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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This is great! Thanks for letting us know. Will you be in Austin?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/">www.nfbma.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com">sharawinton@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 23, 2026 2:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List' <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [Massachusetts-NFB] My Article in the July 2026 Braille Monitor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I was blessed to have an article published in the July 2026 Braille Monitor. Some of the people on this list may think that they were there when I tell some of the stories in the article. If you do, you might be right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’d love to hear any thoughts that anyone has on the topic. I wrote about the situations where blind people meet other blind people who have the same eye condition as they do and then they call themselves “twins.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Here’s a link:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm26/bm2607/bm260709.htm">https://nfb.org//images/nfb/publications/bm/bm26/bm2607/bm260709.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>See you at convention!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Justin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Justin MH Salisbury, MEd, NOMC, NCRTB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>English Pronouns: He/Him/His<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ResearchGate: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury&source=gmail-imap&ust=1727538746000000&usg=AOvVaw3uZJqqJkT2wSVxJDa9dD7W">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury&source=gmail-imap&ust=1727538746000000&usg=AOvVaw0XtyTG9WXXQ8TWe6UeU4Nz"><span lang=EN>https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ORCID: <a href="https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1786-2786">https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1786-2786</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Recent Public Scholarship:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Salisbury, J. (2025). <a href="https://ojs.scholarsportal.info/ontariotechu/index.php/id/article/view/323">Defining and understanding the blind community</a>. </span><i>Including Disability</i>, <i>6</i>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Chinua Achebe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>