Vol. 68, No. 7                                                                                             July 2025

Taking Back My Life: A Journey from Control to Freedom

by Mary Azatyan-Witmeyer

No Sights Necessary: Firearm Safety and Range Experience

by Christine Faltz Grassman

Dedicated Determination Can Help Create Change

by Cindy Scott-Huisman houseman

Looking Towards Our Future: Making Healthy Aging Accessible

by Rishika Kartik and Christopher Liu lay-o

Social Determinants of Health: A Framework for Communicating with Health Care Professionals and Policy Specialists about the Work of the Organized Blind Movement

by Justin Salisbury

Building a Museum Beyond Expectations: Blueprints for Change

Book Review: Connecting Dots: A Blind Life

Reviewed by Deborah Kendrick

Legislative Update

by Chris Danielsen

Living by Standards: When Blindness Isn’t the Limitation

by Kristopher I. Crawley

Innosearch AI and National Federation of the Blind Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Digital Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Communities

Google and Aira Launch AI Visual Interpreter Pilot Project

by Chris Danielsen

From the President’s Desk

Monitor Miniatures

Photo and Web List

Issue: [JULY 2025]

Photos:

Mary Elizabeth Azatyan-Witmeyer

Christine Faltz Grassman

Rishika Kartik

Christopher Lui

Justin Salisbury

A Blind Life by Joshua Miele (book)

Deborah Kendrick

Chris Danielsen

Kristopher I Crawley

President Riccobono

Museum photos – within article

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/get-involved/national-convention/first-timers-guide.

www.troubledefense.com/blind-and-low-vision-firearms-training.

www.blindmuse.org.

https://www.SaatvaADAsettlement.com.

https://eastendtrialgroup.com.

www.sfl.org;

https://nfb.org/museum.

nfb.org/convention.

nfb.org/publications