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