Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Braille Monitor Vol. 68, No. 3, March 2025
Vol. 68, No. 3 March 2025
Contents
Convention Bulletin
The 2025 Washington Seminar: New President, New Congress, New Approach
by Chris Danielsen
The Significance of Washington Seminar 2025
by Mark Riccobono
Legislative Agenda of Blind Americans: Priorities for the 119th Congress, First Session
Laws and Funding the Blind Depend On
Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act
Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act
Blind Americans Return to Work Act
Additional Legislative Concerns of Blind Americans for the 119th Congress
A Report from Washington Seminar by the South Carolina Delegation
by Janice Bright
Leading Disability Organizations: President Trump’s Blame of Deadly Plane Crash on Disabled Federal Workers Is Baseless, Irresponsible
The Why and How of Service Animal Self-ID in Rideshare
by Al Elia
A Tribute to Tom Stevens: A Leader and a Friend
by Gary Wunder
Making Meta Accessible: Update on Latest Improvements
Building the Future: Shaping Accessible Learning Together
by Kaili Kameoka
Springing Forward Successfully
by LaShawna Fant
Who Says Blind People Can’t Get Foul Balls? Three Parks, Three Years, Three Souvenir Balls
by Rose Warner
NFB BELL®: It’s Not just for the Kids!
by Karen Anderson
Learning, Leading, and Living the Life I Want
by Cole Carper
Monitor Miniatures
Photo and Web List
Issue: [MARCH 2025]
Photos:
Chris Danielsen
Washington Seminar photos
Mark Riccobono
Al Elia
Gary Wunder
Tom Stevens
Kaili Kameoka
Dr. LaShawna Fant
Rose Warner
Cole Carper
Web Links:
Facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind
YouTube.com/NationsBlind
www.nfb.org/planned-giving
https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/first-timers-guide
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/
https://www.disabilitystatistics.org/acs/1
https://www.siteimprove.com/blog/a-complete-overview-of-canadas-accessibility-laws/
https://www.japha.org/article/S1544-3191(22)00233-3/fulltext
https://ncd.gov/progressreport/2016/progress-report-october-2016
https://www.facebook.com/?force_mobile=1
https://nfb.org/programs-services/center-excellence-nonvisual-access/inaccessibility-tracker-form
https://www.birdability.org/blind-birder-birdathon
Footnotes:
Pew Research Center. “Internet, Broadband Fact Sheet.” November 13, 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/
United States Census Bureau. “The number of non-institutionalized, male or female, all ages, all races, regardless of ethnicity, with all education levels in the United States reported any disability in 2022.” https://www.disabilitystatistics.org/acs/1
Siteimprove. “A complete overview of Canada’s Accessibility Laws.” August 2, 2024. https://www.siteimprove.com/blog/a-complete-overview-of-canadas-accessibility-laws/
Level Access. “European Accessibility Act (EAA).” https://www.levelaccess.com/compliance-overview/european-accessibility-act-eaa/#:~:text=The%20European%20Accessibility%20Act%20(EAA,accessible%20to%20people%20with%20disabilities.
See Center for Connected Medicine, Telehealth utilization settles in at 20% or less of medical appointments, available at https://connectedmed.com/resources/post-pandemic-telehealth-utilization-settles-in-at-20-or-less-of-medical-appointments/
See Pew Research Center, How far Americans live from the closest hospital differs by community type, available at https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/12/12/how-far-americans-live-from-the-closest-hospital-differs-by-community-type/
See Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Access to community pharmacies: A nationwide geographic information systems cross-sectional analysis available at https://www.japha.org/article/S1544-3191(22)00233-3/fulltext
See National Council on Disabilities, National Disability Policy Progress Report: Technology that enables access to the full opportunities of citizenship under the Constitution is a right at 19 (October 7, 2016), available at https://ncd.gov/progressreport/2016/progress-report-october-2016
42 U.S.C. Sec. 423.
Commitment to Serve, A presentation given at the 2018 NIB/NAEPB Training Conference and Expo.
Ibid.