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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, President of the National Federation of the Blind [mailto:IOF@nfb.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 01, 2014 1:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eric Guillory<br>
<b>Subject:</b> National Federation of the Blind Newsletter - Happy Meet the Blind Month<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Imagineering Our Future</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Issue 68</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In this issue:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#news" target="news" title="What's News at the NFB" id="news">What's News at the NFB</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#BrailleInitiative" title="Braille Initiative">Braille Initiative</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<a href="#Education"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Education</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#Technology" title="Access technology">Product and Access Technology Talk</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="#Library" title="Jacobus tenBroek Library">From the tenBroek Library</a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <b><span style="color:#339966;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="President"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Message from the President</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Friends:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Well over a decade ago, we declared October to be Meet the Blind Month. This marks an intensive time of programming in our local chapters to get people to know the truth about blindness and how blind people
are living the lives they want. Despite our tremendous progress there is still work to be done.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The other day I was out walking in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor with two of my children, aged four and seven. As my cane was about to tap a pole—indicating to me that it was there so I could move around it—a person
grabbed me from behind with a hand on each shoulder and said “stop” in a firm voice. I admit that when strangers grab me on the street my gut reaction is not politeness, but I have worked hard to give the same response to this incident every time it happens.
I replied to the stranger firmly gripping my shoulders, “Please do not grab me.” The reaction was immediate and very negative. As the person proceeded down the street grumbling loudly about how rude and inconsiderate I was, I wondered what we need to do to
change the perception of the average person in this type of encounter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hundreds of our chapters will be out in local communities helping to change the understanding of blindness by engaging members of the public in activities led by blind people. The most important activity we
undertake in the National Federation of the Blind is raising the expectations for blind people and demonstrating that blindness is not the characteristic that defines us or our future. If you are receiving this newsletter it is because you already have some
experience with the impact and importance of the Federation. I would invite you to participate in our local Meet the Blind Month activities by taking the opportunity to teach someone else about blindness. You might share some of the videos from
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3894&qid=623693" target="_blank">
our YouTube Channel,</a> stories from our Kernel Book series, or simply share your own experience. I believe that we can continue to positively change the public misconceptions about blindness, but it is going to take the efforts of all of us.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Among our Meet the Blind Month activities, I do not think you will find any of our chapters going out and grabbing unsuspecting sighted strangers on the street—though it is fun to imagine what the reaction would
be to such an activity. Of course, I recognize that there are still too many people who do not know enough about blindness to believe that blindness is not the characteristic that defines us. Therefore, it is logical to many that grabbing a blind person to
keep them safe is a respectable thing to do. For that same reason, blind people grabbing sighted strangers would not be viewed as acceptable.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I hope that in my lifetime we get to a level of understanding where blind people have the same right to their own personal space as everyone else. For this year’s Meet the Blind Month, I plan to talk to as many
people as I can about how they might feel if a blind person came and grabbed them on the street. This is fair warning to the next person that grabs me on the street—you may get more questions than you expected. The truth is that the best way for us to create
understanding is to create dialogue. That is the goal of our efforts in October, and in a sense that is the goal of the National Federation of the Blind—the complete integration of the blind on terms of equality.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="160" height="40" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: Signature of Mark Riccobono"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mark A. Riccobono, President</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="news"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What's News at the NFB</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">KNFB Reader App Now Available</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On September 18, K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. released the highly anticipated
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3844&qid=623693">
KNFB Reader</a>, a new app for the iPhone and other Apple iOS devices, which uses the phone’s camera and state-of-the-art optical character recognition (OCR) technology to give the blind instant access to the contents of print materials. KNFB Reader is now
available in the iTunes store – visit our affiliate link below to purchase and download, and encourage others to purchase through our link – a percentage of proceeds will benefit the National Federation of the Blind!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October is Meet the Blind Month</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meet the Blind Month is our nationwide campaign to increase awareness of, and support for, the National Federation of the Blind. Throughout October, members of the National Federation of the Blind will
concentrate our efforts on conducting outreach activities that will create opportunities for members of the general public to meet the blind of their communities, and to recognize that we are vital contributing members of society. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Some members will conduct creative Meet the Blind Month projects and programs. Others will staff blindness information tables at local venues and events. Still others will simply walk around in populated areas
with brochures, a smile, and a handshake. And in every activity we participate in this month, our active and vibrant membership will be proof of our conviction that blind people can live the lives they want; blindness is not what holds us back.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Share the Love, Hope, and Determination of the National Federation of the Blind</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Have you been looking for a tool that properly conveys the many benefits of joining the National Federation of the Blind? We recently filmed
