from the Executive Director</a></span></strong></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#New" title="What's New">What’s News at the NFB</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Education" title="Education">Education</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><a href="#BrailleInitiative" title="Braille Initiative"><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Braille Initiative</span></strong></a></p>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Advocacy" title="Advocacy">Advocacy</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Technology" title="Access technology">Product and Access Technology Talk</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="#Library" title="Jacobus tenBroek Library">From the tenBroek Library</a></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><a href="#Independence_Market"><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Independence Market</span></strong></a></p>
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<h3><a name="Executive" id="Executive"></a><span class="headline"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Message from the Executive Director</span></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dear Friends,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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?
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Of course, we have made progress. Consider the fundamental writing, "<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1628&qid=120079" title="Link to The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts">The
Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts," by Jacobus tenBroek</a> (<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">California Law Review</span></em>, 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?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We have initiated the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1629&qid=120079" title="Link to Free White Cane Program">
Free White Cane program</a>, 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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:#993366"> </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<span style="color:#993366; border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"><img border="0" width="160" height="40" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE2EC3.5C2FA5D0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: Signature of Mark Riccobono"></span><span style="color:#993366"><br>
</span><span style="color:black">Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director<br>
NFB Jernigan Institute</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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 <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1586&qid=120079" title="Link to Make a Gift">
Make A Gift</a>.</span></p>
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<h3><a name="News" id="New"></a><a name="New" id="News"></a><span class="headline"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">What's News at the NFB</span></span></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Vehicle Donations Now Accepted</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">For more information or to donate your vehicle today, visit
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1632&qid=120079" title="Link to the vehicle donation">
www.nfb.org/vehicle-donations</a>, or call (toll-free) 1-855-659-9314. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">IRS Assistance for People with Disabilities</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">It is tax time again! The IRS has accessible forms, publications, and other tax-related products available at the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1633&qid=120079" title="Link to IRS accessibility page">
IRS Accessibility page</a>. Check the website often as they are continually growing the number of products available for persons with disabilities.
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Convention Preregistration is Open</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">To preregister online, please visit
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1630&qid=120079" title="Link to preregistration for convention">
www.nfb.org/registration</a>. To mail in your preregistration, please download the PDF
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1631&qid=120079" title="Link to pre-registration pdf form">
version of the form</a> and mail it to the address below no later than May 31. </span>
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<p style="margin-left:30.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind<br>
Attn: Convention Registration<br>
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place<br>
Baltimore, MD 21230</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Requests for Accommodations Based on Disability</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1630&qid=120079" title="Link to convention preregistration">
www.nfb.org/registration</a>; and 2) Send your specific request for accommodations in writing to the NFB Jernigan Institute via e-mail at
<a href="mailto:jerniganinstitute@nfb.org">jerniganinstitute@nfb.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.
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<h3><a name="Education" id="Education"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Education</span></strong></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NFB STEM-X </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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
<a href="mailto:nshaheen@nfb.org">nshaheen@nfb.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NFB BELL Program</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1635&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB BELL">
www.nfb.org/BELL</a> to apply.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Read Across America 2013
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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 <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1636&qid=120079" title="Link to Read Across America">
www.nfb.org/Read-Across-America</a>, or check out the <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1543&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB YouTube channel">
NFB’s YouTube</a> channel. The <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1637&qid=120079" title="Link to video submitted by Christopher and Geneva">
video submitted by Christopher and Geneva</a> 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.
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<h3><a name="BrailleInitiative" id="Braille Initiative"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Braille Initiative</span></strong></h3>
<h5><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Contest for Braille Readers</span></strong></h5>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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 <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1638&qid=120079" title="Link to Onkyo Braille essay contest information">
www.nfb.org/onkyo-braille-essay-contest</a> for more information and an application.</span></p>
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<h5><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Braille Certification Training Program</span></strong></h5>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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:</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Literary Braille Transcribing</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Arkansas<br>
Len Barnette Yates, Wrightsville</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">California<br>
Sharon Ellen Crockett, Walnut Creek<br>
Deborah C. Law Ting, Stanford<br>
David T. Vong, Folsom</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Florida<br>
Jana D. Ream, Stuart</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Idaho<br>
Allen Ray Cain, Boise</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Indiana<br>
John Maggert, Bunker Hill</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Kentucky<br>
Crystal Lynn Barlow, Louisville<br>
Roi Lynn Collett, Louisville<br>
Rosalee Karr, Louisville</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Michigan<br>
Julia LaFonde Alexander, Detroit<br>
Jeffery Joseph Alfano, Lincoln Park<br>
Emily Ruth Carter, DeWitt</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Missouri<br>
Ernest Phillip Crider, Jefferson City<br>
Bruce Dwayne Thompson, Jefferson City </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Nebraska<br>
Mark G. Wagner, Lincoln</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Nevada<br>
Richard William Graves, Las Vegas</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">New Mexico<br>
Carmel Fatima Portugal, Albuquerque </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">North Carolina<br>
Daniel E. Beverly, Laurinburg<br>
Thomas S. Long, Laurinburg<br>
Dennis J. Morgan, Laurinburg</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Texas<br>
Roberta Susan Shapiro, Plano<br>
Cynthia Annette Tate Villegas, Gatesville</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">U.S. Virgin Islands<br>
Cheryl Ann Esquilin, St. Thomas </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Virginia<br>
Melissa Dawn Walker, Troy</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Washington<br>
