Braille Monitor - March 2022

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