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3845&qid=623693">
a powerful and inspirational video</a> in which President Mark Riccobono introduces himself and his family, and shows how the National Federation of the Blind helps blind people to live the lives we want. Whether you’re just getting to know the Federation or
want a way to introduce our organization to others, you will benefit from watching this video and sharing it with your family, friends, chapter and affiliate members, and members of your community, especially during Meet the Blind Month. <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3845&qid=623693" target="_blank">Watch
the video now</a> on our YouTube channel.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NFB Applauds Historic Ruling on Access to Absentee Ballots</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On September 4,Judge Richard D. Bennett of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3846&qid=623693">
issued an historic ruling</a> requiring the Maryland Board of Elections to make its online ballot-marking tool available to voters with disabilities in the November election. The ruling in
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind et al. vs. Linda H. Lamone et al.</span></em> means that voters with disabilities will be able to mark absentee ballots online to print out and mail to the Board of Elections.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><a name="BrailleInitiative"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Braille Initiative</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Braille Certification Training Program</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Under a contract with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS), the National Federation of the Blind 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 July 2014:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Literary Braille Transcribing</span></em><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Idaho</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jesse Jaggers, Boise </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Philip Turney, Boise </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Indiana</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Christopher Marlowe Goodbeer, Bloomington </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kansas</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Patricia Wasinger, Wichita </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">New York</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sharon J. Hunter, Deansboro </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">North Carolina</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mohammad A. Al-Rbehat, Laurinburg </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mario A. Collins, Laurinburg </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Vondell Gupton, Laurinburg </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eric C. Lynch, Laurinburg </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ohio</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Michael Ivy, Grafton </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Texas</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Athena Charlene Burdick, Gatesville </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hope Lorraine Dziedzic, Gatesville </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yulianna Espinoza-Duran, Gatesville </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sonya Denise Norwood, Gatesville </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yvonne Marie Phillips, Longview </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Elizabeth Kristen Pitts, Vancouver </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Music Braille Transcribing</span></em><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pamela J. Lorenz, Gig Harbor </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name="Education"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Education</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NFB STEM2U Leadership Academy</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From September 5 to 7, twenty-four blind high school students from across the country spent the weekend at the NFB Jernigan Institute strengthening their leadership and mentoring skills in preparation for the
upcoming NFB STEM2U regional programs in Baltimore, Boston, and Columbus. These high school students, or apprentices, will work in teams of ten at their respective regional programs to help facilitators ensure that the twenty elementary school students at
each program learn as much as possible about STEM and about growing up to be a successful blind person. Over the next several months, the three teams of apprentices will continue to collaborate and prepare for their work at the NFB STEM2U regional programs
by utilizing various technologies to stay in touch from their homes across the country. A few tweets from the apprentices provide a glimpse into the experience from the students’ perspective.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tweets</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">@KeniaFlores98: I have had such a great experience at the NFB Jernigan Institute, and I cannot wait to return in November and learn even more. #NCBYS #STEM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">@SexxyPenguin: Up thinking about the important roles we will have with these children</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"">☺</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">️@anillife
@KeniaFlores98 @lillieboo323 @pulyperez1 @nlshaheen #NCBYS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">@lillieboo323: #ncbys #stem was amazing. Too many people to name and thank. You all are amazing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">@shawnabraham21: I'm gonna miss everyone from #stem2u Only wish it could've lasted longer. #NCBYS #stem</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">@pulyperez1: This ended too soon… Going home now. going to miss everyone. Had so much fun learning about being leaders #NCBYS #STEM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Follow the NFB STEM2U action on Twitter by tuning into the #NCBYS hashtag.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="Technology"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Product and Access Technology Talk</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The access technology team has been very busy as we move into the fall. On September 9, in collaboration with the Maryland Technology Assistance Program, we held our largest accessibility event to date. The
Web Accessibility Training Day drew more than two hundred attendees, and hosted speakers from diverse backgrounds including Fortune 500 companies, government, and higher education. Our speakers addressed the importance and practicality of ensuring that web
resources are accessible to all users, and highlighted both technical and policy decisions that can increase quality and ease of use of resources on the web for all users, whether or not they have a traditional disability. The event was conducted as part of
the training initiative for the newly launched NFB Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access to Education, Public Information, and Commerce. The Center of Excellence serves to share the considerable knowledge that the NFB and its partners have of web accessibility
