[Nfbmt] January Braille Monitor; becca

[Bruce&Joy Breslauer]

Reading the Braille Monitor: A New Year's Resolution that Is Easy to Keep

 

Reading the Braille Monitor is an easy resolution to keep because it provides
items for reflection, information, and inspiration. The monitor is always
accessible because you can get the magazine in the format that you prefer:
email, website, audio, braille, print. The January edition is a good example
of the interesting things you will find by keeping this resolution. 

If you are in the mood for reflection, which people usually are in January,
the Braille Monitor offers a nice variety of things to think about. The
article entitled, "The NFB of Pennsylvania Convention Then and Now," and the
reprinted newspaper article, "Statewide Blind Group Meets at Birthplace,"
offer reflections on the beginning of our movement as well as current
challenges. 

Steve Jacobson's article, "When History Repeats Itself, Why Must Blind People
be Victims?" offers much to think about concerning Braille and the UEB.

Dr. Ed Vaughan reminds us of the different perspectives held by the consumer
versus workers from the agency or organization providing the service. Do you
know what the word pelf means? Find out by reading this interesting article,
"Person, Power, and Pelf." 

"Keeping some of the Good Oranges" is not about fruit. This article, with its
intriguing title, by Justin Salisbury, presents interesting points about who
should be a teacher of blind students. 

Two articles in the January issue are excellent sources of information. The
article by Jan Bailey, entitled "Low-Tech Solutions for Employment of the
Blind," will be helpful to both counselors and employees. We all need the
reminder not to overlook low tech solutions. The chairman of the scholarship
committee, Patti Gregory-Chang, wrote a must-read article for blind students
entitled "The Secret to Winning a National Federation of the Blind
Scholarship." All of us should use this article to advertise our scholarship
program. 

There are two articles in the January Monitor that are particularly
inspiring. Ken Cary, age 75, who is both deaf and blind, describes how he
lives the life he wants. He also illustrates the importance of good
orientation and mobility instruction in his article entitled "Senior Citizens
Take on Senior Challenges."  After you read the article "A Matter of Dignity:
How Minnesota is Failing the Disabled," you will definitely be inspired to
convince Congress to immediately pass the Time Act. This article also gives
food for thought on why the Time Act is so necessary. 

 

Start the year off right! Go to:
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm16/bm1601/bm1601tc.htm

Read the Braille Monitor!!

 

Sharon Maneki 

 

 

David Andrews and Long White Cane Harry

dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org

Twitter:  @dandrews920

 

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