Hi. I am Adam Rushforth, a proud winner of a National Federation of the Blind Scholarship in 2001 and a tenBroek Scholarship in 2003. I have invented a game in which Monitor readers may be interested: “Don’t Break the Budget.”
Tired of those snooze-worthy budgeting lectures? Bid farewell to boredom, and say hello to fun with the "Don’t Break the Budget" card game! Prepare to outsmart, outwit, and out-budget your opponents.
This wacky budgeting game combines the fun of an interactive card game with learning crucial money-management skills. The goal is to successfully build your budget before anyone else does. Budget breakers, lost jobs, or unexpected expenses are just some of the roadblocks you can place on your opponents. Whether played in a classroom, during family game night, or among friends, this is a competitive and fun way to learn key principles for creating a budget. This game can be played by two, three, or four players at a time. Game duration: twenty minutes. Ages eight plus.
To place an order, simply visit the website at dontbreakthebudget.com or go directly to the order form by clicking on this link: Dontbreakthebudget.com/payment .
Please be sure to include in the note section that you wish to receive a Braille copy of the game.
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Sonos is a company that produces high-quality audio products, such as speakers and other components, that connect to the internet and each other through home Wi-Fi networks. Many blind people have been enthusiastic users of its products over the years because the company maintained high standards of accessibility. With the recent redesign of the smartphone app that is used to control a user’s devices, there was a severe degradation of screen-reader accessibility. Sonos has since acknowledged the issue and reached out to the National Federation of the Blind to ask for our help in recruiting blind beta testers for future iterations of the app. Since the company says that it will be rolling out accessibility improvements through the end of June, signing up right away will likely be the best way to test these improvements and provide feedback. If you are a Sonos user and would like to participate in its beta program, here is the link to sign up: https://beta.sonos.com/key/passport .
We anticipate that a future Monitor and other Federation communications will contain more information on our advocacy with Sonos.