in order to bring about greater accessibility in government, education, and business; to promote best practices nationally; and to build Maryland’s status as leader in the field.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you were unable to attend this year’s great Web Accessibility Training Day, we will be releasing speakers’ PowerPoint presentations as well as audio recordings of the sessions. Keep an eye on
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3847&qid=623693">
www.nfb.org</a> for more details.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">While the Web Accessibility Training Day excitement has come to a close, the access technology team is gearing up for another major educational event. Train the Trainer, planned for October 15-17, will focus
on assisting access technology trainers, teachers, and others who assist blind users in choosing and learning new technology to hone their skills, and stay on top of the current trends in both mainstream and access technology. With sessions covering everything
from notetakers to cloud productivity suites, it will be an event that trainers will find invaluable. Although spaces are filling quickly, a few seats are still available. If you, or a trainer you know, may benefit from the event, please visit
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3848&qid=623693">
https://nfb.org/training-the-trainers</a> to learn more, and reserve a space before they are all gone.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name="Library"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From the tenBroek Library</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Newel Perry Inducted into APH Hall of Fame</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In May of 2014, Dr. Newel Perry (1873-1961) was inducted into the American Printing House for the Blind’s (APH) Hall of Fame. This high distinction is awarded to leaders and legends in the blindness field, and
Dr. Perry’s admittance to this elite group has long been overdue. Fans of the history of the National Federation of the Blind may know him as the mentor of our founder, Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, but his impact on the American disability rights movement extends
far beyond that.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Among his many accomplishments, Perry was the first blind graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (1896), earned a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Munich (1902), and successfully lobbied
the New York state legislature to sign into law the first bill appropriating reader funds for blind college students (1906). In his capacity as a teacher at the California School for the Blind (1912-1947), he tutored the best and brightest students and is
credited with preparing 78 graduates to find work in a variety of fields during a time period when most blind people were considered unemployable.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Perhaps most importantly, however, Dr. Perry founded the California Council of the Blind in 1934 and encouraged the young tenBroek to found the first national organization of the blind in 1940, giving blind
people everywhere the power of collective action to advocate for their rights. Established to honor his memory in 1955, the NFB bestows the Newel Perry Award on individuals, sighted or blind, who have demonstrated courageous leadership and outstanding service
in the blindness field by working in partnership with the National Federation of the Blind.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information on the life and work of Newel Perry, the APH has published an extensive biography at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3849&qid=623693">
http://www.aph.org/hall/bios/perry.html</a>. Also in 1961, tenBroek eulogized his mentor and life-long friend in a speech called “Newel Perry: Teacher of Youth and Leader of Men,” which is available at </span><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3850&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/speeches/NewellPerryTeacherOfYouthLeaderOfMen.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1035" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="Market"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Independence Market</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3851&qid=623693">
NFB Independence Market</a> is a resource for our members, their family and friends, and the general public. We distribute our literature, which conveys the powerful message that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you; you can live the life you
want. Our members use our literature to share our positive philosophy of blindness with their communities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October is Meet the Blind Month and many of our chapters around the country will be conducting various outreach activities to educate their communities about the abilities of blind people. The following are
the most popular literature items our members use for such projects.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3852&qid=623693"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•What is the National Federation of the Blind?</span></strong> Brochure</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This brochure gives some introductory information about the NFB.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3853&qid=623693"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•Do You Know a Blind Person?</span></strong> Brochure</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This brochure lists various resources available to people who are experiencing severe vision loss.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•Braille Alphabet Cards</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">These cards show a tactile and visual representation of the Braille alphabet, provide a short sample text for reading practice, and give some information about the NFB.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3854&qid=623693">•Kernel Books</a></span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">These little paperback books contain stories written by our members, in which they share their everyday experiences with blindness.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Of course the fall is also the season for ordering new calendars for the coming year. The Independence Market distributes the
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3855&qid=623693">
American Action Fund Braille Calendars</a>, which are available free of charge. We also sell several large-print calendars. The
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3856&qid=623693">
2015 Spiral Bound Appointment Calendar</a> is now available for ordering. We hope to have the 2015 large-print planners and wall calendars available later in October.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information about any of the above items or about the other literature and products available from the NFB Independence Market, please contact us via email at
<a href="mailto:independencemarket@nfb.org">independencemarket@nfb.org</a>, or by phone at (410) 659-9314, extension 2216.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1036" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span><a name="Advocacy"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Advocacy</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Securing Accessible Practice Exams</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In order to compete in high-stakes testing on an equal footing with sighted peers, it is critical that blind individuals have full access to practice exams, in addition to necessary test-day accommodations.
