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                                                                        <h1><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black;"><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; color:black;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Vol. 67, No. 10 | November 2024</span></span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black;"><span style="font-size:14pt">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 <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36312&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">go directly to the complete issue</a>.</span></span></p>

                                                                        <h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black;"><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; color:black;">This section provides the HTML format to access individual articles.</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36313&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Reporter Calls his Blindness an Asset for Key Trump Shooting Interview: "Vision Could Get in the Way"</a><br>
                                                                        by Ramon Antonio Vargas</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36314&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">A Season for Counting Our Blessings</a><br>
                                                                        by Barbara Pierce and Gary Wunder</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36315&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">We Need Your Help</a></span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36316&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">So Much Regulation, So Little Change</a><br>
                                                                        by Peter Slatin</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36317&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Will the US Supreme Court's Loper Bright Decision Burn Blind Students?</a><br>
                                                                        by Carlton Anne Cook Walker</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36318&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Dreaming Big: The Influence of Blind-Centered Experience and Direction on Artificial Intelligence</a><br>
                                                                        by Bryan Bashin</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36319&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">The Sugar</a><br>
                                                                        by Anil Lewis</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36320&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Embracing the Challenge: A Personal Journey Through Diabetes Management</a><br>
                                                                        by Gary Wunder</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36321&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Expect Much, Give Much, Get Much!</a><br>
                                                                        by Ronza Othman</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36322&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Invest in Dignity: A Matching Gift Challenge to Advance the Lives of Blind People</a></span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36323&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">An Almost Forgotten Guide Dog School</a><br>
                                                                        by Peggy Chong</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36324&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Inspiration, Education, and Where We Fit in Speaking for Blind People</a><br>
                                                                        by Gary Wunder</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36325&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Community Cultural Wealth and the Empowerment of Blind People through the National Federation of the Blind</a><br>
                                                                        by Justin Salisbury</span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36326&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">South Carolina's White Cane Awareness Day Proclamation</a></span></p>

                                                                        <p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36327&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><em>Monitor</em> Miniatures</a></span></p>

                                                                        <h2><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black;"><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; color:black;"><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=36312&qid=10575993" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">this month's table of contents</a>.</span></span></p>

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