<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><base href="https://braillemonitor.podbean.com/e/braille-monitor-vol-68-no-7-july-2025/"><style id="print"></style><title>Braille Monitor Vol. 68, No. 7, July 2025 | Braille Monitor</title><div class="original-url"><br><a href="https://braillemonitor.podbean.com/e/braille-monitor-vol-68-no-7-july-2025/">https://braillemonitor.podbean.com/e/braille-monitor-vol-68-no-7-july-2025/</a><br><br></div><div id="article" role="article" style="-webkit-locale: "en"; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="system exported">
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<div class="page" style="text-align: start; overflow-wrap: break-word; max-width: 100%;"><h1 class="title" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.95552em; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; text-align: start; hyphens: manual; display: block; max-width: 100%;">Braille Monitor Vol. 68, No. 7, July 2025 | Braille Monitor</h1><p style="height: 0px; width: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;">\u200b</p><p style="height: 0px; width: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;">\u200b</p><p style="max-width: 100%;"></p><p style="max-width: 100%;">Vol. 68, No. 7 July 2025</p>
<h2 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.43em; max-width: 100%;"> Contents</h2>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Taking Back My Life: A Journey from Control to Freedom</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Mary Azatyan-Witmeyer</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">No Sights Necessary: Firearm Safety and Range Experience</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Christine Faltz Grassman</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Dedicated Determination Can Help Create Change</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Cindy Scott-Huisman houseman</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Looking Towards Our Future: Making Healthy Aging Accessible</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Rishika Kartik and Christopher Liu lay-o</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Social Determinants of Health: A Framework for Communicating with Health Care Professionals and Policy Specialists about the Work of the Organized Blind Movement</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Justin Salisbury</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Building a Museum Beyond Expectations: Blueprints for Change</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Book Review: <em style="max-width: 100%;">Connecting Dots: A Blind Life</em> <br style="max-width: 100%;">by Joshua A. Miele with Wendell Jamieson mealy</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Reviewed by Deborah Kendrick</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Legislative Update</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Chris Danielsen</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Living by Standards: When Blindness Isn\u2019t the Limitation</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Kristopher I. Crawley</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Innosearch AI and National Federation of the Blind Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Digital Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Communities</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Google and Aira Launch AI Visual Interpreter Pilot Project</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">by Chris Danielsen</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">From the President\u2019s Desk</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><em style="max-width: 100%;">Monitor</em> Miniatures</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;"> </strong></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;"> </strong></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Photo and Web List</strong></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Issue: [JULY 2025]</strong></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Photos:</strong></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Mary Elizabeth Azatyan-Witmeyer</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Christine Faltz Grassman</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Rishika Kartik</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Christopher Lui</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Justin Salisbury</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">A Blind Life by Joshua Miele (book)</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Deborah Kendrick</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Chris Danielsen</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Kristopher I Crawley</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">President Riccobono</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Museum photos \u2013 within article</strong></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Web Links:</strong></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://www.nfb.org" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">www.nfb.org</a></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">www.nfbnet.org</a></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">YouTube.com/NationsBlind</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">www.nfb.org/planned-giving</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/make-gift" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">www.nfb.org/make-gift</a></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/first-timers-guide" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/first-timers-guide</a>.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://www.troubledefense.com/blind-and-low-vision-firearms-training" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">www.troubledefense.com/blind-and-low-vision-firearms-training</a>.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://www.blindmuse.org" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">www.blindmuse.org</a>.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://www.SaatvaADAsettlement.com" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">https://www.SaatvaADAsettlement.com</a>.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://eastendtrialgroup.com" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">https://eastendtrialgroup.com</a>.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://www.sfl.org" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">www.sfl.org</a>;</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><a href="https://nfb.org/museum" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">https://nfb.org/museum</a>.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">nfb.org/convention.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">nfb.org/publications</p><p></p></div></div></div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Dontee L. Wrenn</div></body></html>