Too often, practice exams that are compatible with screen access software are difficult, if not impossible, to obtain. Rather than studying, blind test takers may be forced to spend months advocating for accessible practice tests. The problem is compounded
by the fact that sometimes practice exams are sold by the testing entity itself, and other times are sold by separate publishing companies. Practice exams in question include those needed to prepare for professional licensure tests, admission to graduate school,
advanced educational placement tests, and others.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The NFB is committed to advocating for accessible practice exams for blind individuals. To do this, we need your help. If you have experienced difficulty obtaining an accessible practice exam, please contact
Valerie Yingling at (410) 659-9314, extension 2440, with the following information:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Name of practice exam and high-stakes test with which it coordinates</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Publisher of the practice exam</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Format sought (electronic screen-reader-compatible format, Braille, or other)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Date requested</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Outcome of request</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1037" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name="AmazonSmile"></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind and AmazonSmile</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With the holiday season fast approaching, the National Federation of the Blind is pleased to announce that your online shopping can now benefit the blind through AmazonSmile! When you shop at
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3857&qid=623693">
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/02-0259978</a>, a portion of the money you spend will be donated to the National Federation of the Blind to fund programs that help the blind live the lives they want. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="243" height="2" id="_x0000_i1038" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFE16B.6ADEF2A0" alt="Image removed by sender. Graphic: section divider"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2><a name="calendar"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">NFB Calendar</span><o:p></o:p></a></h2>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Upcoming Events</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3848&qid=623693" title="Link to Train-the-trainers"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NFB Access Technology Train the Trainers</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
- October 15-17, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NFB STEM2U at Port Discovery, Baltimore, MD – November 6-8, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Start of the NFB's Seventy-fifth year – November 16, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">State Conventions</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3858&qid=623693" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alaska</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 3-5, 2014</span><br>
<br>
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3859&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Arkansas</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 3-5, 2014</span><br>
<br>
<a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3860&qid=623693" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 3-5, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3861&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">District of Columbia</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 8-12, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3862&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">California</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 9-12, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3863&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nebraska</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 9-12, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3864&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Georgia</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 10-12, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3865&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Michigan</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 10-12, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3866&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Montana</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 10-12, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3867&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Iowa</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 17-19, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3868&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Indiana</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 17-19, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3869&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rhode Island</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 17-18, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3870&qid=623693"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Vermont</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> – October 24-26, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Although the belief system of the past may hold that there is nothing essential to learn about what blindness is or how to deal with it, this time-worn understanding of the capacity of the blind is no longer
uncontested. We human beings ordinarily observe only that which we already know, and we learn only when 90 percent of what is presented is familiar. But this is not all. Learning cannot occur unless there is a teacher with the wisdom and the capacity to dream
of the other 10 percent. Those in the school systems, in the governmental and private agencies for the blind, and in the public at large can work with us to accelerate the achievement of independence for the blind, and increasingly this is precisely what has
been occurring. But they cannot provide the inspiration and the dream—that must come from us. We will learn what we must, imagine a time when we have eradicated the misconceptions about the blind, provide an alternative explanation which is more complete than
the misguided theories of the long ago, and teach the public about our basic normality. This is our goal, our mission, and our right.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">--Marc Maurer. <a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3871&qid=623693" target="_blank">
"The Mysterious Ten Percent."</a> 1992 NFB National Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina, July 3, 1992.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interesting links:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3876&qid=623693" target="_blank" title="Link to Straight Talk About Vision Loss">Archive of Straight Talk About Vision Loss
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3877&qid=623693" target="_blank" title="Link to National Center for Blind Youth">National Center for Blind Youth in Science</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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