Braille Monitor April 1986

Braille Monitor April 1986

The Braille Monitor

April 1986

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on talking-book discs by
The National Federation of the Blind
Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, President

National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Letters to the president, address changes,
subscription requests, orders for NFB literature,
articles for the Monitor, and letters to the editor
should be sent to the National Office.

Monitor subscriptions cost the Federation about twenty-five dollars per year.
Members are invited, and non-members are requested, to cover
the subscription cost. Donations should be made payable to
National Federation of the Blind and sent to:
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION
SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND--IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES
ISSN 0006-8829

Contents

April 1986

THE ROOM FOR HOLDING BLIND PEOPLE
MORE ON AIRLINE SAFETY
SPECIAL SERVICES
ANOTHER NAME FOR THE ROOM
FOR HOLDING BLIND PEOPLE
AMERICAN SAYS JAIL
POLICE SAY NO
MEDIA REFLECTS PROGRESS
by Marc Maurer
ONE FOR THE DOG
MORE ABOUT THE AIRLINES
LOOK, MOM! NO CANE!
EDUCATION REFORMS PROPOSED IN STATE LEGISLATION:

A REPORT ON A NEW INITIATIVE
by James Gashel
TALKING WITH THE PARENT OF A BLIND CHILD
by Pauline Murphy
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
TESTIFIES ON REHABILITATION
THE BLIND ASK: "WHERE'S THE BEEF?"
GSA RESPONDS
THE FAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE ACT:
ACTION IN THE 99TH CONGRESS
OF ELECTIONS AND EQUALITY
by Diane McGeorge
FEDERATIONIST NAMED ONE OF TEN
OUTSTANDING YOUNG AMERICANS
RECLAMATION AT ITS BEST
by Diane McGeorge
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS:
NOW CONGRESS IS ASKING THE QUESTIONS,

AND WHERE ARE THE ANSWERS
THE BRAILLE REVOLUTION
by Karl Smith
BOB STALEY DIES
by Kenneth Jernigan
KANSAS CITY IN 1986
THE DYNAMICS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
by Kenneth Jernigan
RECIPES
MONITOR MINIATURES
Copyright, National Federation of the Blind, Inc., 1986