Vol. 65, No. 1, January 2022

Contents

Illustration: Thanking the Builders Who Give us the Tools

New Orleans Site of 2022 Convention

by John Berggren

Voting is a Blindness Issue

by Lou Ann Blake

The Myth of Functionality: Disability Rights and the Limits of Common Sense

by George Stern

Access Tech, Medical Devices, Websites, and Subminimum Wages

by John Paré

Life Lessons at the Turkey Trot

by Jo Elizabeth Pinto

A Case for Why We Should Not Do Visual Descriptions of Ourselves

by Mark Lasser

Bringing a Closing to Disclosing the Clothing

by Jack Bernard

Just What the Doctor Ordered

by Tatyana Haykin

Making the Kitchen Your Friend

by Regina Mitchell

Conventions Are for All of Us

by Chris Westbrook

National Federation of the Blind 2022 Scholarship Program

by Cayte Mendez

Kenneth Jernigan Convention Scholarship

by Tracy Soforenko

The 2022 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards

by Everette Bacon

Getting the Straight Scoop from Our Mentees

by Maurice Peret

A Tribute from a Friend

by Donna Wood

Are Conservatives Welcome in the National Federation of the Blind?

by Colleen Roth

Independence Market Corner

I Am Not My Blindness: What the Blind Community Wishes You Knew

by David Oliver

Jason Broughton has a mission at the Library of Congress: “Expand and be Inclusive”

by Chris Cioffi

Monitor Miniatures

Web Links:

www.nfb.org

www.nfbnet.org

Facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind

YouTube.com/NationsBlind

www.nfb.org/planned-giving

www.nfb.org/make-gift

https://www.instagram.com/reginadmitchel

https://www.facebook.com/tabitha.rumjungle

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUrAxdvAd13/?utm_medium=copy_link

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2021-04-09/cooking-with-disabilities-accessibility?_amp=true

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/may/04/tragedies-las-vegas-chef-new-challenges-go-blind/

https://hadley.edu/podcasts/hadley-presents-conversation-experts

https://theadna.libsyn.com/the-adna-presents-know-your-narrator-series-bonus-regina-mitchell

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LGdYvEksJKrkaZ1qmHJ9h?si=sMRlmHtyRaeICgEmd9bViQ

www.timblackonair.com

https://nfb.org/programs-services/scholarships-and-awards/scholarship-program

https://nfb.org/programs-services/career-mentoring

https://nfb.org/menteeapplication

http://www.west.net/~bpbooks/mhp.html,

https://nfb.org/bolotin.

https://nfb.org/form/kenneth-jernigan-convention-scho?q=form%2Fkenneth-jernigan-convention-scho

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/12/662925592/deaf-and-unemployed-1-000-applications-but-still-no-full-time-job

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/17/797410325/amtrak-charged-25-000-to-travel-with-a-wheelchair

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/04/847785015/supreme-court-arguments-resume-but-with-a-twist

https://www.brightsideauthor.com

https://zoom.us/rec/share/N1wIG8RB62BwDAUsZK8WzWX6EpfIbPGw6D95Dbc7qXolQ3ZwFAZBbnsMt3UI9gKe.p1hoz7dEMpUHizOT