Vol. 65, No. 3 March 2022

Contents

New Orleans: Site of 2022 Convention

by John Berggren

Returning to the Trail

by John Paré

The Purpose of Discussion in our Braille Monitor

by Gary Wunder

Technology Can't Solve the Problems Ableism Creates

by Cricket Xiao Jiu Bidleman

A Response to Colleen Roth, “Are Conservatives Welcome in the National Federation of the Blind?” Braille Monitor, January 2022

by Albert Elia

Another Response to Roth, “Are Conservatives Welcome in the National Federation of the Blind?”

by Sanho Steele-Louchart

What’s Love Got to Do with It?

by Jennifer Bazer

COVID Testing for the Blind Remains a Problem

by Gary Wunder

Requesting Alternative Format Communication from the IRS through Form 9000

by Valerie Yingling

But Is Voting a Blindness Issue Really?

by Nathanael Wales

The First Time I Never Voted

by Tom Page

The Benefits of Immersion Training

by Joanne Gabias

Update on the National Blindness Professional Certification Board

by Edward Bell

Who Speaks For the 1Touch Project and Why Should We Care?

by Stephen Hanschu

The BrailleSense 6: Better, Faster, Familiar

by Karl Belanger

Recipes

Monitor Miniatures

Photo and Web List

Issue: [March]

Photos:

Cricket Xiao Jiu Bidleman

Tom Page

John Pare

Gary Wunder

Nathanael Wales

Stephen Hanschu

John Berggren

Albert Elia

Sanho Steele-Louchart

Karl Belanger

Jennifer Bazer

Joanne Gabias

Valerie Yingling

Edward Bell

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://nfb.org/programs-services/nfb-bell-academy

https://nfb.org/covidtests.

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-inthekitchen_nfbnet.org

https://nfb.org/bolotin

http://nfb.org/covidtests

nfb.org/scholarships

https://www.nfb.org/bolotin

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-access/f9000_accessible.pdf,

www.irs.gov/about-irs/your-civil-rights-are-protected

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/accessible-irs-tax-products

• Form 9000, Alternative Media Preference: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-access/f9000_accessible.pdf

• Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f843.pdf

• IRS Alternative Media Center: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/information-about-the-alternative-media-center

• Accessible Forms and Publications: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/accessible-irs-tax-products

• Protecting Taxpayer Civil Rights: https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/protecting-taxpayer-civil-rights

• July 15, 2020, IRS to Implement Process to Provide Accessible Tax Notices to the Blind: https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/irs-implement-process-provide-accessible-tax-notices-blind

• July 15, 2020, Rose v. Mnuchin Settlement Agreement: https://nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/files-pdf/rose-v-irs-settlement-agreement-section-504-fully-executed-with-exhibits-ace.PDF

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-inthekitchen_nfbnet.org