Kim E. Lagerwey, Gig Harbor </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Wisconsin<br>
Cheryl Bridget Wipperfurth, West Bend</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Mathematics (Nemeth) Braille Transcribing</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Nebraska<br>
Francisco Munoz Gonzalez, Lincoln</span></p>
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<h3><a name="Advocacy" id="Advocacy"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Advocacy</span></strong></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Petition to Support Fair Wages</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">A petition to support fair wages for workers with disabilities has been posted on the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1639&qid=120079" title="Link to fair wages petition">
NFB website</a> 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."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">For more information about the issue, please visit the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1640&qid=120079" title="Link to Fair Wages page">
Fair Wages page</a>. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Amazon Whispercast Advocacy Update</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1657&qid=120079" title="Link to Kindle books information">
https://nfb.org/kindle-books</a> or contact Valerie Yingling, paralegal at the NFB, at
<a href="mailto:vyingling@nfb.org">vyingling@nfb.org</a>. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Web Shopping Advocacy</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">A recent article in the <em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Wall Street Journal</span></em> 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 <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1641&qid=120079" title="Link to Wall Street Journal article Deaf,Blind Sue Over Web Shopping">
here</a>.</span></p>
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<h3><a name="Technology" id="Technology"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Product and Access Technology Talk</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">After presenting at CSUN, the access technology team jumped straight into the preparations for the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1642&qid=120079" title="Link to the NFB tactile graphic conference">
NFB Tactile Graphics Conference</a>, 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
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1643&qid=120079" title="Link to Journal of Braille Innovation and Research">Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research</a></span></em> (JBIR)
so that these resources are available to the public in a more permanent location.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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. </span></p>
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<h3><a name="Library" id="Library"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From the tenBroek Library</span></strong></h3>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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 <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1644&qid=120079" title="Link to audio-video center">
NFB website</a>. 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.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1645&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB banquet speeches">
www.nfb.org/banquet-speeches</a>. 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.
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<h3><a name="Independence_Market" id="Independence Market"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Independence Market</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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.
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1646&qid=120079" title="Link to "Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic"">
"Blindness: Handicap or Characteristic,"</a> from 1963, and <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1647&qid=120079" title="Link to "The Nature of Independence"">
"The Nature of Independence,"</a> 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
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1648&qid=120079" title="Link to literature page">
literature page</a>. It is also worth taking a look at our <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1649&qid=120079" title="Link to Kernal Book series">
Kernel Book series</a>--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 <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1645&qid=120079" title="Link to banquet speeches and other important addresses">
banquet speeches</a> and other important addresses page. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">After his death, a sampling of Jernigan's work was collected in the book:
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1650&qid=120079" title="Link to Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, the Mission, the Movement">
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Kenneth Jernigan: The Master, the Mission, the Movement</span></em></a>, edited by Marc Maurer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">James Omvig later wrote <em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The Blindness Revolution: Jernigan in His Own Words</span></em>, 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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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
<a href="mailto:IndependenceMarket@nfb.org">IndependenceMarket@nfb.org</a>, or call 410-659-9314, extension 2216.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">On a less serious note, for those that need more jokes and foolishness in their lives,
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1658&qid=120079" title="Link to The Bell, The Clapper, and the Cord">
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The Bell, The Clapper, and The Cord: Wit and Witticism</span></em></a> can be found in the Independence Market. No fooling!
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<h3><a name="Events" id="Events"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NFB Calendar</span></strong></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Upcoming Events</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1568&qid=120079">NFB Tactile Graphics Conference</a>: April 12-13, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="nfb.org/law-symposium">Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium</a>: April 18-19, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1659&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB BELL Program">NFB BELL Program</a>: Summer 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1535&qid=120079" title="Link to Dot Dash 8K">DOT DASH 8K Race</a>: June 2, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1569&qid=120079">NFB National Convention</a>: July 1-6, 2013</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">State Conventions</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1573&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB NH">New Hampshire</a> – April 5-7, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1574&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB OK">Oklahoma</a> – April 5-7, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1575&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB DE">Delaware</a> – April 12-14, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1576&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB ID">Idaho</a> – April 12-14, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1577&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB MO">Missouri</a> – April 12-14, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1578&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB NM">New Mexico</a> – April 12-14, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1579&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB WI">Wisconsin</a> – April 12-14, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1580&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB LA">Louisiana</a> – April 19-21, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1581&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB SD">South Dakota</a> – April 19-21, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1582&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB UT">Utah</a> – May 3-5, 2013</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1583&qid=120079" title="Link to NFB FL">Florida</a> – May 24-26, 2013</span></p>
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<h3><a name="Quote" id="Quote"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Citation</span></strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">"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."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">--Kenneth Jernigan, "<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1656&qid=120079" title="Link to ">Of Braille and Honeybees</a>", 1994 NFB National Convention banquet speech, Detroit,
Michigan</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Thank you for reading the NFB Jernigan Institute’s
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Imagineering Our Future</span></em>.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Help make a significant difference in the lives of blind people across the country.</span></p>
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