Braille Monitor - January 2022

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