Braille Monitor 2/98

Braille Monitor 2/98

The Braille Monitor

Vol. 41, No. 2 February 1998

Barbara Pierce, Editor

Published in inkprint,

in Braille, on cassette, and

the World Wide Web and FTP on the Internet

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION

OF THE BLIND

Marc Maurer, President

National Office

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Baltimore, Maryland 21230

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FOR THEMSELVES.

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Table of Contents

Retraction

Requested

by Barbara Pierce

Of

Mr. Magoo, Disney, and the National Federation of

the Blind

by Marc Maurer

Watch

for Details

The

Impact of Braille Reading Skills on Employment, Income,

Education, and Reading Habits

by Ruby Ryles Ph.D.

One

Family's Fight for an Appropriate Education

by Jim Marks

Changing

Perceptions About Blindness by the hundreds

by E. Randy Cox

Challenging

Biblical Stereotypes of the Blind

by Elizabeth J. Browne

My

Undiscovered Future

by Kevin D. Ledford

Letter

to Missouri's Governor

by Kevan C. Worley

Despite

Blindness, Couple Sees Joys of Life

by Darci Smith

Questions

and NFB Answers

by Betty Woodward

To

and From the Convention Hotel

by Norma Crosby

Science

Museum's Hands-on Exhibits Let Visitors See Dinos,

Reach for the Stars

by Kelly Melhart

Emerson

Foulke Dies

by Marc Maurer

Recipes

Monitor Miniatures

The

Braille Monitor, February, 1998 Complete Issue

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Copyright 1998, The National Federation

of the Blind

Email address: [email protected]

Posted February 18 , 1998