<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Tina Thomas Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> National Federation of the Blind <webmaster@nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> January 12, 2022 at 12:12:30 AM PST<br><b>To:</b> Tina Thomas <tina.thomas90044@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Access the January 2022 Braille Monitor</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> National Federation of the Blind <webmaster@nfb.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><!--[if gte mso 9]>
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                                                                        <h1><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:24pt">Access the Latest <em>BRAILLE MONITOR</em></span></strong></span></h1>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Vol. 65, No. 1 | January 2022</span></span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This email contains the titles and links to the articles in this month’s issue. It also provides the many ways to access the <em>Braille Monitor</em>, or you can go directly to the complete issue at <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24185&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">https://nfb.org//images/nfb/publications/bm/bm22/bm2201/bm2201tc.htm</a>. </span></span></p>

                                                                        <h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt">Articles in This Issue</span></strong></span></h2>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24186&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Illustration: Thanking the Builders Who Give Us the Tools</a></span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24187&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">New Orleans Site of 2022 Convention</a><br>
                                                                        by John Berggren</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24188&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Voting is a Blindness Issue</a><br>
                                                                        by Lou Ann Blake</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24189&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">The Myth of Functionality: Disability Rights and the Limits of Common Sense</a><br>
                                                                        by George Stern</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24190&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Access Tech, Medical Devices, Websites, and Subminimum Wages</a><br>
                                                                        by John Paré</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24191&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Life Lessons at the Turkey Trot</a><br>
                                                                        by Jo Elizabeth Pinto </span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24192&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">A Case for Why We Should Not Do Visual Descriptions of Ourselves</a><br>
                                                                        by Mark Lasser</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24193&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Bringing a Closing to Disclosing the Clothing</a><br>
                                                                        by Jack Bernard</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24194&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Just What the Doctor Ordered</a><br>
                                                                        by Tatyana Haykin</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24195&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">You Can Make a Difference</a></span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24196&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Making the Kitchen Your Friend</a><br>
                                                                        by Regina Mitchell</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24197&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Conventions Are for All of Us</a><br>
                                                                        by Chris Westbrook</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24198&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">National Federation of the Blind 2022 Scholarship Program</a><br>
                                                                        by Cayte Mendez</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24199&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Kenneth Jernigan Convention Scholarship</a><br>
                                                                        by Tracy Soforenko</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24200&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">The 2022 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards</a><br>
                                                                        by Everette Bacon</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24201&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Getting the Straight Scoop from Our Mentees</a><br>
                                                                        by Maurice Peret</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24202&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">A Tribute from a Friend</a><br>
                                                                        by Donna Wood</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24203&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Are Conservatives Welcome in the National Federation of the Blind?</a><br>
                                                                        by Colleen Roth</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24204&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Independence Market Corner</a><br>
                                                                        by Terry Boone</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24205&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">I Am Not My Blindness: What the Blind Community Wishes You Knew</a><br>
                                                                        by David Oliver</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24206&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Jason Broughton has a mission at the Library of Congress: "Expand and be Inclusive"</a><br>
                                                                        by Chris Cioffi</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24207&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><em>Monitor</em> Miniatures</a></span></p>

                                                                        <h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt">Ways to Access the <em>Braille Monitor</em></span></strong></span></h2>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">In addition to the articles above, there are several ways to access this month’s issue that can be found at the end of <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=24185&qid=6707153" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">this month’s table of contents</a>.</span></span></p>

                                                                        <ul>
                                                                                <li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Complete <em>Braille Monitor </em>(HTML)</span></span></li>
                                                                                <li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Complete <em>Braille Monitor</em> (Zipped Word Version)</span></span></li>
                                                                                <li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Complete <em>Braille Monitor</em> (Braille Version)</span></span></li>
                                                                                <li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Complete <em>Braille Monitor</em> Audio File (Zipped MP3 Version)</span></span></li>
                                                                                <li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Complete DAISY Audio File (Zipped MP3 Version)</span></span></li>
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