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The Braille Monitor covers the events and activities of the NFB, addresses the issues we face as blind people, and highlights our members.
Vol. 68, No. 7 July 2025
Contents
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 by Joshua A. Miele with Wendell Jamieson mealy
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
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