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As the case is with most millennials, my attention was divided between the material world and my phone. I was anticipating an email; the results determining my proximal future. If, by chance, the email was in affirmation, then I would be spending my summer in Baltimore, Maryland.

I was relieved to find the schedule for the airport shuttle on the company website.  I was only mildly dismayed to find it was an inaccessible PDF document.  One pass through KNFB Reader and I was good to go. --

The question that I am most often asked by affiliate and chapter leaders throughout the National Federation of the Blind is: How can I get my affiliate or chapter's events or activities covered by the media in my community?

As Father’s Day approaches, I am reminded of the blind parents who are not able to be with their children right now. Not because of the lack of desire or because of their inability to care for their children but because of the assumptions of those who are ignorant of the capabilities of the blind.

Word puzzles, number puzzles, puzzle puzzles. My husband and I have always enjoyed doing puzzles. Sometimes we quietly entertain ourselves by doing puzzles as a solitary pastime—my husband filling in a Sudoku and I filling in a crossword. Occasionally, we decide that two brains are better than one and we might tackle a puzzle together.

For this post, I asked Gary to share some of his favorite kinds of stories that have appeared in the Monitor over the years. Check out his list and if you like, leave a comment telling us what your favorite Monitor stories are. Stories I Love that have Appeared in the Braille Monitor

Once every four years, the World Blind Union (WBU) hosts its General Assembly, which brings together organizations of and for the blind from all over the world to connect and learn from each other and we are very excited for this quadrennial’s assembly.

It’s common knowledge that the National Federation of the Blind has always been a trail-blazing organization. We’ve made history multiple times over the last seventy-five years and 2016 is no exception.

The 6 Dot Dash, a competitive 6K run/walk through the Riverside and Inner Harbor neighborhoods of Baltimore, is where members of the Federation family and members of the Baltimore community come together to raise awareness of the issues facing blind people.

I was nine years old and I had just auditioned to be a dancer in the 1992 Fiesta Bowl halftime show, to be played at Sun Devil Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. I was beyond thrilled when I was selected as one of the youngest performers. I made my way to Phoenix with my mom and a few of my dance friends.